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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 583: THE BITTERNESS OF WAR, THE SOURNESS OF JUSTICE The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka @pambazuka Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. African Writers' Corner /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features TAYLOR: THE BITTERNESS OF WAR, THE SOURNESS OF JUSTICE Lansana Gberie The Charles Taylor trial reportedly cost a whopping $250 million. Was it worth it? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81812 ****** POPULAR RESISTANCE AND CORPORATE LANDGRABBING IN SIERRA LEONE Interview with Oakland Institute on Socfin investments in Sierra Leone A new report ( http://bit.ly/Kwwozz ) from the Oakland Institute examines a controversial land investment deal in Sierra Leone. Pambazuka News caught up with Oakland Institute Policy Director Frederic Mousseau to find out why the report has attracted so much attention. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81813 ****** STRANGE FRUIT AND THE TRAYVON MARTINS OF HISTORY Ama Biney The February death of Trayvon Martin in the US shows the need to address the underlying structures of racism that are embedded in the ideology of a capitalist and imperialist society. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81823 ****** SOMALIA, MUSEVENI AND MILITARISING THE REGION Interview by Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati Mahmood Mamdani 'Everybody knows the solution in Somalia is political not military. Even if there is a military victory in Somalia, it will not be sustainable without a political solution.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81818 ****** REFOUNDING SOMALIA: CONSTITUTION AND ISLAM Abdulwahid Sheikhosman Qalinle The draft constitution is a considerable improvement from the Transitional Federal Charter. However, there are serious flaws in the draft which would make the operation of the system of government difficult and controversial. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81819 ****** BALKANIZATION AND BRUTALIZATION OF SOMALIA Analysis of the Draft Constitution Mohamud M Uluso It is immoral and a political crime to purport to draft a new constitution under the prevailing political and security conditions in Somalia. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81824 ****** RELAUNCHING SOMALIA WITH A FLAWED CONSTITUTION? Mohamud M Uluso The proposed Somali constitution is a hurried job, with the latest version available only in Somali language while various outdated or fake versions are circulating on the web. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81820 ****** THE HUMAN FACE OF TROUBLED MOGADISHU Rasna Warah To novelist Nuruddin Farah, his homeland city is not the 'most dangerous in the world;' it's the prettiest and most colourful -- once you've tasted its waters, you will always go back. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81822 ****** ARMED STRUGGLE: MAMDANI TELLS POLITICIANS TO LEARN FROM LUWERO Interview by Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati Mahmood Mamdani Leading political philosopher Mahmood Mamdani says the government's ban on the political pressure group Activists for Change (A4C) is naive and likely to drive opposition underground. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81817 ****** UNITED STATES 911, NIGERIA AND THE BIG OPINION SHIFT Osita Ebiem The problem of Nigeria is one-Nigeria. The state structure is wrong. The solution is restructuring; separation of the warring peoples, cultures and religions into independent countries. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81825 ****** CESSATION CLAUSE FOR RWANDAN REFUGEES RAISES QUESTIONS Guillaume Cliche-Rivard The whole rationale behind UNHCR's recommendation to invoke the Cessation Clause is suspect. The refugees body should be urged to withdrawal it. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81821 ****** RWANDA: 18 YEARS AFTER Chika Ezeanya In this short story, the wedding day of a young woman is described in the context of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81816 ****** SOUTH AFRICA'S DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE FINANCIAL INTERCOURSE South Africa's economic management is as risky as unsafe sex. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81815 ****** THE EMPIRE VS. IRAN (AND SYRIA) A New World War for a New World Order? Jooneed Khan Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which this time would be really global? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81814 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements VOLUNTEER COPY EDITORS WANTED Are you an experienced copy editor? Can you work quickly and accurately? Would you be willing to help Pambazuka News by volunteering a little of your time each week? Pambazuka News receives a growing number of articles every week, but we need help with copy-editing. If you think you can help, please get in touch with us - [email protected]. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns ALGERIANS IN THE UK TO STAGE PROTEST Algeria Solidarity Campaign Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC) calls for a protest in front of the Algerian Consulate on Saturday, May 5th at 3pm. Address: 6 Hyde Park Gate, SW7 5EW (5min from High Street Kensington Station). http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/81827 ****** HEROIC ETHIOPIAN JOURNALIST ESKINDER NEGA, TURKISH PUBLISHER HONOURED Writers pledge, "We will never forget you" PEN American Center Nega's wife, who has been jailed herself for her journalism, said she was accepting the award on behalf of her husband "at a time when freedom of expression and press freedoms are at the lowest point in Ethiopia." http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/81826 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 African Writers' Corner OUR LADY OF THE TREES Natty Mark Samuels This short play celebrates the late renowned Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace laureate Prof Wangari Maathai. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/81829 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. 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