KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! Pambazuka News 793: Butchers and peacemakers: Kagame, Gandhi and Peres ------------------------------
07 October 2016 CONTENTS: 1. Features <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> , 2. <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3>Advocacy & Campaigns, <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> 3. <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3>Announcement <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> ------------------------------ *Features* ------------------------------ The Rwanda the world doesn't know <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/rwanda-world-doesnt-know>*An interview with Anjan Sundaram, author of ‘Bad news: Last journalists in a dictatorship’*Zahra Moloo <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/4836>Journalist Anjan Sundaram’s book on Rwanda exposes a terrifying dictatorship at the heart of Africa that few people get to hear about. Paul Kagame has tremendously succeeded – with the eager help of his western backers - to feed the world a carefully choreographed false narrative. His chilling tyranny is so pervasive and entrenched that Rwandans police themselves unbidden. Gandhi’s economic and political significance in West Africa <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/gandhi%E2%80%99s-economic-and-political-significance-west-africa>Anil Nauriya <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/anil-nauriya>Ghanaian professors have launched a campaign for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from their campus because they claim he was racist and considered Indians to be “infinitely superior” to Africans. The statue was unveiled at the University of Ghana in June by the Indian president, Pranab Mukherjee. But, this Indian lawyer argues, Gandhi’s thought had a huge influence in Africa during the struggle for liberation. Ghana Election 2016: Religiosity, austerity, zero-sum politics and democracy triumphalism (Pt.I) <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/ghana-election-2016-religiosity-austerity-zero-sum-politics-and-democracy>Francisco Kofi Nyaxo Olympio <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/francisco-kofi-nyaxo-olympio>Ghana goes to elections in December. In this first installment of a two-part article, the author argues that, like in many developing countries, heightened expectations that democratisation would lead to inclusive and sustainable development have not been realised. Ghana has successfully transformed from authoritarian rule to a fledging liberal democracy, but in the midst of poverty and destitution. Consequences of being Cecil Jo <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/consequences-being-cecil-john-rhodes>hn Rhodes <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/consequences-being-cecil-john-rhodes>Sanya Osha <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/7043>In confronting the historical spectre of Rhodes the youth of South Africa have revisited in a bold and vehement manner the unfinished business of deracialisation and decolonisation. They are holding the post-apartheid state accountable. The issue now is, how is 350 years of exclusion and dispossession decisively addressed?d sustainable development have not been realised. Ghana has successfully transformed from authoritarian rule to a fledging liberal democracy, but in the midst of poverty and destitution. Land law and economic liberation <http://www.pambazuka.org/land-environment/land-law-and-economic-liberation> *Keynote **addresss** at the 4th Spring Law Conference, College of Law, University of South Africa, Pretoria, 27 September 2016*Motsoko Pheko <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/6519>Liberation of a land dispossessed people without land is a gigantic colonial fraud. Land is the primary source of life. Food does not grow in the sky. Houses are not built in the air. Gold, platinum, diamonds, oil and all other minerals are dug from the land. Cattle, sheep, goats, horses do not graze in the air. Pastures and water are found in the land. Even the departed demand their graves not in the clouds but in the land. Youth restiveness, militancy and the intractable problems of the Niger Delta <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/youth-restiveness-militancy-and-intractable-problems-niger-delta>Austin Emaduku <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/austin-emaduku>There is no violation of human rights worse than the violation of the right to existence. It is this abiding condition that gave rise to the Niger Delta problem. The recurring violence that holds the nation by the jugular is a manifestation of deep-rooted frustration of negligence on the part of government and multinational companies over the plight of the people in the region. Is this the change Nigerians voted for? <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/change-nigerians-voted>Godwin Onyeacholem <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9871>President Buhari comes across as being credible, with an admirably high level of personal integrity. But given the complex nation he heads and its challenges, his virtues and style should be enriched with a healthy dose of balancing, fairness, compassion and a common touch. Only that way will Nigerians enjoy the benefits of the much-touted change. Examining international sanctions: The case of Eritrea <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/examining-international-sanctions-case-eritrea>FikreJesus Amahazion <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8908>Under U.S. pressure, the UN refuses to lift an embargo against the tiny nation of Eritrea, while ignoring constant aggressions by its huge neighbour, Ethiopia. The pretexts for the sanctions “are nonexistent,” yet “Eritrea is doubly punished since the sanctions effectively mean it is restricted in defending itself.” The UN has abrogated its responsibility to uphold international law – and, instead, coddles Washington’s military ally. Reaction to the Briefing Document of the Global Pan-African Movement <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/reaction-briefing-document-global-pan-african-movement>Bankie Forster Bankie <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9726>A second phase of the 8th Pan African Congress is set for June/July 2017, following what is considered the first phase that took place in Accra, Ghana, in March 2015. In August, Ikaweba Bunting, Deputy Secretary General (Ag) of Global Pan African Movement, published a Briefing Document on these developments. But in response, Bankie Forster Bankie raises numerous questions about that document – and the unaddressed matter of the 8th PAC held in Johannesburg in 2014. Somalia: Using Khat as trade and political leverage <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/somalia-using-khat-trade-and-political-leverage>Bashir Goth <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8420>A recent attempt by Somalia to ban Khat imports from Kenya sparked a row, which was resolved following discussions between the presidents of the two countries. The exports have resumed. But while Khat is a lucrative business for Kenya, Somalia does not need the drug. It is a well-known health and social hazard that frustrates Somalia’s recovery. The Butcher of Qana: Shimon Peres was no peacemaker <http://www.pambazuka.org/human-security/butcher-qana-shimon-peres-was-no-peacemaker>Robert Fisk <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9345>On the steps of the barracks, a girl sat holding a man with grey hair, her arm round his shoulder, rocking the corpse back and forth in her arms. His eyes were staring at her. She was keening and weeping and crying, over and over: “My father, my father.” If she is still alive I doubt if the word “peacemaker” will be crossing her lips. ------------------------------ *Advocacy and Campaigns* ------------------------------ Pardoning Marcus Garvey: Sign Petition <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/pardoning-marcus-garvey-sign-petition> M.C <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/mc>Marcus Garvey should be posthumously pardoned for his wrongful conviction for use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud. During a time when Blacks were seen as second class citizens, Garvey led a mass movement to elevate the Black community through economic empowerment and independence. He was convicted after being targeted by J. Edgar Hoover and deprived of a fair trial. Go to: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/grant-marcus-mosiah-garvey-po... <https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/grant-marcus-mosiah-garvey-posthumous-presidential-pardon-his-wrongful-1923-conviction> ------------------------------ *Announcement* ------------------------------ Pambazuka Special Issue: Call for Articles <http://www.pambazuka.org/announcements/pambazuka-special-issue-call-articles> *The **Labour Movement in Africa - Prospects and Challenges*The Editors <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/editors> Pambazuka News is preparing a Special Issue on the labour movement and the struggles for Africa's liberation today. The Editors invite articles that examine the movement’s mission beyond agitation for worker rights towards the bigger project of concrete self-determination of the African people. ------------------------------ DONATE AND SUPPORT PAMBAZUKA! <http://www.pambazuka.org/keep-pambazuka-free-and-independent-join-friends-fahamu-today> *Kindly forward this email to family and friends to help spread the message.Thank you for your support.* ------------------------------ Henry Makori and Tidiane Kasse - Editors, Pambazuka News Yves Niyiragira - Executive Director, Fahamu ------------------------------ *Websites: Fahamu.org <http://www.fahamu.org/>, Pambazuka.org <http://www.pambazuka.org/>* Pambazuka News is a publication of FAHAMU SHARE THIS EMAIL <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=6d0f0a9936a1d73819a5250c9&id=f7bb5aa52b&e=[UNIQID]> FOLLOW *on* TWITTER <http://twitter.com/FahamuAfrica> JOIN *on* FACEBOOK <https://www.facebook.com/FahamuAfrica>
