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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 608: CORPORATE MANOEUVRES, RISING IMPERIALISM AND RACIST WORLD BANK 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. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. African Writers' Corner /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features BATTLE FOR THE 'HEART AND SOUL' OF CLIMATE FINANCE Alex Lenferna Climate change talks are underway in Doha. Until now corporate power and the interests of a global elite have dictated the direction of the negotiations. It will be disastrous if these interests carry the day on the future of climate finance. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85608 ****** THE DILEMMA OF THE WARS IN THE KIVUS Gary K. Busch The world seems to be in a state of paralysis in dealing with the problems in the DRC in which Rwanda and Uganda continue to pillage and plunder the mineral resources of the country. At the same time over 5 million Congolese have died. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85595 ****** BRITAIN AND AMERICA TARGET DR CONGO They have been cornered by financial crisis Antoine Roger Lokongo What is happening in eastern DR Congo is not a civil war, but continuation of a 16-year aggression by the country's two neighbours, financed and directed by the United States and Britain. ( https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=obama+cameron&uname=110842048834086824084&psc=G&filter=1#5720121434653227170 ) http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85610 ****** IMF IN EGYPT: REVOLUTION OR COMING FULL CIRCLE? Amr Adly The new regime has proven to be incapable of tackling sensitive economic issues. The loan from IMF is not inevitable or necessary to pull the economy out of an imminent recession, but rather risks pushing Egypt into a spiral of public debt. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85605 ****** BRICS BLOC'S RISING 'SUB-IMPERIALISM' Is this the latest threat to Africa? Patrick Bond Like Berlin in 1884-85, the BRICS Durban summit is expected to carve up Africa more efficiently, unburdened - now as then - by what will be derided as 'Western' concerns about democracy and human rights. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85609 ****** UNMASKING RACIST WORLD BANK Phyllis Muhammad The bank's governance structure has denied Africa a voice for many decades, but utterly appalling is the deeply entrenched bias against black people in the World Bank's human resources practices. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85601 ****** JUST DO IT: WORLD BANK'S 'ALTERNATIVE' DEVELOPMENT MODEL Jyoti Saraswati World Bank's much trumpeted 'alternative' model of growth - the utilisation of low-cost, skilled labour in the developing world for the export of IT and IT-enabled services to the West - has found a receptive audience amongst certain African politicians and policymakers. But the costs of adopting this model will far outweigh any benefits. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85596 ****** THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ZIMBABWEAN CRISIS Thomas Deve The underlying cause of the Zimbabwean crisis lies in the State's failure to initiate and sustain a growth process that is robust and inclusive. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85606 ****** UGANDA: TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS >From victims of Lord's Resistance Army conflict to lictims of Land conflicts Otim Denis Barnabas It is not necessarily land scarcity, but rather improper land administration, abuse of power and systems that are key land conflict triggers in northern Uganda. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85597 ****** HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND LAND OWNERSHIP Challenges and successes in Lira District, Uganda Jamie Hitchen Northern Uganda is rising from the debris of a long conflict involving the rebel Lord's Resistance Movement. Many challenges remain especially on land issues. But human rights defenders are trying to help. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85607 ****** TOWARDS REALISATION OF A COHESIVE SOUTH AFRICA Challenges and prospects Charl van der Merwe and Azwifaneli Managa The 'rainbow nation' still retains deep social divisions arising from its troubled past and the mixed results of various initiatives over the last 18 years to build a truly cohesive society. A number of things need to be done to aid this process. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85611 ****** AS IT GROWS, A BABY CROCODILE DIPS IN MANY POOLS Envisioning a new Malawi, starting with the children Steve Sharra Rarely are positive stories of Africa represented in the Western media about African people. Steve Sharra shares some inspiring examples of young Malawians that should inspire young and old alike across the African continent. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85594 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis A CONTINENT OF CHAINED FORM FIVES Field Ruwe The power of knowledge in Africa is immeasurable. To emancipate themselves from oppressive political rulers and to achieve advancement, the people should seek education. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85600 ****** UGANDA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IS A JOKE Vincent Nuwagaba The commission is mute in the face of egregious human rights violations perpetrated by the Museveni regime. The political leanings of its officials undermines their commitment to building a just society http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85604 ****** WHY KAMPALA SUMMIT WAS A TOTAL FAILURE Theogene Rudasingwa The recent conference on the M23 rebellion in DR Congo achieved little. With increasing international disinterest in the crisis, Africa must unite to end this conflict. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/85599 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns AFRICA MUST NOT SIGN A SUICIDE PACT AT DOHA Pan African Climate Justice Alliance The solutions for avoiding climate disaster pursued by rich Western nations cannot effectively address the crisis. African civil society organizations want developed countries to accept responsibility. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85602 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: FARM WORKERS' MASS MEETING Sunday, 2 December, 12pm, Zolani Sports Stadium, Ashton Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers Union Farm workers do backbreaking work sometimes for 12 hours a day to produce food and wine, yet they are forced to work under unsafe and unhealthy conditions http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85612 ****** STOP UGANDA GAY DEATH PENALTY Avaaz If the brutal law being considered by parliament is passed, thousands of Ugandans could face execution -- just for being gay ****** UGANDA: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE Many women in the Lango sub-region continue to live under systematic abuse and severe reproductive health complications as a result of long years of armed conflict. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85591 ****** SOUTH AFRICA CONDEMNED FOR TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT OMCT World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) calls for the effective implementation of the decision of the Human Rights Committee condemning South Africa for acts of torture and other forms of ill-treatment http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85590 ****** BAN FGM CAMPAIGN BOOSTED No Peace Without Justice Draft resolution adopted by the UNGA Third Committee is a landmark step in global efforts to put an end to this human rights violation http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85592 ****** NEW BRANCHES IN KWANDENGEZI AND ISIPINGO Abahlali baseMjondolo The shack-dwellers movement in South Africa is growing, with the recent opening of new branches that bring the total to 64. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85598 ****** TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: GAY ACTIVIST TAKES GOVERNMENT TO COURT AIDS-Free World The discriminatory provision in Trinidad's immigration law is not only wrong in itself but clearly runs counter to the right to freedom of movement of persons. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/85593 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 African Writers' Corner THE DAY I WORE MY BEST CLOTHES John Sampson Jacaranda School, Std 6, Malawi Winning essay in the 2012 Royal Commonwealth Competition http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/85589 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. 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