Pambazuka (London)
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May 10
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South Sudan: Mr Nafie Goes to Washington [opinion]
For Sudan which listed as a sponsor of terrorism and whose president is a suspected war criminal, the invitation to Washington of Al Bashir's aide is an extraordinary reward to a... Read more »
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Africa: Africa Must Be in Control of Its Fortune [opinion]
As the World Economic Forum meets in Cape Town this week [8-10 May], they must commit to implementing programs that will assist the millions being left behind by economic growth.... Read more »
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Africa: What's Behind Renewed Attacks On African American Freedom Fighter Assata Shakur? [opinion]
On the 40th anniversary of the shooting and capture of Assata Shakur, the FBI and the State of New Jersey has now placed the African American revolutionary on the most wanted... Read more »
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South Africa: Mayor Warned to House Poor or Face Being Held in Contempt of Court [press release]
Today, the Johannesburg High Court directed the Executive Mayor, City Manager and Director of Housing for the City of Johannesburg ("the City") to personally explain why the City... Read more »
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Nigeria: Did the Federal Government of Nigeria Engage in Igbo Genocide? [opinion]
Chinua Achebe's recent book has revived fierce discussions about the Biafra genocide, the darkest chapter in Nigerian history. The country is still divided over the issue and... Read more »
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Africa: South Africa's Sub-Imperial Seductions [opinion]
South Africa is this week hosting yet another major conference, the World Economic Forum for Africa, amidst increasing evidence that the nation is fast growing as a sub-imperialist... Read more »
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Kenya: What New Government Should Address First At Coast [opinion]
The unresolved land question at the Kenyan coast has continued to stagnate development, stoke negative ethnicity and create squatters. Successive governments have displayed... Read more »
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Africa: Challenges of Transition [opinion]
Violence across Africa is often fueled by political elites who try to cling to power. They play on tribal historic injustices and often leave the poor to fight each other.... Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria - June 19 National Day of Action [opinion]
Mass movement against education cuts, mass unemployment, pro-rich looting and obnoxious electoral laws Read more »
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Africa: The Obama Legacy - Top Ten Things Black America Will have to Show for Eight Years of President Obama [opinion]
When Barack Obama leaves the White House in January 2017, what will black America, his earliest and most consistent supporters, have to show for making his political career... Read more »
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Africa: May Day and Failure of the Mainstream Immigrant Rights Movement [opinion]
The American immigrant rights movement has failed because it allowed itself to be influenced by the paternalism and conservative politics of the liberal non-profit industrial... Read more »
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Africa: What the Oga At the Top Doesn't Know [opinion]
The government should have capitalised on a recent embarrassing incident in which an official was exposed as incompetent to mount a major PR coup against its critics. But it is too... Read more »
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Niger: Beyond Jonathan's 5.7 Billion Naira Largesse [opinion]
If the Nigerian government is sincere about achieving peace and solving the recurring problem of electoral violence, it must implement the Sheikh Lemu Report wholly and not... Read more »
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Ethiopia: Violation of Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia [document]
Statement delivered at the 53rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights in Banjul, Gambia Read more »
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Africa: Kenyan Workers Should Strengthen Spirit of Solidarity [opinion]
There is a genuine concern that trade unions and its leadership have failed to protect workers and that trade unions are dens of corruption in Kenya. There is a need to revive a... Read more »
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Kenya: Karuturi Guilty of Tax Evasion
The Kenyan government has found Karuturi Global Ltd, the world's biggest producer of cut roses, guilty of tax evasion. This is the first time an African government has brought a... Read more »
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Nigeria: Finding Answers Beyond Kano Bus Bombing [opinion]
Nigeria is unworkable as one nation-state because of intractable internal ethnic rivalries and the deeply rooted determination of the north to Islamise everyone. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Amnesty and Its Infinitesimal Calculus [opinion]
The decision by the Jonathan administration to grant amnesty to Boko Haram does not inspire much hope, given that similar steps have not solved the problem of militant groups in... Read more »
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Africa: Africa Progress Panel Welcomes Europe's New Rules On Transparency [opinion]
New European rules move the world closer to a global standard on transparency. Now other regions and countries must follow this example. Read more »
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Southern Africa: Condolences to the Gqobose Family [opinion]
The spiritual transition of Cde Gqobose to his Creator and to the ancestors is not to be mourned, but to be celebrated with gratitude to God who lent Gqobs to this family and to... Read more »
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Africa: Where Is Homeland? [opinion]
The collection of poems tells a story on many levels. It is an autobiographical account of a black child growing up within the private fostering system. But the story extends back... Read more »
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Africa: Thatcherism and Africans - Beyond the Revisionist History [opinion]
Hagiographic obituaries and analysis of Margaret Thatcher in the US and UK seek to revise the reality that not only was Thatcher a divisive politician but her government laid the... Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty As Double-Edged Sword [opinion]
Let the government of Nigeria proceed with an amnesty for Boko Haram. But it should also announce a package of compensation for individuals and organizations that suffered... Read more »
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Africa: Canada's Growing Role in Partnership Alongside U.S. Imperialism [opinion]
Canada seems to be a quiet and unknown imperialist state. However, it has also invaded and occupied Afghanistan, Libya, Somalia and Haiti alongside pursuing significant mining... Read more »
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Swaziland: Swaziland - Press Freedom Crisis [opinion]
Freedom of the press and the existence of political parties do not exist in Africa's only kingdom of Mswati III of Swaziland. The fine imposed on the publisher of the Nation... Read more »
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