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KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! > Pambazuka News 835: Struggle, suffer, sacrifice for justice > ------------------------------ > > 24 August 2017 > > CONTENTS: 1. Features > <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_1> 2. Announcements > <http://www.pambazuka.net/en/issue.php/current/#cat_3> > > ------------------------------ > *Features* > ------------------------------ > Angolan elections: Different name, same game for civil society? > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/angolan-elections-different-name-same-game-civil-society> > David Kode <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/david-kode> > > Over the last 38 years, particularly since the end of the civil war in > 2002, President Dos Santos has ruled Angola through securitisation of the > society, repressing all dissent and restricting freedom of expression, > association and assembly. Will space for civil participation open up after > one of Africa’s longest serving rulers leaves power following elections > this week? > > > Kenya's new electoral authoritarianism > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/kenyas-new-electoral-authoritarianism> > Aziz Rana <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/aziz-rana> > > Kenyan political elites are using the mechanism of the election to cloak > their authoritarianism in democratic credibility and shield themselves from > international suspicion. The vote, so essential to popular participation > and self-government, has become a critical component for a new electoral > authoritarianism. > > > > PROTEST STATEMENT: Halt threats & intimidation of Kenyan civil society > <http://www.pambazuka.org/advocacy-campaigns/protest-statement-halt-threats-intimidation-kenyan-civil-society> > *72 regional and international civil society organizations and individuals > from 22 countries raise collective condemnation of harassment of CSOs in > Kenya* > > Following the 8 August 2017 elections whose results are disputed, the > Government of Kenya embarked on a crackdown on selected non-governmental > organizations. There have also been reports of killings and sexual > harassment by police and suspected state-sponsored gangs especially in > urban slums assumed to be support bases of the opposition NASA coalition. > > > “When Courts do Politics” > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/%E2%80%9Cwhen-courts-do-politics%E2%80%9D> > *Review of new book by J. Oloka-Onyango, 2017. Cambridge Scholars > Publishing* > Yash Tandon <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/5272> > > The book ploughs through the complex issues relating judicial struggles > over sexual and gender-based discrimination, social justice and poverty and > the adjudication of presidential elections in East Africa. > > > > An open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari> > Charles Ogbu <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/charles-ogbu> > > Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the country this week > after spending more than three months in the United Kingdom being treated > for an undisclosed illness. His short, pre-recorded speech upon arrival did > little to address the many concerns of the Nigerian people at this time - > at least according to this author. > > > Between a rock and a hard place > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/between-rock-and-hard-place> > *The existential crisis facing Somaliland* > Ahmed M.I. Egal <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3872> > > It has always been a source of pride that one of the principal factors > underlying Somaliland’s success in achieving reconciliation, peace and the > establishment of an indigenous democracy was the integrity, basic honesty > and national commitment of its leaders. But during the last seven years, > this record of largely clean and open governance has surrendered to a > culture of greed, nepotism and rampant corruption. > > > Rwanda’s ghosts in Charlottesville: A prescription for America’s healing > <http://www.pambazuka.org/democracy-governance/rwanda%E2%80%99s-ghosts-charlottesville-prescription-america%E2%80%99s-healing> > Theogene Rudasingwa <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/8267> > > Americans must acknowledge the scourge of open and concealed racism whose > ugly face appears in the form of Charlottesville, hundreds of thousands of > black people and other minorities languishing in incarceration, police > brutality, discrimination against minorities, as well as diseases rampant > in impoverished communities at the bottom of America’s social, economic and > political pyramid. > > > > Some good might come in Canada from neo-fascists marching in > Charlottesville > <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/some-good-might-come-canada-neo-fascists-marching-charlottesville> > Yves Engler <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9660> > > Taking advantage of media interest in protests over monuments to > historical figures with racist views, activists in Halifax are pushing to > remove > <http://globalnews.ca/news/3675806/halifax-plaque-should-be-removed/> > commemorations of two individuals who helped conquer Africa. And there’s no > lack of other such memorials to target across the Great White North. > > > > > 90 years of struggle, suffering & sacrifice > <http://www.pambazuka.org/pan-africanism/90-years-struggle-suffering-sacrifice> > *Inaugural Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe tribute lecture* > Mo’Afrika Ellen Mothopeng > <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/mo%E2%80%99afrika-ellen-mothopeng> > > Celebrating 90 years for Mama Sobukwe is a major feat. It is a sterling > life which is exemplary for all, young and old, men and women, that one can > serve, suffer and sacrifice for freedom. Her circumstances do not differ > much from those of Afrikan women in the rural areas and at the bottom of > the pyramid in the social structure. > > > > Azimio la Elimu: A reflection on education for self-reliance > <http://www.pambazuka.org/education/azimio-la-elimu-reflection-education-self-reliance> > Noosim Naimasiah <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/noosim-naimasiah> > > To replace pedagogies of the oppressed with education for the practice of > freedom and to implement education for self-reliance, we must alter > radically the political organization of the modern state of capitalist > modernity. That is Mwalimu Nyerere's legacy in education, which remains > relevant today. > > > > Salzburg Global Seminar: A Marshall Plan for the mind and peace in a > globalized world > <http://www.pambazuka.org/ict-media-security/salzburg-global-seminar-marshall-plan-mind-and-peace-globalized-world> > Tom Olang' <http://www.pambazuka.org/author/tom-olang> > > From a humble centre for American Studies, the Salzburg Global Seminar now > runs several academies and programmes focusing on imagination, > sustainability and justice, among other topical issues of global concern. > It also produces several publications on various themes and has several > institutional and individual donors and partners across the globe. > > > The African middle class matters: but not for the reasons commonly put > forward > <http://www.pambazuka.org/economics/african-middle-class-matters-not-reasons-commonly-put-forward> > Henning Melber <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3628> > > The debate about Africa’s middle class has largely ignored earlier > analyses on African elites. > > > > > > > Will Trump change NAFTA, TPP, CETA? > <http://www.pambazuka.org/economics/will-trump-change-nafta-tpp-ceta> > Daouda Cissé <http://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/9705> > > If the US wants to create jobs and promote consumption of America-made > products by Americans as Trump claimed during his electoral campaign, it > will be hard for him to achieve such goals. The US economy is strongly tied > to other economies around the world. With Trump’s rhetoric about > protectionism and nationalism in an increasingly globalised world, it would > be interesting to see how the US charts alone its trade and economic future. > > ------------------------------ > > *Announcements* > ------------------------------ > Pambazuka Android App is now on Google Play Store > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pambazuka.org&hl=en> > As a way to reach more people and to make your experience with Pambazuka > News better, we have developed an android app as another tool to create a > better reading experience with mobile devices. 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