Fahamu (Oxford)
Website: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
July 04
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Africa: When American Southern Hospitality Meets Ethiopian Sensibility [opinion]
The young man articulated the frustration, fragility, despair and aspiration of so many young-black-men. He spoke for the many who strive to better their life by attempting to gain... Read more »
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Africa: Kenyans Mobilise Against Taxing the Poor [analysis]
A bill sponsored by the government and backed by IMF to raise more money to finance a huge budget announced recently seeks to impose value added tax on basic commodities. This has... Read more »
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Africa: Us Double-Talking Human Rights in Ethiopia, Again! [opinion]
'Our silence in the face of outrageous lies may give the misimpression that we are ignorant, witless, fainthearted and without much sense or sensibility. But we know the simple... Read more »
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Africa: Another South African Housing Activist Murdered [analysis]
Nkululeko Gwala was assassinated in Cato Crest, the same area where another well-known housing activist, Thembinkosi Qumbelo, was killed in March. Nkululeko had received lots of... Read more »
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Kenya: What Cost Koigi Wa Wamwere His Glory [opinion]
Kenyans have this horrible habit of abandoning and forgetting those among them who fought hard to free others during both economic and political difficulties Read more »
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Africa: Transcending Silence [analysis]
Women in the Congo and other conflict torn regions in Africa experience rape and domestic violence as do their counterparts in Syria. Syrian women are suffering an epidemic of... Read more »
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Niger: Osun State Government Should Pay Retirees [opinion]
Many workers were forced to retire in order to get a government secured pension. But unfortunately, more than six months after, the pensions are still unpaid Read more »
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Africa: Washington, Beijing and the BRICS Nations [opinion]
Beneath Obama's beguiling smile and rhetoric the exploitation of the African continent by the US continues. With both Obama and Zuma on the back foot in terms of their... Read more »
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South Africa: ANC Fragmentation [opinion]
The ANC is starting to fragment on the back of the governing party's inability to reduce poverty, deliver jobs and effective public services. The party will continue to fragment as... Read more »
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Africa: A Vision for African News in Germany [opinion]
Coverage of day-to-day news in African affairs in German media lacks in quantity as well as quality. AfrikaEcho, a young online news site, wants to change this, financed by... Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia - Raskamboni Militia Challenges U.S., UN Credibility [opinion]
The clan militia, supported by Kenya and Ethiopia, has defied the legitimacy and jurisdiction of the Federal Government and unilaterally declared a regional State called... Read more »
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Africa: Have We Really Gained Independence? [opinion]
'Are we not mature enough as a nation to make our own rules? At 53, should we still have to copy from other nations? At 53, should we still have to grovel at the feet of other... Read more »
July 03
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Africa: NGO Money Management Training in Pretoria, July 2013 [opinion]
Mango are bringing their NGO money management training to Pretoria in July and still have some bursary (scholarship) places available for small, local NGOs and CSOs. Their training... Read more »
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Africa: Governance in Africa - Challenges for the Next 50 Years [opinion]
Democracy in Africa now features semi-competitive elections that retain and entrench neo-patrimonialism and old networks of elite domination. But social transformation that gives... Read more »
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Egypt: Why Millions of Egyptians Wanted Morsi Out [opinion]
The only real hope for Egypt is the formation of a government of national unity where the progressive forces are at the centre of the emerging political dispensation Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Will Congo's Poor Benefit From World's Largest Dam Project? [opinion]
Despite being in the path of this huge project, the people have very little information about the dam and the impacts it will bring to their lives. The situation is the same... Read more »
June 27
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Kenya: Payback for Colonial Sins [opinion]
Britain's recent offer of £20 million to survivors of Kenya's Mau Mau anti-colonial revolt though a somewhat good idea reopens the vexed question of the impact of British... Read more »
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Africa: Beyond Rhetoric - Delivering On the Promise of Day of the African Child [opinion]
As we celebrate the 23rd edition of the Day of the African Child (DAC), it is fitting to consider how to ensure better protection for the African child in view of new and emerging... Read more »
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Tanzania: Walter Rodney in Tanzania - A Tribute [analysis]
Walter was an institution. He left a huge shadow on the left, on the African left, and in Tanzania itself. His own learning and foundation were laid in the east African nation Read more »
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South Africa: Tribunal - Landlords Cannot Profit Off Electricity 'Service Charges' [opinion]
Rental Housing Tribunal orders electricity "service charge" levied by a landlord to tenants illegal. The Tribunal ruled that the landlord was interdicted from levying the irregular... Read more »
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Africa: How to Influence Policy [opinion]
Although the recent forum on Africa in Ottawa did not solve all the issues surrounding foreign natural resource extraction in one sitting, it did get policy-makers listening, which... Read more »
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Africa: An Open Memo to President Obama on his Visit to Africa [opinion]
How will Africans remember President Obama? How can his current visit to the continent create value for African and the American people? Here is some open advice Read more »
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Africa: An Open Letter to Nelson Mandela [opinion]
'I would like to see you make enough of a recovery to flirt with a nurse, shout at a doctor, condemn the ANC for tolerating incompetence and fostering corruption, and send the... Read more »
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Africa: ICC - Kenya's Is a Lose-Lose Strategy [opinion]
The Kenya government's frenetic and wasteful sorties to the UN and AU trying to stop the ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto show, if proof were... Read more »
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Liberia: Evaluating the Dual Citizenship-State-Building-Nation-Building Nexus in Liberia [opinion]
A Post-conflict reconstruction in Liberia has primarily focused on building state structures at the expense of solidifying national cohesion. The author contends that in this... Read more »
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