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------Original message------ From: Pambazuka Editor <[email protected]> To: "pambazuka-news" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:07:26 PM GMT+0300 Subject: Pambazuka News 621: Issues in Kenyan election, Benin's looted bronzes and Western Sahara PAMBAZUKA NEWS 621: ISSUES IN KENYAN ELECTION, BENIN'S LOOTED BRONZES AND WESTERN SAHARA 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. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Books & arts, 6. Jobs /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Highlights from this issue Dear Reader In this issue we have three articles on Western Sahara. One, 'Securitization or Terrorization?' by Jacob Mundy, should have appeared in the Special Issue 618. The other two, 'A violence that goes unnamed' by Vivian Solana and 'Democratic experiments in exile' by Alice Wilson, are corrected versions of articles we already carried in that issue. We are sorry for any inconvenience to the authors and you, the reader. EDITORS /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features ELECTORAL FRAUD AND DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLES IN KENYA Lessons from 2013 electoral process Horace Campbell Unlike the elections of 2007, the recent elections in Kenya avoided massive bloodshed and gave victory to the Jubilee Coalition. An analysis of the significance of the elections is given and it is argued that political power cannot be monopolized by one section of the capitalist class http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86578 ****** UN RESOLUTION 2093 ENDORSES STATE BUILDING MISSION FOR SOMALIA Mohamud Uluso The UN Security Council Resolution 2093 adopted in Somalia on 6 March 2013 is critically examined for its achievements, opportunities and the challenges that remain for nation building to gain permanence in the country http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86577 ****** BENIN PLAN OF ACTION Will this miserable project be the last word on the looted Benin artefacts? Kwame Opoku The Benin Plan of Action is no plan of action and does not deal with restitution of the looted Benin bronzes. After 50 years Africans must demand a concrete time frame within which the artefacts are to be returned as a condition for participating in future meetings http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86572 ****** SECURITIZATION OR TERRORIZATION? US counterterrorism policy and the crisis in the Sahara-Sahel Jacob Mundy In a number of ways, the American counterterrorism doctrine, which is a part of a long-time transnational destabilization of the Sahara-Sahel, has helped create the current conflict in the region http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86564 ****** A VIOLENCE THAT GOES UNNAMED Vivian Solana The conflict in the Western Sahara is inadequately represented by terms such as ‘stagnated’, ‘frozen’ and ‘locked’, which contribute to obscure the reality that this conflict represents the continuation of French, US and Spanish colonial practices in Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86581 ****** DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENTS IN EXILE Alice Wilson When refugees turn out to vote and when they raise their voices in participatory meetings or in their homes to criticise their government, they show how much they value the possibility for democratic participation. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86580 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements MARCH 2013 ISSUE OF THE FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER The March 2013 issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter is now available: http://frlan.tumblr.com Please help us distribute it, and consider contributing in the future. You can also like our Facebook page, and follow us on Twitter! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/86579 ****** OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES The University of Oxford is pleased to announce five scholarships for candidates from developing African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law, starting September 2013. The scholarships are jointly funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and provide course and college fees over two years, return air travel from the scholar’s home country and a stipend to cover living costs. For further information, please visit our website ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) and choose Fees and Funding for details of the scholarships.mm Vvvvvv The University of Oxford is pleased to announce five scholarships for candidates from developing African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law, starting September 2013. The scholarships are jointly funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and provide course and college fees over two years, return air travel from the scholar’s home country and a stipend to cover living costs. For further information, please visit our website ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) and choose Fees and Funding for details of the scholarships. ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis THE MONSTERS UNDER THE HOUSE Patrick Gathara Kenyans turned out in historic numbers to vote in the recent election. Although there was no violence as had been feared, the exercise was no evidence of a self-confident and mature society. It was dominated by deep fear and mistrust. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86566 ****** HUGO CHÁVEZ: NEW WORLD RISING Glen Ford The great Bolivarian is gone – which means the U.S. will soon escalate its destabilization campaign against his country. ‘Washington hopes that Venezuelan socialism cannot survive without Chávez.’ But the U.S. cannot roll back the movement that Chávez did so much to ignite, ‘the dark awakening in the barrios, favelas, rural villages and native highlands of the continent.’ ****** TAKING FORWARD THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE AND SYMBOLISM OF HUGO RAFAEL CHÁVEZ FRíAS Democratic Left Front ‘Chávez holds a useful mirror against which to assess the extent to which the ANC, the South African Communist Party and other African national liberation movements have long abandoned any hope, belief in, and commitment to socialism given their active political agency to maintain and reproduce capitalism’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86573 ****** CHÁVEZ AND NONVIOLENCE Onwubiko Agozino Hugo Chavez may have helped to inspire social democratic revolutions across South America in preference to the fruitless decades of violent armed struggles http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86575 ****** AFTER 2015, THEN WHAT? Africa’s development agenda in post-MDGs Chika Ezeanya In view of the under-achievement record of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), global policy makers have set out on a search for a more veritable replacement ahead of its 2015 expiration date http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86585 ****** HAS THE LGBT MOVEMENT FAILED IN UGANDA? Doreen Lwanga Rather than continuing to operate on an exclusive basis, the LGBT movement in Uganda should strive to nurture a multivariate movement for social justice, creating a multi-normative society for their safety and the peaceful coexistence of future generations http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86584 ****** FOOD AND POLITICS IN AFRICA Ng'ang'a wa Muchiri There are many interesting metaphors of food in the African political discourse to express the changing dynamics of power http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86567 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns AN OPEN LETTER TO ONTARIO PREMIER KATHLEEN WYNNE Action speaks louder than words! Ajamu Nangwaya Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity puts forward five propositions that would give concrete form to the Premier’s claim that ‘government exists to make people’s lives better’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86571 ****** KENYA: AN OPEN LETTER TO IEBC CHAIRMAN ISAACK HASSAN Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice Various technological measures required by law to protect the integrity of Kenya’s elections failed massively in the recent polls. But the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission proceeded with tallying the result. IEBC must explain to Kenyans what happened http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86568 ****** LEGAL HELP BY AND FOR SEX WORKERS Jonathan Birchall Sex work is criminalized in South Africa, and sex workers face routine harassment, intimidation, and even abuse from police. One organization is helping them gain the legal skills they need to fight back. Please take a moment to view a photo essay ( http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/legal-help-sex-workers-sex-workers?utm_source=justice_B&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text_link1&utm_campaign=justice_B_030913 ) about the Women’s Legal Centre, a grantee of the Open Society Foundations based in South Africa that provides legal services by and for sex workers. ****** STATEMENT ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI’S COMMENTS GALZ The statements fuel public prejudice against LGBTI individuals and contradict the very preamble of a draft constitution that the PM is seemingly promoting http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86570 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts FICTIONALIZING CAMFRANGLAIS A Review of Moi Taximan by Gabriel Kuitche Fonkou Peter Wuteh Vakunta This book is highly recommended to people who know nothing about Camfranglais and who wish to one day visit Cameroon. It really is a must read. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/86574 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Jobs JOB ADVERT: CAMPAIGNER – NORTH AFRICA Amnesty International ( http://careers.amnesty.org ) We're looking for a Campaigner to contribute to our campaign against human rights violations in North Africa. Working at the International Secretariat, you will contribute to a range of projects, including Amnesty International's response to the momentous changes in North Africa witnessed in 2011 and 2012. You will act as a focal point, providing advice and support to our worldwide membership, including devising campaigning strategies, preparing written and other campaigning materials and providing research support. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/86583 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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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