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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 524: UPRISINGS AND THE POLITICS OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Pan-African Postcard, 5. Books & arts, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Highlights French edition, 9. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features LIBYA: BEHIND THE POLITICS OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION Mahmood Mamdani Seeing the bombing of Libya only as an exercise in saving civilian lives barely scratches the surface, writes Mahmood Mamdani. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72300 ****** AFRICAN SOLUTIONS FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE: THE DECEPTION OF ‘NO SOLUTION’ Tiago Faia Despite Africa's intention to empower its continental and regional organisations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States have failed to propose a determined solution for the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, writes Tiago Faia. Instead the prospect of a new civil war looms on the Ivoirian horizon. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72293 ****** CÔTE D'IVOIRE: DESCENT INTO HELL ‘The fog of war clouds everything for the moment; it's impossible to tell who is responsible for what -- and against whom. But it's important to look at all sides of the fighting, because when the dust settles, Cote d'Ivoire is going to be torn apart.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72352 ****** NORTH AFRICAN DISPATCHES: WHY ALGERIA IS DIFFERENT Imad Mesdoua In contrast to its North African neighbours, Algeria has yet to see sustained mass protests from a broad base of its population. Imad Mesdoua discusses why this is the case. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72294 ****** NORTH AFRICAN DISPATCHES: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Imad Mesdoua Imad Mesdoua dissects the politics of Western intervention in Libya. ‘In short, it is far too evident that Western powers are only ready to act decisively when it suits their interests,’ he writes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72299 ****** UPRISING, IMPERIALISM AND UNCERTAINTY Sokari Ekine Will the protests across Africa result in real social and political reform, or just a changing of the guard, asks Sokari Ekine. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72342 ****** WILL SWAZILAND BECOME THE NEXT TUNISIA OR EGYPT? Peter Kenworthy Pro-democracy campaign groups are calling for an ‘April 12 Uprising’ in Swaziland. Peter Kenworthy assesses the potential impact of the campaign. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72298 ****** SWAZI ECONOMY: TIME FOR INTENSIVE CARE Bongani Masuku As pro-democracy forces gear up of a protest on 12 April, this edited paper from the the Swaziland Democracy Campaign (SDC) shows how the Swazi economy has all but collapsed – with devastating consequences for the poor. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72303 ****** THE WAR ON AFRICA’S FAMILY FARMERS Joan Baxter Proposing ‘grandiose solutions without first diagnosing the causes of what ails Africa and her people has never stopped the World Bank, corporations and the odd billionaire from prescribing the wrong medicine for the continent,’ writes Joan Baxter, as the Bank makes plans to ‘unlock’ the future of African agriculture. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72302 ****** SOMALIA: MANIFESTATION OF STEALTH TRUSTEESHIP Afyare Abdi Elmi It's time to put the destiny of Somalia back in the hands of the Somali people, writes Afyare Abdi Elmi. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72335 ****** LISTENING TO THE VOICES OF KENYA'S ELECTION EXILES Including refugees in transitional justice processes Bernadette Lyodu Bernadette Lyodu looks at the relationship between forced migration and transitional justice, with reference to efforts to include refugees who fled the 2007 election violence in Kenya's transitional justice processes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72305 ****** MANNING MARABLE AND THE MARCH TOWARDS A SOCIALIST AMERICA Horace Campbell Manning Marable, African American activist, scholar and author, passed away on April 1. Horace Campbell pays tribute to a man who dedicated his life to the struggle against oppression. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72350 ****** MANNING MARABLE AND MALCOLM X Michael Dyson, Bill Fletcher Jr Renowned African American historian Manning Marable passed away on April 1 at the age of 60, days before the publication of his new biography of Malcolm X. Sociologist Michael Dyson and Bill Fletcher Jr, founder of the Black Radical Congress, discuss Marable’s legacy with Democracy Now! Watch the interview ( http://bit.ly/i7IJ1O ) . Read the transcript ( http://bit.ly/hBq4Dx ) . http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72397 ****** NO LAND! NO HOUSE! NO VOTE! Voices from Symphony Way Raj Patel A haunting new anthology of life stories told by South African pavement dwellers is ‘both testimony and poetry’, writes Raj Patel, opening ‘the door to a world of compassion, of fellow-suffering, that holds you firm.’ There’s ‘too much at stake to shy from truth, and the writers here have the courage to face it directly, even if the results are brutal.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72304 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis CÔTE D'IVOIRE: LAURENT, SIMONE AND THE BIBLE Venance Konan ‘While I’m finishing this article, the United Nations and France are announcing negotiations with Gbagbo in the quest to make him recognise Outtara’s victory and hand over power to Côte d’Ivoire new leader. But I still see Simone and Laurent in their wedding clothes, united by an insane destiny, with a bible in their hands.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72395 ****** GAMBIA: JAMMEH IS A ‘BRUTAL DICTATOR WHO WANTS TO CLING TO POWER BY ALL MEANS’ Edwin Nebolisa Sentenced to six months in prison after falling foul of Gambia’s Jammeh government, democracy and human rights activist Edwin Nebolisa talks to Pan-African Visions’ Ajong Mbapndah about his ordeal. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72396 ****** FACELESS SWAZI FACEBOOK CAMPAIGN WILL DISAPPOINT WITHOUT DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT Peter Kenworthy Facebook campaign ‘April 12 Swazi Uprising’ has received disproportionate international media coverage for an event that hasn’t happened, writes Peter Kenworthy. But how does it tie in with democratic movements on the ground? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72393 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns SOUTH AFRICA: MARCH FOR TOILETS THIS FRIDAY Unemployed People’s Movement, Women’s Social Forum On Friday 8 April the Unemployed People’s Movement & the Women’s Social Forum will be marching for toilets, electricity and housing, in Grahamstown, South Africa. 'Toilets are an important issue for the safety and dignity of our people. It is an absolute disgrace that all these years after democracy so many of our people have inadequate toilets or no toilets at all.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/72398 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Pan-African Postcard KENYA’S SILENT MAJORITY H. Nanjala Nyabola With the ‘Hague Six’ attempting to drum up domestic support to deflect the ICC (International Criminal Court) indictments over their role in Kenya’s 2007–08 post-election crisis, H. Nanjala Nyabola laments the willingness of the country’s ‘silent majority’ to simply ‘brush the nasty business of the post-election violence under the rug’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/72297 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts 'OIL AND INSURGENCY IN THE NIGER DELTA: MANAGING THE COMPLEX POLITICS OF PETROVIOLENCE' Review of Cyril Obi and Siri Aas Rustad's edited book Nicholas A. Jackson A new book on the Niger Delta is 'an invaluable resource for understanding the complex and interrelated dynamics of violence, exploitation, resistance and social change' in the region. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/72343 ****** PLAYING BY THEIR RULES Coastal teenage girls in Kenya on life, love and football 'At times shocking, sometimes heart-warming', a new collection of stories compiled by author Sarah Forde, takes us into the worlds of nine teenage girls in Kenya's Kilifi district as they face the challenges of adolescence. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/72311 ****** THE ROOTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE GO DEEP IN ZIMBABWE Levi Kabwato Levi Kabwato interviews Professor Lloyd Sachikonye, the author of a recently launched book, ‘When A State Turns on its People: Violence in Zimbabwe’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/72344 ****** ‘HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY SISTER?' Review of ‘The Black Woman’s Agenda' Norah Owaraga Full of ‘useful pieces of advice’, LeTava Mabilijengo’s book is a refreshing change from the usual portrayal of black women as ‘perpetual victims’, writes Norah Owaraga. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/72306 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions HELP US SHUT DOWN TOMARI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Kaori Izumi Kaori Izumi is campaigning for the immediate closure of Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, amidst fears that it could become the next Fukushima Daiichi. An active fault line was found near the plant in 2009, which could cause a 7.5- magnitude earthquake. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/72328 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 African Writers’ Corner AM ONLY 14 Wanjiku Mwaurah Though I rant and rave And get these feelings Of hurt and grief Though I want to cry But have to dry These tears in me http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/72295 ****** SHREDDED SOUL Wanjiku Mwaura She walked in breathing laboriously, holding a piece of soiled cloth to her body. She grunted as she struggled off her clothes plastered to her skin by sweat and blood. She was crying. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/72296 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Highlights French edition PAMBAZUKA NEWS 184 : CETTE AFRIQUE QU'ON VEUT METTRE À GENOUX EN BRISANT KHADAFI Les mensonges de la guerre de l’Occident contre la Libye ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72277 ) Jean-Paul Pougal L’agression militaire occidentale pour la reconquête de la manne financière et pétrolière libyenne ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72278 ) Moustapha Kassé La Libye attaquée au mépris de l’Union africaine ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72279 ) Moustapha Kassé ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Cartoons GBAGBO READY FOR DISCUSSION? Gado Gbagbo on the run... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/72351 ****** SADDAM'S GHOST IN TRIPOLI... Gado ...with a message for Gaddafi. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/72400 ****** KENYA'S CONDOM SHORTAGE Gado The question no-one wants to answer! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/72399 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. © Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. 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