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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 547: TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: WAR CAN'T BRING PEACE The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Books & arts, 6. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features TEN YEARS AFTER 9/11: WAR CANNOT BRING PEACE Ama Biney Western reaction to 9/11 over the past decade has made the world more insecure, especially the global South, which has suffered from increased militarism and exploitation, writes Ama Biney. Only a commitment to genuine justice, freedom and equality will bring peace. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76281 ****** GLOBAL NATO AND THE RECOLONISATION OF AFRICA Lessons from the Libyan intervention Horace Campbell ‘If there was any uncertainty about the real mission of the United States, France, Britain and other members of NATO in Libya, these doubts were clarified with the nature of the military campaign against the people of Libya,’ writes Horace Campell. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76300 ****** WITNESSING THE TRANSITION TO FEAR IN TRIPOLI Lizzie Phelan ‘Amidst all the media furore about the fall of Tripoli from the grasp of the Libyan government, it's not easy to get a clear picture of what things look like under the new rulers,’ writes Lizzie Phelan. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76282 ****** NATO’S WAR ON LIBYA IS AN ATTACK ON AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AFRICOM and the neocolonialists Dan Glazebrook Under Gaddafi, Dan Glazebrook contends, Libya was rising as a socialist, anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist nation spearheading African unity and independence. This threatened the West’s long imperialist interests in the continent, hence the NATO-led war. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76284 ****** SWAZILAND: 'BUILD AN UNSTOPPABLE TSUNAMI FOR FREEDOM!' Mario Masuku The people of Swaziland are out in sustained protest against the country's 'system of royal oppression', writes Mario Masuku. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76248 ****** PALM OIL FUELS LAND GRABS IN AFRICA Joan Baxter By next year ‘palm oil is forecast to be the world’s most produced and internationally traded edible oil.’ But as foreign investors descend on Africa to develop large-scale palm oil plantations, the survival of local people is threatened as they lose control of the land and water on which they depend for their food production and livelihoods, warns Joan Baxter. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76280 ****** THE YOUTH IN IVORIAN RECONSTRUCTION Myriam Wedraogo As the Ivorian government works on security, reconciliation and economic recovery in the country, the issue of the youth is crucial. Myriam Wedraogo looks at the roles youths played in the post-election crisis and explores windows of opportunity for their empowerment. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76296 ****** PRESIDENT JONATHAN, WHERE IS THE NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE BILL? Uche Igwe It has been more than eight months since the harmonised version of the National Climate Change Commission Bill was forwarded to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan for assent. Uche Igwe asks why there is still no word from the presidency on the fate of this very important bill. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76247 ****** THINGS FALLING APART IN NIGERIA Sokari Ekine The storming of the Israeli embassy by Egyptian protestors and a selection of stories on Nigeria, including bomb attacks, Boko Haram and a campaign to rebrand the country are the focus of this week’s review of the African blogosphere, by Sokari Ekine. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76279 ****** IS AFRICA RISING OR FLAILING? Toby Moorsom In the wake of sustained social unrest in many parts of Africa this year, Toby Moorsom considers the extent to which the continent might be said to be ‘rising or flailing’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76251 ****** INDIA–AFRICA RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY Genuine partnership or a marriage of convenience? Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi Edited by Emma Mawdsley and Gerard McCann, 'India in Africa: Changing Geographies of Power' ( http://fahamubooks.org/book/?GCOI=90638100776420 ) is now available from Pambazuka Press. In this original book, which enables readers to compare India to China and other 'rising powers' in Africa, expert African, Indian and Western commentators draw on a collection of accessibly written case studies to explore inter-related areas including trade, investment, development aid, civil society relations, security and geopolitics. The following article comprises the book's introductory essay, written by Fantu Cheru and Cyril Obi. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76254 ****** RWANDAN GENOCIDE SURVIVORS STILL WAITING FOR REPARATION Juergen Schurr Almost two decades after the genocide in Rwanda, in which up to 1 million people died, hundreds of thousands of survivors are still waiting for reparation, writes Juergen Schurr. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76249 ****** RWANDA'S MOTHER AND SON GENOCIDAIRES Elizabeth Barad Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, the only woman indicted for rape and genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 24 June 2011. Elizabeth Barad reflects on the 10-year trial of Rwanda’s former minister for family and women’s affairs and her son, who was also given a life sentence for rape, genocide and crimes against humanity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76285 ****** ‘BIKO LIVES!’, 34 YEARS LATER Khadija Patel Like Che Guevera, Steve Biko is the poster child for revolution. His face adorns the T-shirts and posters of a generation who may know nothing of his teachings except that his is a face with some erstwhile significance. Thirty-four years after his death, Steve Biko is an icon but he is also a lot more than a trifling symbol of an ancient idea. Khadija Patel talks to Steve Biko scholar, black consciousness thinker and organiser, co-editor of ‘Biko Lives!’ and publisher of the journal ‘New Frank Talk’ Andile Mngxitama about Biko’s legacy. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76283 ****** THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY RACISM Camalita Naicker Camalita Naicker is convinced that racism is not yet dead, as can be seen from supposedly harmless everyday encounters. It is baggage from the past that should be thrown off to create new, inclusive identities. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/76286 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements FAHAMU CALL FOR RESEARCH PROPOSALS Comparative African perspectives on China and other emerging powers in Africa China’s deepening engagement with Africa is receiving increased attention from the global media, the public and private sectors and academic research. This should not however overshadow the activities of other emerging powers in Africa, including India, Brazil and the Gulf states. This call therefore seeks to develop African perspectives in the discourse surrounding the engagement between Africa and these emerging powers. Deadline for receiving applications: 12 October 2011. For further details please download information here ( http://www.fahamu.org/Fahamucallforresearchproposals2011-final.pdf ) . ****** SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MASTERS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW We are very pleased to announce that admissions are now open for five scholarships for candidates from African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, starting September 2012. The course website can be found here ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) , while details about the scholarships, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, can be found on the fees and funding pages ( http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/fees/index.php#africanscholarships ) . ****** CHIMURENGA RECEIVES THE PRINCE CLAUS FUND’S 2011 PRINCIPAL AWARD Chimurenga Through the annual Prince Claus Award, the Fund honours eleven cultural pioneers, for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development. Chimurenga ( http://www.chimurenga.co.za ) is honoured to receive the Prince Claus Fund’s 2011 Principal Award, and congratulates the 2011 laureates. We thank the Prince Clause Fund for their recognition of our work over the past nine years, and are proud to join the list of previous winners. Most of all, this award honours Chimurenga’s contributors and readers. Congratulations Chimurenga People ( http://www.chimurenga.co.za/contributors.html ) . ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis KENYA: THE TRIBAL FACTOR IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATION Samuel N. Omwenga Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki nominated the new Attorney General Githu Muigai because he does not care what the rest of the country thinks, asserts Samuel N. Omwenga, adding that it also shows how tribalism is deeply rooted in Kenya. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76287 ****** UGANDA: CONFRONTATION WON’T END TEACHERS’ SALARY STAND-OFF Tumusiime Kabwende Deo Tumusiime Kabwende Deo investigates the current malaise in Uganda's education sector which has seen teachers going on strike for the second time this year after fruitless month-long talks with the government for a 100 per cent pay rise. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76256 ****** ETHIOPIA: MISSING A ‘LARGE CHUNK’ OF TERRITORY? Alemayehu G. Mariam Why does Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi refuse to make public the details of a ‘large chunk’ of Ethiopian land given to Sudan, asks Alemayehu G. Mariam. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76244 ****** CAPE TOWN: OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR PATRICIA DE LILLE Calls for genuine dialogue around housing needs Mzonke Poni In response to Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille, Mzonke Poni of Abahlali baseMjondolo stresses that dialogue around housing, justice and a dignified existence can never be a matter of mere stage-managed engagement. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76245 ****** AFRICAN LESBIAN MAKES US HISTORY Nick Mwaluko On 24 July 2011, New York State legalised same-sex marriage. Masotho Kelebohile Nkhereanye and her African-American wife Renee Boyd were among the couples that made US history by marrying that day. A few months later Nick Mwaluko spoke to them about their decision and what same-sex marriage might mean to Africans on the continent and in the diaspora. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76288 ****** REVOLUTIONS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST ARE JUST THE FIRST STEP Tristan Gevers As people around the world celebrate the fall of repressive dictatorships at the hands of popular uprisings in North Africa, Tristan Gevers observes that even in the 'free world', the deepest and darkest forms of oppression remain. How can we attain ‘true humanity’? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/76299 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns CALL TO DURBAN Via Campesina The international peasant's movement La Via Campesina and its South African member the Landless People's Movement are mobilizing for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November to 9 December 2011. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76229 ****** ETHIOPIA: LAND AND WATER GRABS THREATEN HALF A MILLION LIVES A new Land Deal Brief from the Oakland Institute (OI) exposes that the controversial Gibe III hydroelectric project located in Ethiopia's Omo Valley is ‘facilitating the take over of 350,000 hectares (ha) of land for sugar cane and cotton plantations and resulting in state-sponsored human rights violations.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76289 ****** FINAL DECLARATION OF 2ND CONTINENTAL ENCOUNTER OF AGROECOLOGY TRAINERS International peasant's movement La Via Campesina (LVC) makes clear its intentions to bring together millions of peasants, small and medium-size farmers, landless people, women farmers, indigenous people, migrants and agricultural workers from around the world. It defends small-scale sustainable agriculture as a way to promote social justice and dignity. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76257 ****** DECLARATION BY PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS IN SUPPORT OF SOCIAL PROTEST, ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE Some 20 political parties and social movements from both sides of the Green Line issued an historic declaration in support of the social protests currently rocking Israel and their necessary linkage to the struggle against Israel’s occupation and colonial policies. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76230 ****** ‘WHEN INNOCENCE ISN'T ENOUGH: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT TROY ANTHONY DAVIS' Naji Mujahid Troy Anthony Davis is on death row for the 1989 murder of police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah, GA in the US. Troy has always maintained his innocence, and there was never any physical evidence linking him to the crime. On March 28, the US Supreme Court denied Troy's final appeal, clearing the way for Georgia to set the execution date. The state of Georgia has now set Troy Davis's execution date for midnight on 21 September. As part of the campaign to save Davis’s life, Naji Mujahid calls on readers to view and share the following documentary. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76294 ****** CORNELL UNIVERSITY: AN OPEN RESPONSE TO DEAN PETER LEPAGE’S PLANS FOR AFRICANA STUDIES As alumni of the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, we are deeply troubled by the most recent development regarding the Africana Center’s future. In a recent Cornell Chronicle article, Peter Lepage, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced his plans for the Africana Center to “flourish” at Cornell University. Beneath a camouflage of concern, this decree rests on blatant misinformation and a reckless disregard for the integrity of Africana Studies and—by extension—the credibility of Cornell University as an institution of higher learning. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/76301 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts ZIMBABWE'S BOOK CAFE WINS 2011 PRINCE CLAUS AWARD Pamberi Trust Zimbabwe's Book Café ( http://www.zimbabwearts.org/about-us.html ) , flagship venue of Pamberi Trust, is a laureate of 2011 Prince Claus Awards. These prestigious global awards in culture are presented annually to individuals and organisations for outstanding achievement in culture and the positive effect of their work on the wider cultural or social field. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/76307 ****** 'I AM BECAUSE WE ARE: AFRICAN WISDOM IN IMAGE AND PROVERB' Betty Press Betty Press has published a book of 125 of her black and white photographs of African daily life, combined with related proverbs collected by Annetta Millar over more than 30 years. The book aims to 'make a significant educational and artistic contribution to the appreciation and understanding of African culture and society'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/76297 ****** 'THE NON-LINEARITY OF PEACE PROCESSES' Theory and Practice of Systemic Conflict Transformation Berghof Conflict Research This recently published collection of essays, edited by Daniela Körppen, Norbert Ropers and Hans J. Giessmann, aims to link the most recent debates in the peacebuilding field with various systemic discourses. It is the 'first comprehensive volume analysing the value added by integrating systemic thinking into peacebuilding theory and practice.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/76298 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Cartoons BLOOD BROTHERS IN TRIPOLI Gado Something to celebrate? http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/76252 ****** NATO AND NTC IN LIBYA Pulling the strings from behind the scenes... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/76253 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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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