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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 526: REFLECTIONS ON UPRISINGS AND UNREST The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Pan-African Postcard, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. Highlights French edition, 8. Highlights Portuguese edition /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features UNREST IN ALGERIA: THE WINDOW IS CLOSING FAST Lakhdar Ghettas With many sectors of Algerian society profoundly disaffected with the record of Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s government and their prospects, the time for the authorities to effect genuine political reform is running out, writes Lakhdar Ghettas. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72762 ****** THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN A UNIVERSITY Mahmood Mamdani Makerere Institute of Social Research ‘We have no choice but to train the next generation of African scholars at home. This means tackling the question of institutional reform alongside that of postgraduate education. Postgraduate education, research and institution building will have to be part of a single effort,’ writes Mahmood Mamdani, in a paper reflecting on how a market-driven model has affected the nature of research in African universities. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72782 ****** WE EXPORT FOOD TO IMPORT FOOD Nebiyu Eyassu Nebiyu Eyassu cuts through the supposed benefits of foreign agricultural investments - so-called land grabs - for a country like Ethiopia. Far from boosting employment and local food security, land grabs are likely to prop up a discredited government and increase hunger. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72721 ****** RACE, CLASS STRUGGLE AND ORGANISED LABOUR IN THE ‘AGE OF WISCONSIN’ Ajamu Nangwaya While the recent protests in Madison, Wisconsin, may have given America’s working class ‘hint at the possibility of resistance’, the historic absence of support for ‘racialised’ sections of the working class exemplifies the stronghold of white supremacy over the US labour movement, writes Ajamu Nangwaya. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72781 ****** LIBYA: FIVE PRINCIPLES OF WAR PROPAGANDA Sokari Ekine ‘Three months ago Gaddafi was a friend, today he is the leader of a pariah and failed state.’ As the US, France and Britain pursue military action to remove Libya’s Gaddafi from power, Sokari Ekine has her doubts that it is democracy they are supporting. (Plus updates from Swaziland, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Uganda and Kenya). http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72764 ****** LIBYA: USE OF DEPLETED URANIUM, PARTITION AND REGIONAL RISKS Farouk James In the wake of NATO’s imposition of the ‘no-fly zone’ over Libya on 31 March, there is serious scepticism around the United States Pentagon’s denial of the use of depleted uranium (DU), writes Farouk James. With the US, the UK and France now calling for a full-scale invasion, James writes, the veto powers of the UN Security Council’s permanent members should be called into question once again. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72792 ****** NIGERIA: THE CURSE OF POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES Dibussi Tande ‘In reality, the targets of the uprising are the so-called leaders in the North – the political, military and business elite – as well the traditional institutions that have held the region back and truncated any attempt to educate the people and free them from the yolk of illiteracy and poverty.’ Dibussi Tande puts Nigeria’s post-election violence in context, with views from the African blogosphere. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72759 ****** GACACA COURTS, JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION Challenges for Rwanda Gerald Caplan Commending a work which sets a ‘universal standard’ on assessing Rwanda’s gacaca courts – ‘the country’s remarkable experiment in transitional justice’ – Gerald Caplan reviews Phil Clark’s ‘The Gacaca Courts, Post-Genocide Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda: Justice Without Lawyers’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72786 ****** SPIRIT OF DISCONTENT: UPRISINGS IN AFRICA Interviewed by Walter Turner, KPFA Africa Today Firoze Manji In an interview with Walter Turner ( http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/69084 ) [mp3] on KPFA's Africa Today on 18 April, Firoze Manji discusses the North African and continent-wide uprisings and Pambazuka's coverage. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72752 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: ON THE MURDER OF ANDRIES TATANE Richard Pithouse If decisive action is not taken to persuade South Africa’s police that their job is to facilitate rather than repress the right to protest, we may have to add more names to those of Solomon Madonsela, murdered by the police in Ermelo in February, and Andries Tatane, murdered by the police in Ficksburg last week, writes Richard Pithouse. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72753 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: POLICE BRUTALITY AND SERVICE DELIVERY PROTESTS Mphutlane wa Bofelo The arrest of six policemen for last week’s murder of protestor Andries Tatane is ‘a quick ploy to take attention away from the systemic factors that inform police brutality’, says Mphutlane wa Bofelo. Shouldn’t the country’s police force protect the interests of communities rather than criminalising service delivery protests? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72780 ****** PROTECT OUR CHILDREN: STOPPING THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN Patricia Daley Just as we must condemn homophobia and support ‘the rights of consenting individuals to privacy in their sexual relations’, we must also grant far greater attention to the sexual abuse of children, argues Patricia Daley. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72745 ****** OCCUPATION AND THE AFRICAN UPRISINGS Firoze Manji As part of a Global Information Network panel on 23 March 2011 at the Left Forum in the US, Pambazuka's editor-in-chief Firoze Manji describes the 'occupation' of Africa by oligopolies ( http://www.youtube.com/user/LaPlaneta#p/u/5/5Yagw0OoNbk ) [YouTube video], the 700 or so corporate entities who dictate economic policies in Africa and in most of the rest of the world. A number of other presentations are also available at LaPlaneta's YouTube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/user/LaPlaneta#p/u/5/5Yagw0OoNbk ) . http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72751 ****** MEMOIRS OF A PAN-AFRICAN FELLOW Blessol Gathoni 'I hated putting my hopes too high, so I opted to say what I wished for most. And that was friends to help me in my queer revolution (as I would in theirs).' Blessol Gathoni, a young Kenyan activist, shares her experiences as a Fahamu Fellow over the past six months. Fahamu’s Pan-African Fellowship is a programme that aims to nurture a new generation of African social justice leaders. This story is an extract from the Fahamu's newly launched Adilisha Newsletter ( http://bit.ly/adilisha1 ) [PDF: 4.8 MB]. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/72791 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements ADILISHA: EMANCIPATING COMMUNITIES Analysis and commentary from Fahamu’s Education for Social Justice programme George Mwai Adilisha, Fahamu’s Education for Social Justice programme, has launched its first newsletter. Pambazuka News speaks to programme manager George Mwai about how Adilisha’s work is contributing to the emancipation of communities, by providing activists with the skills they need in the struggle for social justice. Download the newsletter ( http://bit.ly/adilisha1 ) [PDF: 4.8MB]. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/72790 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis LIBYA: ‘THE DESTRUCTION OF A NATION’ Jenn Jagire NATO’s involvement in Libya is a simple case of egotistical self-interest and attempts at control on the part of the Western powers, writes Jenn Jagire: ‘One thing is clear: Libya did not attack any of these countries for this mighty alliance to bring out its entire arsenal against this small country and its traumatised people.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/72754 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns INVITATION TO SHACK FIRE SUMMIT Abahlali baseMjondolo Abahlali baseMjondolo would like to invite your organisation/ community/area to SHACK FIRE SUMMIT that will be held at QQ informal settlement site B Khayelitsha on 27 April 2011 from 10:00am to 13:00pm. The aim of the event is to: - Light candles in memory of those who lose their lives within shack fire and the victims of shack fires. - Explore the course of shack fire, governmental intervention, and other humanitarian intervention - To come up with a program/ campaign to call for electrification of all shack settlement For further details and direction please call our admin @ 073 412 8218. On behalf of Abahlali baseMjondolo Western Cape Mzonke Poni, WC chairperson 073 2562 036/ 083 446 5081 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Pan-African Postcard LIFE, DEATH AND DRIVING IN NAIROBI H. Nanjala Nyabola H. Nanjala Nyabola takes a hectic drive through Nairobi's rush hour traffic and concludes that if Kenyans learnt to treat each other with respect on the roads, then there might be more respect in other areas of life. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/panafrican/72744 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Letters & Opinions LET'S HAVE A VIGIL FOR ANDRIES TATANE Emmie Chanika Malawi Civil Liberties Committee Following the ‘brutal killing’ of activist Andries Tatane ‘at a peaceful rally’ in South Africa, Emmie Chanika calls for solidarity with grassroots and civil society organisations. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/72783 ****** A POSTCARD FROM CANADA Anna Paskal Anna Paskal of Canada's the People's Food Policy writes of her organisation's work and its solidarity with other people around the world working towards food sovereignty. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/72763 ****** REFUGEE NEWSPAPER STAFF RECEIVE DEATH THREATS Qaabata Boru KANERE Staff at the Kakuma News Reflector, an independent refugee newspaper, are once again receiving death threats because of their work, writes Qaabata Boru from Kakuma Camp in Kenya. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/72784 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 Highlights French edition PAMBAZUKA NEWS 186 : CHINE-AFRIQUE : ESPOIRS ET CRAINTES D'UNE COOPÉRATION La Chine réveillée saura-t-elle un jour éveiller l’Afrique ? ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72697 ) Boubacar Diallo Badiane Génocide, responsabilité et loi internationale ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72694 ) Gerald Caplan Les militaires américains et AFRICOM: Entre le marteau et les Croisés ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72693 ) Horace Campbell Libye: Ce qui se cache derrière la politique d’intervention humanitaire ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72689 ) Mahmood Mamdani et Herbert Lehman Mobilisation de masse, transition démocratique et violence transitionnelle en Afrique ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72692 ) Michael Neocosmos Djibouti : Une dictature maintenue par la rente stratégique payée par les pays occidentaux ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72690 ) Mohamed Doubad Wais http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/summaryfr/72719 ****** PAMBAZUKA NEWS 185 : L'AFRIQUE FACE AUX NOUVELLES GUERRES COLONIALES Côte d’Ivoire et Libye : Les guerres impérialistes coloniales françaises d’occupation ont repris ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72502 ) Ley-Ngardigal Djimadoum Bataille d’Abidjan et guerre Chine-Occident ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72466 ) Jean-Paul Pougala Côte d’Ivoire : Initiatives africaines et tromperie de la non solution ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72462 ) Tiago Faia Burkina : Contre l’impunité et les alibis d’une démocratie formelle ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72465 ) Gabon : Le régime illégitime veut faire interdire l’opposition ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72463 ) Mengue M'Eyaà Mauritanie : Un procès sur l’esclavage pour la première fois ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72460 ) Afrique : Soulèvements démocratiques et répression dans les pays africains ( http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/72464 ) Firoze Manji http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/summaryfr/72720 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Highlights Portuguese edition PAMBAZUKA NEWS 37: VIOLÊNCIA POLICIAL E DESOBEDIÊNCIA CIVIL EM MOÇAMBIQUE Violência Policial, ilegalismos e revolta popular em Moçambique ( http://www.pambazuka.org/pt/category/features/72349 ) Joaquim Miranda Maloa A (des)adequação formação/emprego em Cabo Verde ( http://www.pambazuka.org/pt/category/features/72353 ) Redy Wilson ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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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