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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 569: THE ON-GOING CHALLENGE OF SELF-DETERMINATION The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Keep Pambazuka Free and Independent! Become a Friend of Pambazuka NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Obituaries, 5. Books & arts /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features 'THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS ARE NOT OVER' Interview by Farooq Sulehria Adam Hanieh The struggles against dictatorship that the uprisings in North Africa and the Arab world represent are, simultaneously, intertwined with the way that capitalism has developed across the region. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79773 ****** DUDLEY THOMPSON: A FIGHTER FOR SOCIALISM AND AFRICAN UNITY Horace Campbell Last year the African Union recognised the great work of Dudley Thompson and accorded him the status of the first citizen of the United States of Africa. Thompson was insistent that Africa should be free and united by 2017. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79775 ****** THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON SOMALIA: AN ACT OF FALSE GENEROSITY? Abdi Dirshe On 23 February senior representatives from over 40 governments and multi-lateral organisations will come together in London. The aim is to deliver a new international approach to Somalia, but the jury is out on whether the conference will break the colonial mindset that has dominated approaches to Somalia. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79757 ****** WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM THE PING-ZUMA STALEMATE? Yves Niyiragira The 18th ordinary session of the African Union Summit was marked by the failure of African leaders to elect a new chairperson of the African Union Commission. Behind the scenes, complex international and regional shenanigans led to the deadlock. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79758 ****** RODRIGUES: A COLONIAL OUTPOST LONGING TO BE FREE Alain Leveque The Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues is governed by Mauritius, but it's inhabitants yearn for self-governance. How much longer will they have to wait? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79756 ****** IN SEARCH OF JUSTICE FOR THE SAHARAWI PEOPLE Mohamed Abdelaziz The President of the Saharawi Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, gave a speech in the Spanish city of Seville, where the 37th European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), was held from 3 - 5 February. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79759 ****** HOW TO LEAD OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT NGUEMA Agustin Velloso Santisteban President Obiang's major pre-occupation is enjoying the oil wealth of his country together with members of his family and cronies. And the country's opposition makes sure nobody disturbs the big man. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79764 ****** THE ICC DEBATE: A PAN-AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE Zaya Yeebo The International Criminal Court with its selective justice has become a vehicle for enforcing neocolonial interests in Africa. ICC has proven that it is beholden to countries that are not even signatories to the Rome statute that set it up. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79771 ****** NO SPRING IN WEST AFRICA Sokari Ekine African awakenings have been sporadic, with short-lived moments of intensity followed by exhaustion. But there has to be a starting point and now many people know that 'We can'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79776 ****** THE MYTH OF SOUTH SUDAN Makol Bona Malwal Lack of unity is South Sudan's most profound crisis, one that underlies the country's economic and political woes. It will take a long time and sustained efforts to build one nation with common values. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79774 ****** NIGERIA: RESOLVING THE BOKO HARAM CHALLENGE Okachikwu Dibia Nigerian authorities have handled the Boko Haram crisis badly, resulting in more bloodshed. The key to resolving sectarian agitations is dialogue and not the use of force. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79772 ****** ANGOLA: UNDERSTANDING PRESIDENT DOS SANTOS' RULE AND SUCCESSION GAME Rafael Marques de Morais This is a brief narrative of the power struggles between the president and his own party since the establishment of a multiparty system in 1991. It features deployment of constitutional coups, patronage and legal measures to address such internal rifts, as well as the consequences that reverberate today. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79813 ****** IS THE DRC SLOWLY FALLING INTO THE TRUSTEESHIP OF THE UN? Antoine Roger Lokongo The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has a less than glowing image in the DRC, but there is no sign in sight of the mission's end. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79760 ****** THE FAITH DIARIES: WHEN SILENCE BRINGS YOU HIV Faith kaManzi Studies have shown that the highest rates of HIV infection are among women stuck in financially dependent relationships where the only right is the right of the man. Silence increases violence. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79777 ****** THE BACK STORY TO CIDA-MINING PARTNERSHIPS Catherine Coumans Mining companies' branding of themselves as bringers of development needs to be critically examined against the burgeoning 'resource curse' literature that links mining to deepening national impoverishment in mining-dependent developing countries http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79812 ****** WHY I DON'T WANT TO VISIT THE US AND UK An open letter to the United States government and British government LI Anshan Finger-printing in the visa application process for visitors to the US and UK concerns millions of people. One Chinese academic has decided not to visit the countries in protest at 'this uncivilised measure'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79761 ****** RIGGING THE RULES: UNFAIR LAND DEALS IN SOUTH SUDAN Nickolas Johnson According to a recent report by the Oakland Institute, 'Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa: South Sudan', a large influx of one-sided foreign investment has flooded into South Sudan. These unfair land deals undermine the land rights of rural communities, increase food insecurity, further entrench poverty, and might result in skewed development patterns in South Sudan. One case studied by the report involves an Egyptian equity firm, Citadel Capital. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79816 ****** THERE IS NEED FOR A NEW ETHICS AND LANGUAGE TO DISCUSS IDENTITY Tom Odhiambo Stereotyping can become the only reference point or source of knowledge about the other people. The prejudice we hold against someone else can end up limiting our ability to know more about the stranger. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79817 ****** CELEBRATING CITIZENSHIP BILLS? Adam Hussein Adam In a multi racial society like Kenya is it really necessary to collect data on one's tribal background? Has such data ever helped the country? No! Those without recognized tribes or descent have always had problems proving their right to citizenship. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79819 ****** THE FABRIC OF OUR OTHER LIVES Indian African quilts at the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco R. Benedito Ferrao The exhibit provides the opportunity to rethink Afro-Indian diasporic cultural heritage through the symbolic quilting together of these identities and their markers in the patchwork fabric. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/79818 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis SOUTH AFRICA: BATTLE OF THE EGOS AT RONDEBOSCH COMMON Charlene Houston People are beginning to search beyond political parties for solutions. The youth are doubtful even of old style community organisations and are now exploring new forms of activism and new vehicles for change. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/79793 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns KENYA: MALE SEX WORKERS ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya It is time the society at large recognised sex work as legitimate work: 'his body, his choice.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/79823 ****** TANZANIA: ACTIVISTS DEMAND GOVERNMENT ACTION TO RESOLVE HEALTH CRISIS Marjorie Mbilinyi Some are arrested after successfully 'Occupying' Salander Bridge http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/79822 ****** UGANDA: 2009 'ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY' BILL RE-TABLED IN PARLIAMENT Front Line Defenders The bill prohibits any kind of community or political organising around sexuality in Uganda, criminalises advocacy and support for the rights of homosexual Ugandans and prohibits any public discussion of homosexuality. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/79788 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Obituaries BLYDEN-COWART: GEORGE PADMORE'S DAUGHTER DIES, FEBRUARY 3, 2012 Edwin S Wilson A tribute http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/79804 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts 5TH TALENT CAMPUS DURBAN Talent Campus Durban calls for filmmakers and film critics The event entices filmmakers to enhance skills, develop collaborations and interface with the dynamic future of the film industry in Africa and the world. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79820 ****** REVIEW OF 'AFRICAN AWAKENING: THE EMERGING REVOLUTIONS' Gary Blank The collection of spirited essays issues a trenchant and timely challenge to the widespread assumption that the Arab Spring can be understood in splendid isolation from the rest of Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/79790 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. 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