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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 560: CLIMATE APARTHEID AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRATISATION 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. Obituaries, 6. Books & arts, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Cartoons /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features CHALLENGING CLIMATE APARTHEID Nnimmo Bassey The climate conference in Durban has led some observers to conclude that developed countries are engaged in a form of apartheid against the rest of the world. But Nnimmo Bassey hopes negotiators will heed the voices of the people. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78372 ****** TO COOK A CONTINENT: DESTRUCTIVE EXTRACTION AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN AFRICA Media release from Pambazuka Press Nnimmo Bassey's new book 'To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa’, published by Pambazuka Press, shows that exploiting Africa’s resources has delivered huge profits to the North and huge damage to Africa. Overcoming the environment and climate change crises means also addressing corporate profiteering and resource extraction. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78365 ****** WHAT IS AT STAKE IN DURBAN A civil society analysis of mitigation issues in the climate talks Civil society groups say the Durban conference is shaping up as a clash of paradigms between those who believe that the world needs a science- and rules-based multilateral climate system and those who are seeking to dismantle the existing one. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78373 ****** KENYA'S MEDIA IN BED WITH THE MILITARY Reports on Somalia invasion are mostly propaganda Henry Makori National media coverage of Kenya’s invasion of Somalia all comes from a single source – the military, writes Henry Makori. No wonder there seems to be so little opposition to the war. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78374 ****** DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATISATION IN AFRICA Interrogating paradigms and practices Issa G. Shivji The liberal democratic model imperialist-capitalist countries seek to universalise is 'essentially meant to rationalise, justify and protect and defend private capitalist property' in order to 'reproduce the system of class exploitation,' argues Issa G. Shivji. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78361 ****** 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE Diary of an activist Colleen Lowe Morna On the eve of the global 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, Colleen Lowe Morna is in Lusaka, Zambia, where she reflects on the numbers of victims. But she also hears about moving real-life stories, inspiring initiatives and some humour. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78316 ****** AUDACITY, MORE AUDACITY Samir Amin Samir Amin is proposing a way out of the current situation of capitalism in crisis. Nations should socialise the ownership of monopolies, de-financialise the management of the economy and de-globalise international relations. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78392 ****** ANGOLA: FIFTY YEARS OF CONTINUED UPRISINGS Horace Campbell The struggle for democracy and democratisation in Angola involve far more than removing Jose Eduardo dos Santos, argues Horace Campbell. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78390 ****** REVISITING HISTORY: PRESAGING THE IGBO GENOCIDE Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Looking back at the atrocious massacre of the Igbo people of Nigeria in the 1960s, Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is convinced that the British government was fully culpable. Britain today, he urges, needs to accept this fact and make the long-overdue restitution. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78317 ****** THE ICC, THE NTC AND SAIF AL ISLAM GADHAFI Franklin Lamb While NATO and its allies have claimed that Libya is fully capable of handling the trials of former regime loyalists, Franklin Lamb argues that the case of Saif al Islam Gadhafi is too critical to put this to the test. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/78364 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Announcements FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER ISSUE In this month's issue ( http://bit.ly/FRLAN1211 ) [PDF]: - The Bangkok Principles on the Status and Treatment of Refugees - African NGO resolution on the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and displaced persons - Asia Pacific model pledge towards upholding refugee rights worldwide - MIGREUROP explores readmission instruments - The situation of refugees in Israel - Question & answer: the Cessation Clause examined - The Cessation Clause: a primer - ECtHR allows extradition to Rwanda of alleged Hutu genocidaire with refugee status in Denmark; UNHCR does not intervene - ‘Is this Caribbean idyll the worst place in the world to be a woman?’ - WikiLeaks diplomatic cables: a tool for refugee legal aid workers? - In limbo in Latvia - Asia Pacific Regional Immigration Detention Working Group workshop - Country of origin & legal news headlines - Requests, announcements, publications & opportunities Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid ( http://www.srlan.org ) ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Comment & analysis COP 17: A FEW KEY ISSUES SUMMARISED Trust for Community Outreach and Education In this briefing TCOE, one of the lead organisations in the Rural Women’s Assembly at COP17, sets out some key issues at stake in this week’s climate change conference in Durban. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/78395 ****** 20 YEARS OF 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM, HOW FAR ARE WE? Shuvai Nyoni Kagoro On the 20th anniversary of the global Sixteen Days of Activism on gender violence campaign, Shuvai Nyoni Kagoro asks whether ‘the millions of dollars spent in cash and human time’ have significantly reduced the violence women and other marginalised groups face ‘because of their gender’. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/78362 ****** PAUL BIYA’S ROGUE GOVERNANCE OF CAMEROON Peter Wuteh Vakunta President Paul Biya’s regime has deeply disillusioned the Cameroonian people, writes Peter Wuteh Vakunta. But Biya will not be president forever, so the challenge for Cameroonians is to look beyond the failed leadership and begin to imagine a new future for themselves. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/78318 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Advocacy & campaigns 16 DAYS CAMPAIGN ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FEMNET The African Women’s Development and Communication Network has issued a press statement in observance of the campaign, appealing to ‘all African leaders to ensure that they uphold all international and regional instruments that protect women which they have ratified.’ http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/78394 ****** ACTIVISTS TO UNITE AGAINST CLIMATE GANGSTERS Sharon Pillay groundWork Dirty Energy Week has come to an end, but the ‘unity started’ by the event ‘has a great potential to grow and be at the forefront of moving beyond fossil fuels”, says the South African campaign organiser, groundWork. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/78363 ****** ALTERNATIVE INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (AIDC) ACTIVITIES AT COP17 AIDC has organised a series of activities at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, between 1-6 December. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/78379 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Obituaries CHUKWUEMEKA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU: ‘FOCUSED, SELFLESS, STELLAR’ 1933-2011 Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, leader of the Biafran resistance to the Nigeria state’s genocide against the Igbo people, has passed away. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/78366 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Books & arts FINAL DECLARATION OF FILMMAKERS Meeting of filmmakers from Africa, the Caribbean and their diasporas The first Encounter of Filmmakers from Africa, the Caribbean and their diasporas, spanning nine African countries and 18 countries in Latin America, North America and the Caribbean was held in Havana, Cuba, in September. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/78375 ****** TRANSCENDING SUPERFICIAL BOUNDARIES A review of Amira Kheir’s ‘Somewhere to aim for’ Hannah Gibson Sudanese-Italian singer/songwriter Amira Kheir’s ‘mesmerising’ first album ‘comes from a place of gritty determination and commitment by the artist to her art. And it may be that we can all learn something from that determination,’ writes Hannah Gibson. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/78376 ****** TORONTO IS READY FOR ITS ARTISTIC RENAISSANCE Kemba King Artists have been gathering in Toronto to share their varied experiences and talents and to network as people of colour living in the diaspora. Next week they launch a movement billed as a wave of cultural and artistic collaborations. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/78315 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 African Writers’ Corner THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM devorah major to not want some say that is where freedom lies to be always in the moment some say that is where freedom lies there is no freedom some say some say our world is defined by one creator who has determined the rules and regulations that confine our fate and only inside those boundaries and under those laws can the skeleton of freedom be found some say freedom has no borders some say freedom has no form to be fully alive is freedom some say only in death lies freedom some say death is an eternal reward or punishment there is no freedom some say only a choice of good or evil freedom some say is the wind some say freedom is a dream only those who have never known freedom doubt its existence all others keep trying to know it again and again http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/78319 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Cartoons LIFE AFTER MUBARAK Plus ça change... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/78381 ****** PRESIDENT ASSAD AND THE OPPOSITION No easy way to deal with them! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/78382 ****** THE EU CRISIS AND AFRICA Gado A visit from seasoned advisors... http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/cartoons/78380 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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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