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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 605: LINKS AND RESOURCES The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka @pambazuka Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Women & gender, 2. Human rights, 3. Refugees & forced migration, 4. Africa labour news, 5. Elections & governance, 6. Corruption, 7. Development, 8. Health & HIV/AIDS, 9. Education, 10. LGBTI, 11. Racism & xenophobia, 12. Environment, 13. Land & land rights, 14. Food Justice, 15. Media & freedom of expression, 16. Social welfare, 17. Conflict & emergencies, 18. Internet & technology, 19. Fundraising & useful resources /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Women & gender AFRICA: OUTLOOK UNCLEAR FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN POST-ARAB SPRING NATIONS, SAY EXPERTS Are the rights of women seriously under threat in post-revolution countries like Tunisia, Egypt and Libya? There are grounds for concern, but it is too early to tell, activists and experts say. 'There is very little that you can say in terms of rollbacks or undermining of women's rights ... anything specific,' said Liesl Gernholtz, head of the women's rights division at Human Rights Watch. Women organised and led some of the demonstrations that toppled decades-old governments in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen - and helped the rebels who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85409 ****** EGYPT: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WOMEN REJECTS CONSTITUTION DRAFT Egypt's national body for women's issues, the National Council for Women, held a conference on Monday entitled 'Egyptian women reject the draft constitution'. According to the Council's head, Mervat El-Tellawy, the draft constitution has not taken into consideration various international charters and agreements which Egypt has signed. Furthermore, the Al-Azhar document of suggested principles for all parties to abide by while writing the constitution has not been incorporated into the draft. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85307 ****** EGYPT: PERSISTANT BATTLE AGAINST RAMPANT SEXUAL HARASSMENT 735 police complaints of sexual harassment were recorded over the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday that ended October 29, according to a statement released by the Egyptian government. Sexual harassment continues to hit Egypt with increasing reports of incidents taking place across the country. Yet, Egyptians today acknowledge this long-standing problem exists, and growing social mobilization has brought together men and women in the fight against harassment. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85405 ****** GLOBAL: GENDER JUSTICE VIDEO ADVOCACY PROJECT With a plan to create documentaries on woman's justice issues through local participation of partnering organisations, this video advocacy initiative was launched in 2010 by the Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice and WITNESS. The project is producing six gender justice films highlighting sexual and gender-based violence and other gender issues in armed conflicts, fragile states, and post-conflict environments. The first two videos posted are Our Plea, which exposes the attacks of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on communities in the Central African Republic (CAR), and Our Voices Matter, which highlights the multiplicity of perpetrators operating in Eastern Democratic of the Congo (DRC), the lack of accountability for these crimes, and the medical services, psychosocial assistance, and economic support needed by victims/supporters. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85382 ****** GLOBAL: MAKING LIFE-SAVING COMMODITIES AVAILABLE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN A new report by the UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children details how we can save six million lives over five years simply by improving access to 13 vital products. Using standard UN language, the report focuses on tearing down barriers that limit access to these products by solving regulatory and supply chain issues. The solutions it proposes aren't simple, but they're also not controversial, says this article on the http://www.womendeliver.org site. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85390 ****** RWANDA: RELIGION, CONFUSION ON ABORTION LAW A revised penal code decriminalizing abortion under certain circumstances has met opposition from the community, reports Global Press Institute. In the revised Penal Code of Rwanda, Article 165 decriminalizes abortion when the pregnancy is a result of rape, forced marriage or sexual intercourse with a close family relative. It also decriminalizes abortion when the pregnancy jeopardizes the health of the unborn baby or the mother. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85369 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: THREE WOMEN A DAY KILLED A woman is killed every eight hours in South Africa, the Medical Research Council (MRC) told MPs. The number of femicides identified had decreased from 3793 in 1999 to 2363 in 2009, MRC researchers told Parliament's portfolio committees on health, and women, children and people with disabilities. It was presenting the findings of its latest study into female murders. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85279 ****** SWAZILAND: HARASSMENT CONTINUES FOR WOMEN The plight of women in Swaziland is far from over as parliamentarians opposed the protection of women from stalking. Senators were discussing the longstanding Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Bill of 2000. The proposed law seeks to protect among others women from unlawful stalking. The senators argued that stalking was part of social cultural norms hence proscribing it will violate the culture of Swazis. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/85311 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Human rights CONGO: TORTURE COMMONPLACE IN PRISONS - REPORT Torture has become routine in prisons and police stations in the Republic of Congo, according to a 2 November report by the Congolese Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH). The report is based on a series of field investigations OCDH conducted, with financial support from the European Union, between 2010 and 2012 in prisons around the country. These investigations aimed to, among other things, understand 'the extent of the practice of torture in the country, with a view to attracting the attention of national and international opinion'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85286 ****** DRC: NO JUSTICE IN CANADA FOR CONGOLESE MASSACRE VICTIMS In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against Anvil Mining by The Canadian Association against Impunity (CAAI), an organization representing survivors and families of victims of the 2004 Kilwa massacre. The CAAI expressed its profound disappointment with the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case. 'It is unacceptable that in 2012, victims are still unable to hold Canadian companies accountable in Canadian courts, for their alleged involvement in serious human rights violations committed abroad. We look forward to a time when Canadian companies are held responsible for their actions,' said Matt Eisenbrandt, a member of the Board of Directors of the CAAI. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85310 ****** GUINEA BISSAU: FEAR AMID HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES A 21 October attack in Guinea-Bissau - when soldiers stormed barracks near Bissau's main airport, targeting military figures and leaving six people dead - has provoked more fear than the numerous coups and counter-coups of recent years. The transitional government branded the attack a coup attempt, and accused former colonial power Portugal of backing it in an attempt to propel former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, who is in exile there, back into power. Within days, alleged coup leader Captain Pansau N'Tchama was arrested on the island of Bolama, in the Bijagos archipelago. He is expected to face a military court later in the year. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85379 ****** KENYA: KENYA ELECTED TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Kenya was elected on Monday 12 November to one of the coveted seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council. There was no expressed opposition to Kenya in the 193-nation General Assembly, which decides the make-up of the 47-member council. Kenya was one of five countries nominated to fill five open seats on the Geneva-based council that are reserved for African states. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85399 ****** LIBYA: FORMER LIBYAN PRIME MINISTER TO BE TRIED Libya's former prime minister will be put on trial for crimes he allegedly committed during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was extradited from Tunisia, which he fled to in September 2011 after the fall of Tripoli to rebel forces. Along with Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi's most prominent son, Mahmoudi is one of the few remaining keepers of the many state secrets under Gaddafi, who was killed on October 20 last year. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85384 ****** LIBYA: HAGUE PROSECUTOR URGES LIBYA NOT TO GRANT AMNESTY FOR WAR CRIMES Libya should not grant amnesty for war crimes committed during last year's uprising against former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, regardless of who committed them, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said. In her first official presentation to the UN Security Council as The Hague-based court's top prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda said that the ICC's pre-trial chamber would decide 'in due course' on whether the late Libyan leader's son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi should be tried in Libya or The Hague. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85306 ****** SUDAN: ACCESS TO DAFUR ATTACK SITE BLOCKED, SAYS UN Sudanese government forces have blocked international peacekeepers accessing the site of an alleged attack that killed up to 10 civilians in the western Darfur region, the peacekeepers said. The African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said a team of peacekeepers went to investigate on Saturday after receiving reports of an attack on civilians in Sigili village, some 40km (25 miles) southeast of North Darfur's state capital El Fasher. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85376 ****** SUDAN: NUBA MOUNTAINS ACTIVIST DETAINED FOR EIGHT MONTHS In the middle of the night on 14 March 2012, the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) abducted a woman named Jalila Khamis Kuku from her home and took her into custody. Denied access to a lawyer and even a change of clothes, Jalila was dragged into a pickup truck in her night gown accompanied by a dozen NISS officers in civilian clothes, reports Global Voices Online. Out of the eight months Jalila has served in jail so far, three of them were spent in solitary confinement. She is now under threat of the death sentence as she has been accused of serious charges under the Sudanese criminal law; namely Article 51, of waging war against the state, and Article 50, which entails undermining the constitutional system. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85367 ****** ZIMBABWE: LAWYERS PROTEST DETENTION ORDEAL Bulawayo Magistrate Learnmore Mapiye on Thursday 08 November 2012 ended the four-day detention ordeal for three Counselling Services Unit (CSU) representatives who were finally charged with causing malicious damage to property, in contravention of Section 140 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, four days after their arrest. According to State prosecutor Marlvin Nzombe, the three CSU representatives together with some unidentified individuals smeared some MDC graffiti on an information centre located in Mpopoma high density suburb in Bulawayo 07 October 2012. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85380 ****** ZIMBABWE: WOZA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED OVER WATER PROTEST IN BULAWAYO On Monday 12 November police in Bulawayo arrested 79 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) for staging a peaceful demonstration against the water crisis in the city. All the activists were released after police realized the holding cells at police stations were without running water, a scenario that could have made the situation even worse. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/85389 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Refugees & forced migration AFRICA: ISRAEL ERECTS HIGH TECH BARRIER TO FIGHT AFRICAN MIGRANTS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his Cabinet that improved security deployment and a new high-tech barrier along the Egyptian border had succeeded in ending illegal entry by Africans seeking work or asylum in Israel. 'In the last month, only 54 infiltrators crossed the border and all - without exception - were taken into custody,' Mr Netanyahu said in statements sent to Xinhua. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85282 ****** AFRICA: UNHCR WELCOMES BRAZILIAN RESIDENCY FOR ANGOLAN AND LIBERIAN REFUGEES The UN refugee agency on Friday welcomed Brazil's recent decision to grant permanent residency to nearly 2,000 former Angolan and Liberian refugees. Brazil's Ministry of Justice issued a decree on October 26 confirming the new status for this group. The measure was adopted by the Brazilian migration authorities following a global UNHCR recommendation in January this year, asking states to apply the cessation clauses on the two refugee situations and recommending countries of asylum to pursue local integration or an alternative status for former refugees. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85386 ****** ETHIOPIA: THE COST OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOUR Ethiopians would like to continue to be good Samaritans to the hundreds of thousands seeking refuge from drought and conflict in neighbouring Somalia, but massive camps in fragile environments have sparked concern among both the government and the people sharing space with the refugees. 'We have had a million refugees at one time,' said Ayalew Awoke, Ethiopia's deputy director for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), the government's refugee agency. Ayalew helped establish ARRA more than two decades ago. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85408 ****** ETHIOPIA: WOMAN TELLS OF SEX SLAVERY IN SAUDI ARABIA An Ethiopia woman revealed that she was the victim of sex slavery after she attempted to find work as a domestic worker in Saudi Arabia. For H, who asked that her identity remain anonymous, her ordeal began after she took a boat to Yemen, where after two months she was able to cross into Saudi Arabia and was hired by what she told Bikyamasr.com was a 'nice couple' for a 'decent salary.' Tens of thousands of Ethiopian migrants and refugees have entered Yemen since the end of July, according to a new report published by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC). http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85370 ****** MOROCCO: MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO ADAMANT ON REACHING SPANISH SHORES 'I don't want to die of hunger and cold,' says Patrick, one of many sub-Saharan migrants in Morocco desperate to reach Spanish shores and start a new life in Europe as winter approaches. More than 90 of them, including women and children, have died in the past two weeks as they braved the perilous crossing, according to a toll calculated from reports by Spanish and Moroccan authorities and members of the African migrant community. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85305 ****** NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM OVER MASSIVE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN MALI The Nigerian Ambassador to Mali, Mr Iliya Nuhu, has raised the alarm over the high rate of trafficking of Nigerian girls to the West African country. Nuhu said in Bamako, the Malian capital, that the problem had grown in 'magnitude and sophistication' to the extent that a substantial number of Nigerians in Mali seem to be thriving on it. He described the practice as 'a kind of modern-day slavery' with Nigerians going to their villages or towns to bring in young girls between the ages of 10 and 15. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85374 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: ASYLUM SEEKER'S CASE GOES TO COURT The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Department of Home Affairs on Monday (12 Nov) squared off in court over the attempted deportation of more than 30 foreign nationals. On Friday the commission launched a scathing attack on the department, alleging it had acted dishonestly over the issue. About 10 days ago the commission, together with the non-governmental organisation People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty, brought an urgent application in the South Gauteng High Court to stop the department from deporting 39 asylum seekers detained at the Lindela Repatriation Centre in Krugersdorp. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/refugees/85372 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Africa labour news SOUTH AFRICA: DE DOORNS STRIKE SPARKS CALL FOR NATIONWIDE AGRICULTURAL STAY-AWAY With South Africa still reeling from mining sector strikes in Marikana, Cosatu has called for nationwide stay-way in the agriculture sector in support of farmworkers in De Doorns who today entered their second week of striking for higher wages. Passop's organiser in De Doorns, Owen Maromo, said none of the striking farmworkers reported to work. He said about 5,000 strikers had gathered on an open field in the Stofland informal settlement waiting for Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich to address them. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/labour/85391 ****** ZIMBABWE: CHINESE EXPLOITING ZIM LABOUR, SAYS REPORT Zimbabweans providing cheap labour in the fast-growing Chinese mines bear the brunt of extremely harsh conditions and low wages, a Johannesburg-based advocacy group, Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) reveals in its research, the first such report detailing China's labour practices in the country. Hard labour, exposure to risky conditions, violation of labour laws, long working hours, non payment of overtime, disregard of public holidays and use of Chinese language in corporate literature were among extreme conditions faced by workers at most Chinese interests in Zimbabwe, the report said. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/labour/85368 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Elections & governance ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION CALLS FOR FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS The honeymoon period for new Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has officially ended after 34 opposition parties together called on the government to ensure free and fair elections in regional voting next April. The parties had been invited by the country's Election Board earlier this month to look at how to schedule the vote and when the groups demanded to know how the board was to deal with potential irregularities in the voting, the meeting was canceled. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/85406 ****** MOROCCO: SPIRIT OF NEW MOROCCO CONSTITUTION 'FROZEN' Morocco's Prince Moulay Hicham, King Mohammed VI's first cousin, has said in a television interview the spirit of a new constitution adopted last year in a bid to stifle Arab Spring protests remains 'frozen'. The constitutional changes, introduced by the king to curb his near-absolute powers, followed mass protests in the north African country, and as similar unrest toppled regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/85393 ****** SIERRA LEONE: OBASANJO ELECTION 'MEDDLING' OUTRAGES SIERRA LEONE OPPOSITION Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is no stranger to controversy, especially in Sierra Leone. This time round he has angered opposition supporters by openly endorsing and campaigning for the incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma ahead of elections set for November 17. The former Nigerian leader arrived in Freetown Sunday unannounced, reportedly aboard a presidential jet, and was flown out of the capital in a government-provided helicopter to where President Koroma was canvassing for votes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/85283 ****** SIERRA LEONE: SECURITY TIGHTENED AHEAD OF POLLS Sierra Leonean polls slated for November 17, 2012 will be adequately secured. The assuarance came from the country's security chiefs, who also allayed fears of likely intimidation by security agents saying that the decision was a precautionary measures to avoid any likely chaos. According to the security officer, the polls will see over 15,000 security personnel deployed under the Integrated Elections Security Planning Committee. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/85363 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: PARTIES FILE NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION OVER ZUMA South African opposition parties have submitted a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma saying that corruption and unemployment have risen, the justice system has been politicised, and the economy has weakened. The motion, backed by eight parties, was triggered by the recent deadly mine strikes, the downgrading of the country's credit rating by two major agencies, and big spending of state funds on Zuma's rural residence, according to a joint statement by the parties. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/elections/85411 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 6 Corruption AFRICA: HOW TO ROB AFRICA The world's wealthy countries often criticise African nations for corruption - especially that perpetrated by those among the continent's government and business leaders who abuse their positions by looting tens of billions of dollars in national assets or the profits from state-owned enterprises that could otherwise be used to relieve the plight of some of the world's poorest peoples. Yet the West is culpable too in that it often looks the other way when that same dirty money is channelled into bank accounts in Europe and the US. In this excellent investigation shown on Al Jazeera, Zimbabwean journalist Stanley Kwenda takes a journey through the murky world offshore banking. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/85413 ****** GLOBAL: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY MOVEMENT AT CROSSROADS, SAYS EXPERT The movement to bring greater transparency to the oil, gas and mining industries is facing a crucial time in its development and needs to overcome three significant challenges to continue to be successful, Daniel Kaufmann, head of the international transparency watchdog Revenue Watch Institute told TrustLaw. The transparency movement must become more global, the data produced by the extractive industries must be clear and comparable across countries, and the movement must work to build up expertise within resource-rich countries so that local transparency watchdogs, governments and media can interpret the data, Kaufmann, a former World Bank economist, said. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/85410 ****** GUINEA: VALE PARTNER SAYS GUINEA SEEKS TO SEIZE IRON ORE ASSETS The mining arm of Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz's business empire has accused the government of Guinea of seeking to 'illegally seize' its assets through a probe into how it won rights to mine part of a major iron ore deposit. Privately owned BSG Resources, which has been working in the West African country with Brazilian mining major Vale, confirmed it had received a letter from a government commission alleging improper behaviour and graft in its winning of rights to develop blocks in the Simandou region. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/85403 ****** UGANDA: CIVIL SOCIETY LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION The Civil Society on Monday launched a campaign against corruption which they said would go on until Government takes action on corrupt public officials. Representative s of various civil society organizations converged at Uganda Manufacturing Association Hall in Nakawa dressed in black T-shirts wielding placards with anti-corruption slogans. Leading the group, Irene Ovonji-Odida from Action Aid International Board of Trustees, said wearing black symbolized they had started mourning and mobilizing citizens to rise up against the evil of corruption. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/85397 ****** ZIMBABWE: GREED AND CORRUPTION IN ZIMBABWE'S MARANGE DIAMOND FIELDS The third investigation by Partnership Africa Canada into illicit activity in Zimbabwe's diamond sector, this report focusses on ongoing trade irregularities, the lack of transparency of diamond revenues, and examines ways ZANU officials and the global diamond industry have colluded to pull off the biggest plunder of diamonds since Cecil Rhodes. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/corruption/85392 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 7 Development AFRICA: AMID SANCTIONS, IRAN TURNS TO AFRICA FOR TRADE Iran is making calculated steps to bolster trade in the continent. Due to sanctions, Iran's economy - heavily dependent on oil revenue - has suffered and inflation has risen. Iran has been trying to use its crude oil as leverage, but trade with the West has gone down. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85375 ****** AFRICA: BRAZIL HEADS TO AFRICA In 2001 Brazil invested $69 billion in Africa. By 2009, the latest figures available, that had swelled to $214 billion. At first Brazilian firms focused their efforts on Lusophone Africa, Angola and Mozambique in particular, capitalising on linguistic and cultural affinity to gain a foothold. Now they are spreading across the continent, reports this Economist article. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85423 ****** EGYPT: POLITICAL GROUPS, NGOS REJECT IMF LOAN AS UNDEMOCRATIC, LACKING TRANSPARENCY A group of 17 political parties, NGOs and human rights associations in Egypt have called for loan negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be ended immediately, citing a lack of transparency and the undemocratic nature of the current development. They are continuing their protests of a potential $4.8 billion IMF loan to Cairo in order to allow the Egyptian government to overcome pitfalls in spending. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85404 ****** SUDAN: IMF TELLS SUDAN TO CUT FUEL SUBSIDIES FURTHER The International Monetary Fund has urged Sudan to cut fuel subsidies further, despite public anger over austerity measures meant to counter the country's economic crisis. The IMF did not offer any financial assistance, but economic help is on the horizon from another direction -South Sudan. The two countries signed a deal in September to restart South Sudanese oil exports through pipelines that run through Sudan to its Red Sea port. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85280 ****** SWAZILAND: IMF REPORTS ON GOVERNMENT FAILURES Swaziland's government has failed to improve the economy in any appreciable way and cannot pay its bills. This means immediate public expenditure cuts are needed if the government is to meet the budget targets it set itself in February 2012. These are the latest findings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has just finished a visit to Swaziland. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85312 ****** ZIMBABWE: SUCCUMBING TO THE DEBT TRAP Zimbabwe's newspapers are filled with public notices for auctions as many other individuals and companies lose their property to banks and money-lenders after falling behind on loan repayments. The country's financial sector has enjoyed three years of economic growth following the adoption of multiple currencies in early 2009 and an end to a tumultuous trading period characterized by record inflation, bank closures and failures. Buoyed by phenomenal growth in deposits and a steady currency, many banks have introduced personal bank loans to attract new clients. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/development/85427 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 8 Health & HIV/AIDS AFRICA: LEADERS SHOULD PRIORITISE IMMUNISATION African leaders were criticised for failing to prioritise immunisation with life-saving vaccines for children under five years of age to prevent deadly infectious diseases. Delegates and speakers at the International African Vaccinology Conference in Cape Town said there was little political will among African leaders who were out of touch with the needs of their communities. They also agreed that more pressure must be put on African countries to develop and produce their own vaccines to drive prices down and meet demands. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85388 ****** AFRICA: MAJOR MALARIA VACCINE LESS EFFECTIVE THAN HOPED Researchers unveiling critical trial results of a potentially major anti-malaria vaccine are expressing disappointment that the drug's efficacy levels have proved lower than they had anticipated. Following on decades of research, the third phase of testing on a vaccine known as RTS,S found that the drug reduced malaria rates among infants (age six to 12 weeks) by about a third, far lower than expected. The study, funded largely by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of the largest malaria trial ever conducted, taking place in seven African countries. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85387 ****** GLOBAL: 176 COUNTRIES ADOPT PACT TO CURB ILLEGAL TOBACCO TRADE A total of 176 countries Monday 12 November adopted what World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan called a 'game-changing' global agreement to combat the illegal tobacco trade. PANA reports that the pact was ratified at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on WHO's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The agreement came into force in 2005. 'The treaty envisages an international tracking system which aims to halt the smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products - a trade which accounts for 11 per cent of the total tobacco market and costs governments an estimated US$40 billion in lost tax revenue,' the WHO said in a statement. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85396 ****** KENYA: PUSH TO MEET 2013 MALE CIRCUMCISION TARGETS With just over one year left to achieve its target of having some 1.1 million men circumcised as part of HIV-prevention efforts, Kenyan male circumcision programmes are ramping up efforts to bring more men into clinics, compensating them for their time and encouraging them to bring friends in for the procedure. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85287 ****** SOMALIA: THOUSANDS AT RISK OF POLIO IN SOMALIA'S PORT CITY OF KISMAYO An estimated 135,000 children are at risk of polio in Somalia's port city of Kismayo, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Three years ago, Al-Shabab insurgents banned polio vaccination in Kismayo and other parts of central Somalia. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85378 ****** SUDAN: MILLIONS TO GET YELLOW FEVER VACCINE IN OUTBREAK-HIT DARFUR More than 3.5 million people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region will be vaccinated against yellow fever which is suspected of killing nearly 100 people in the past seven weeks, officials said. '(The) vaccination plan has been finalised and will cover vaccination of approximately 3.6 million,' said a joint report from the UN's World Health Organisation and Sudan's health ministry. A WHO official earlier told AFP the inoculations could possibly begin by early December, after reconfirmation of the diagnosis from a laboratory in Senegal. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85407 ****** ZIMBABWE: HIV POSITIVE ZIMBABWEAN WOMEN SUE OVER FORCED STERILISATIONS In Zimbabwe, HIV positive mothers and soon-to-be mothers used to be sterilised. The procedure was seen as the only way of preventing the transmission of HIV to their unborn or newborn babies. Now the tide has turned. Medical advances mean HIV mothers have a much better chance of having healthy babies. And some women are now seeking compensation from the government. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/hivaids/85303 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 9 Education LIBERIA: BREAKING ROCKS TO PAY HER SCHOOL FEES Mercy Womeh attends the J Chauncey Goodridge school in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. She pays her school fees by crushing rocks, earning 35 Liberian dollars ($0.47) for each bucket. Three years ago, her family moved from the countryside to the Monrovia suburb of Gbawe Town to find work. But in a country with 85% unemployment, crushing rocks was the only option. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/education/85381 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 10 LGBTI MALAWI: SCRAPPING MALAWI SODOMY LAWS AN 'UPHILL BATTLE' Despite the Malawi government's move to suspend a law banning same-sex relationships, activists say winning a total repeal will be an 'uphill battle' in a country where homosexuality is considered a sin. 'Malawi culture remains conservative,' Billy Mayaya, a leading rights activist, told AFP just hours after President Joyce Banda's government announced the suspension of tough anti-gay laws, pending a parliamentary debate. Despite the jubilation, Mayaya and others are far from confident that a full repeal is in the cards, and until that happens gay Malawians still face the threat of up to 14 years in jail with hard labour. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/85314 ****** NIGERIA: LAWMAKERS MOVE AHEAD ON ANTI-GAY BILL Lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday 13 November to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including banning same-sex marriage and public displays of affection between homosexual couples. The bill which has already been approved by the Senate passed a second reading in the House of Representatives with an unanimous vote and will now see a clause-by-clause review in the chamber at an undetermined date. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/85425 ****** SWAZILAND: CALL TO BAN HATE SPEECH One of Swaziland's most vocal pro-democracy groups has called for a new law to ban hate speech against homosexuals. The call by the Swaziland Solidarity Network (SSN) follows a debate in the Swazi House of Assembly in which MP Aaron Sotsha Dladla called for gays and lesbians to be outlawed in the kingdom. Dladla said a new law should be put in place to deal with 'this mushrooming anti-social' behaviour of gays and lesbians. He went on to make a number of disparaging comments about homosexuals. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/lgbti/85313 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 11 Racism & xenophobia SOUTH AFRICA: LOCAL BUSINESSES MOVE AGAINST SOMALI SHOPS IN KHAYELITSHA Town Two Khayelitsha is the site of tension between a local business association and Somali shops. The Zanokhanyo Business Association (ZBA) is accusing Somali shop owners of not abiding by a 2008 agreement which says that no new foreign owned shops should operate in the townships following the May 2008 xenophobic attacks. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/racism/85308 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 12 Environment MOZAMBIQUE: AFRICA'S LARGEST COASTAL MARINE RESERVE CREATED The Primeiras and Segundas have been approved as a marine protected area in Mozambique making this diverse ten-island archipelago Africa's largest coastal marine reserve. Comprising ten islands off the coast of northern Mozambique, and featuring abundant coral and marine turtle species, the protected area will cover more than 1,040,926 hectares. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/environment/85288 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 13 Land & land rights AFRICA: LAND GRAB IS A MYTH, SAYS CHINA EXPERT Chinese land grabs in Africa are a media myth and the country's involvement across the continent is nowhere near as dominant as reports suggest, according to regional expert Professor Deborah Brautigam. Speaking at Citywire Berlin 2012 Professor Brautigam, director of the international development programme at John Hopkins University/SAIS and author of 'The Dragon's Gift:The Real Story of China in Africa', said there is a belief that China's investment in Africa is purely to procure land and natural resources for its' own ends. 'I think these myths persist because people are not looking very closely at the evidence and, in fact, they are not interested in looking closely at the evidence,' she said. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/land/85395 ****** MOZAMBIQUE: LAND AND GENDER ISSUES IN MATRILINEAL MOZAMBIQUE This paper analyses through empirical data women's reality in Northern Mozambique related to land tenure. Two different kinship systems coexist in Mozambique, one patrilineal in force in Southern Mozambique and one matrilineal in parts of the centre and North of the country. The paper argues that in the current context, the right of women to access and administer land is being limited not so much by traditional and customary social rules and law, but rather by the adverse socioeconomic context which characterizes the whole peasant sector. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/land/85383 ****** TANZANIA: CALL FOR LAND ACQUISITIONS TO BE SUSPENDED A heated debate ensued in Parliament after Kawe lawmaker Halima Mdee moved a private motion calling on the House to adopt a resolution pressing the government to suspend the allocation of huge chunks of land for investment to foreigners. Tabling the motion, the outspoken MP, who also doubles as shadow minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development said increasing land conflicts in various corners of the country had prompted her to call for suspension of allocation of parcels of land to foreign investors. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/land/85394 ****** UGANDA: LANDS MINISTRY MOVES TO PROTECT CUSTOMARY RIGHTS IN OIL REGION Following widespread land wrangles in the oil-rich Albertine region, the Ministry of Lands has announced plans to resolve this through guidelines to aid in compensation of customary land owners. 'It is crucial at the moment since people's rights are at stake and we have the responsibility of protecting the poor and their property. We therefore have to put in place guidelines to ensure that those big oil companies and investors have an arrangement to adhere to and operate within the laws,' Ministry spokesman, Dennis Obbo, told Oil in Uganda. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/land/85309 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 14 Food Justice GLOBAL: CALL FOR A BAN ON GMOS African civil society organistions are calling for an immediate and complete ban on the growing, importing and exporting of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on the African continent. 'We call upon the governments of Africa to take the necessary steps to protect the health of their populations by supporting this call and commit to conducting independent and authoritative long-term food safety studies.' A petition can be signed online. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/food/85429 ****** GLOBAL: WITHOUT WOMEN THERE IS NO FOOD SOVEREIGNTY This article analyzes the impact of agro-industrial policies on women and the key role that peasant women in the Global North and South play in the production and distribution of food. It analyzes how the dominant agricultural model can incorporate a feminist perspective and how the social movements that work towards food sovereignty can incorporate a feminist perspective. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/food/85366 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 15 Media & freedom of expression AFRICA: US MILITARY BEHIND AFRICA NEWS WEBSITES The website's headlines trumpet al-Shabab's imminent demise and describe an American jihadist fretting over insurgent infighting. At first glance it appears to be a sleek, Horn of Africa news site. But the site - sabahionline.com - is run by the US military. The site, and another one like it that centers on northwest Africa, is part of a propaganda effort by the US military's Africa Command aimed at countering extremists in two of Africa's most dangerous regions - Somalia and the Maghreb. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85424 ****** BURUNDI: COURT URGED TO QUASH CONVICTION AS JOURNALIST TESTIFIES Reporters Without Borders says it is relieved to learn that radio reporter Hassan Ruvakuki was finally allowed to testify to the court in the central city of Gitega that is hearing his appeal against his terrorism conviction, for which he was given a life sentence last June. Prosecutor-general Emmanuel Nyandwi thinks that the mere fact the Ruvakuki entered Tanzania clandestinely, and without getting permission from his employer, shows that he was linked to the 'terrorist' group. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85385 ****** CAMEROON: JOURNALISTS ARRESTED FOR COVERING SECESSIONIST GATHERING The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Cameroonian officials to drop criminal charges against a journalist arrested last month in the southwestern town of Buea for covering a secessionist gathering. The journalist is free on bail but faces a fine and up to six months in jail. Baature Edua Mvochou, a Nigerian national and editor of African Drum magazine published [in] Jos, Nigeria, still faces a charge of unlawful assembly. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85373 ****** GLOBAL: LAUNCH OF FIRST GLOBAL NETWORK IN SUPPORT OF ARTISTIC FREE EXPRESSION In this blog entry, Julia Farrington, Head of Arts at Index on Censorship, reports on the launch of Arstfex, the first international civil society network dedicated to promoting free expression for artists. 'There are clearly parallels between investigative journalists and artists who reveal uncomfortable truths. But when controversy breaks, artists are much more exposed because they use their own personal language to tell the story, and bring their own experience and imagination into the narrative.' http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85377 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: ANC AGREES TO CWELE'S CHANGES ON SECRECY BILL The ANC agreed on Tuesday 13 November to some of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele's hawkish proposals on the Protection of State Information Bill. Cwele notably appeared to have persuaded the ruling party to re-introduce a maximum five-year prison sentence for the disclosure of classified information, and to re-introduce a clause that would have the new law trump any other legislation dealing with such information. Without explicitly naming the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the new official secrets act would therefore trump it - as Cwele has asked for, and commentators have cautioned could render the bill unconstitutional. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85426 ****** SWAZILAND: MPS BANNED FROM RADIO Swaziland Members of Parliament say they are being banned from the radio airwaves by the government. They say it is because of a policy made by the Swazi Cabinet. A row erupted in the House of Assembly when MPs accused Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini of keeping them off the airwaves. In Swaziland broadcasting is state controlled and the PM is editor-in-chief of the SBIS radio stations and the Swazi TV Channel. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/media/85402 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 16 Social welfare AFRICA: URBAN AFRICA - JUST HOW ACCURATE ARE THE NUMBERS Rapid urbanisation is being portrayed - by the UN, the World Bank and many others - as a potential developmental 'silver bullet' for Africa. Cities, we are frequently told, will be the drivers of economic growth and poverty reduction on the continent in the years to come. At present, such claims are too simplistic, and counter-productively over-optimistic, states this article from Africa Review. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/welfare/85281 ****** ZIMBABWE: WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM FOR HARARE Studies have revealed that residents of Zimbabwe's capital Harare literally drink their waste. A government owned newspaper at the weekend described pollution levels at Harare's water source - Lake Chivero - as comparable to a 'sewage pond'. It said recent tests on water samples detected about 2mg/l (two milligrammes in every litre of water) of phosphates or human and animal waste, exceeding the 0,5mg/l recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO). http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/welfare/85400 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 17 Conflict & emergencies KENYA: POLICE HUNTS FOR SUSPECTS IN POLICE ATTACK Police in Kenya say 42 officers are now known to have been killed in the deadliest attack on police in the country's history. The officers were chasing suspected cattle rustlers on Saturday when a gun battle broke out in the remote Samburu district. Some police were airlifted to hospitals in Nairobi for treatment but later died from their injuries. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85412 ****** MALI: AFRICAN LEADERS PREPARE FOR NORTH MALI ASSAULT WITH OVER 3000-STRONG FORCE West African nations have agreed to send a 3,300-strong invasion force to take back northern Mali from Islamists. The agreement occurred at an emergency summit of ECOWAS, a bloc of West African nations that has been discussing military actions in Mali for the last several months. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85364 ****** MALI: SUMMIT IN ABUJA OVER INTERVENTION PLAN West African heads of state will meet in Abuja on Sunday to adopt a plan for their troops to recapture northern Mali from radical Islamists, the grouping said in a statement. Once approved by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders, the strategy 'will then be transmitted through the African Union, before November 15, to the UN Security Council'. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85304 ****** NIGERIA: FLOODS DISPLACE TWO MILLION, KILL 363 More than two million Nigerians have been forced from their homes by this year's floods, officials say. The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) says the heavy rains killed 363 people since July. The worst floods in five decades have affected many areas of the country - especially near the River Niger. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85285 ****** SOMALIA: AL SHABAAB, SQUEEZED IN SOUTH, MOVE TO PUNTLAND Somalia's al Qaeda-linked militants are moving north into the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, long regarded as a relatively peaceful area, after having been squeezed out of their strongholds further south, the president of Puntland said. Until now, Puntland has largely escaped the worst of the upheaval in Somalia, which has been deprived of an effective central government for the past two decades. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85365 ****** SOMALIA: EXPLOSION ROCKS SOMALI PARLIAMENT A large explosion has rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing one person, the AFP news agency reported, citing its own reporter who was at the scene of the blast. The cause of Wednesday's (7 November) explosion was not immediately clear. The blast, believed to be a car bomb set off close to the parliament, is the latest in a string of attacks in the war-ravaged Mogadishu. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85284 ****** UGANDA: SECRET TALKS WITH CONGOLESE REBELS President Museveni has been in touch with the Congolese rebel group, the M23, and told them to stop fighting, Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga has revealed. Dr Kiyonga told the Sunday Monitor newspaper, in an exclusive interview, that secret meetings have been going on between Ugandan authorities and the rebels fighting President Joseph Kabila's government, following a request by the Secretary General of International Conference for Great Lakes Region, Mr Ntumba Luaba. The revelation by the minister comes at a time when Uganda is fighting to clear its name with the UN, who, in a leaked report, accused Uganda of supporting the rebel group. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85398 ****** WESTERN SAHARA: UN ENVOY WARNS AGAINST WESTERN SAHARA CRISIS The UN special envoy to Western Sahara says the Moroccan government and the Polisario Front rebels must resolve their dispute before lingering hostilities plunge the entire North Africa into renewed conflict. The Polisario Front fought a guerrilla war against Moroccan forces until 1991, when the United Nations mediated a ceasefire between the two sides with the agreement that a referendum would be held to determine the final status of the territory. However, the plebiscite has never been held. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/85428 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 18 Internet & technology AFRICA: MOBILE PHONE USERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA UP BY 44% The number of mobile phone users in sub-Saharan Africa rose by 44 per cent to 475 million, compared to just 12.3 million fixed line connections, representing the highest proportion of mobile versus fixed line connections in the world. Statistics released by GSMA, a global association of mobile survive providers revealed that mobile industry is driving explosive economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/internet/85414 ****** SOUTH AFRICA: MXIT, THE SOCIAL MEDIA SENSATION When it comes to social media's heavy hitters, there are no bigger players than Facebook or Twitter, right? Not if you're in South Africa. Mobile network Mxit claims to have nearly 10 million users in the country, making it South Africa's most popular social media platform by far, eclipsing Facebook's six million users and Twitter's 1.1 million subscribers. Founded seven years ago by Namibian-born software developer Herman Heunis, Mxit has grown from an instant messaging application into a global mobile social network. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/internet/85289 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 19 Fundraising & useful resources TANZANIA: THE BUDGET MADE EASY WITH NEW ONLINE TOOL The Tanzanian Budget Explorer is an initiative to make information about the way the Treasury allocates taxpayers money more accessible: transparent, easy to understand and exciting to follow. Public access to information about how the government spends money in Tanzania is beginning to improve. When available in reports or budget books, however, this information often is too bulky and complex to grasp. It can be a time consuming job to understand, and many people simply don't have time to invest in doing it. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/85401 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ Fahamu - Networks For Social Justice http://www.fahamu.org Pambazuka News is published by Fahamu Ltd. (c) Unless otherwise indicated, all materials published are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. For further details see: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/about.php Pambazuka news can be viewed online: English language edition ( http://www.pambazuka.org/en ) Edicao em lingua Portuguesa ( http://www.pambazuka.org/pt ) Edition francaise ( http://www.pambazuka.org/fr ) RSS Feeds available at http://www.pambazuka.org/en/newsfeed.php Pambazuka News is published with the support of a number of funders, details of which can be obtained here ( http://www.pambazuka.org/en/about.php ) . 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