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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 627: THATCHER AND AFRICA, NGOS, RACISM AND RAPE 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. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4. Obituaries, 5. Books & arts /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features THATCHERISM AND AFRICANS: BEYOND THE REVISIONIST HISTORY Horace Campbell 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 ideological foundation for the rampant neoliberalism alongside, racism, militarism, imperialism that exist today. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87110 ****** JIM CROW 2.0 PREVAILS: US BLINKS IN STANDOFF WITH THE WORLD BANK Phyllis Muhammad Despite legislation of 2005 and 2012 to ensure the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans are upheld, the World Bank continues to systematically discriminate against Blacks in general and African Americans in particular. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87109 ****** CANADA'S GROWING ROLE IN PARTNERSHIP ALONGSIDE US IMPERIALISM Military intervention and mining interests guide current foreign policy Abayomi Azikiwe 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 interests in a number of African countries. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87108 ****** WHY SHOULD YOU BE ANGRY AT NIGERIA'S CULTURE OF RAPE? Ijeoma Ekoh The question of rape has not received adequate attention in Nigeria. It must be emphasized that women have a right to their own bodies and sexualities http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87119 ****** A LETHAL COCKTAIL FOR AFRICA Religious extremism, endemic corruption and bad governance; but now NGOs too! Abdul Ghelleh The overwhelming majority of non-governmental organisations do more harm than good to livelihoods and sustainable developments in Africa http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87180 ****** 'OPERATION GHETTO STORM': THE NEW FACE OF US FASCISM Ajamu Baraka Massive human rights violations are taking place in the US and contradict American efforts to project itself as a champion of human rights, even as it subverts governments around the world, engages in high-tech terrorism and kills its own citizens http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/87121 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 2 Comment & analysis NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CONVENTION IN ZAMBIA LOST PLOT ON HUMAN RIGHTS Anneke Meerkotter At the recent convention, debates on what was initially a very progressive draft constitution became a distorted fascination with limiting rights as opposed to ensuring their universality http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/87106 ****** NIGERIA: AMNESTY AS DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD Abdulrazaq Magaji 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 injustice at the hands of terror group http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/87181 ****** REFLECTIONS ON A BRAZILIAN SOAP OPERA AND PAN-AFRICANISM Edwin Rwigi How can ties of solidarity be strengthened between continental Africans and black movements in Brazil? To start with, a deep appreciation of a shared of heritage of the two peoples is necessary http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/87107 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 3 Advocacy & campaigns KARUTURI GUILTY OF TAX EVASION Global flower industry giant found breaking the law in Kenya Multinational used transfer mispricing to avoid paying the government of Kenya nearly US$11 million (EUR8 million) in corporate income tax http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/87111 ****** MINISTER OF POLICE TO PAY DAMAGES TO ABAHLALI MEMBERS FOR POLICE BRUTALITY Abahlali baseMjondolo, Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) Police ministry agrees to pay damages after police brutality against Abahlali baseMjondolo members in 2006 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/87112 ****** AFRICA PROGRESS PANEL WELCOMES EUROPE'S NEW RULES ON TRANSPARENCY New European rules move the world closer to a global standard on transparency. Now other regions and countries must follow this example. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/87113 ****** SHINING LIGHT ON BASHIR'S CRIMES IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY Julia Boccagno BashirWatch Activists pile pressure on the Chadian government to prohibit international crimes suspect Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from entering the country for the fourth time http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/87114 ****** EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTION OF FOOTBALLER KENNETH MWANGI Rights Promotion and Protection Centre On April 14, 2013 at around 17.00hrs, a police officer by the name Martin Kiteu alias 'Kin'gei' attached to Kasarani Police Station, Nairobi, confronted one Kenneth Mwangi, a footballer with Mathare United FC, over an alleged theft of a mobile phone at the Githurai stage. The officer pushed Mr. Mwangi to the ground and shot him fatally and at point blank range three or four times on the jaw, throat and head. This incident was witnessed by several people who were at the scene. Rights Promotion and Protection Centre (RPP) is deeply disturbed by the level of impunity exhibited by the police and in particular the continuation of the activities of death squads within the Kenya Police. While great strides have been made in creating the necessary legislation to reform the police, there is little reflection of this on the ground and police continue to engage in unlawful killings. Kasarani Police Station, in particular remains, a major host of the police death squads. The police station also plays host to another policeman known by the nickname 'Denno'. RPP believes Denno was involved in unlawful shootings in the Kondele area in Kisumu during the 2007/8 post election violence. Other members of this death squad , known by their single names are:- Marel, Maiyo, Fielo and Mutisya. RPP calls upon all concerned to send a petition to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority to investigate this incident and the continuing operations of death squads in Kasarani and other areas. CONTACT Odhiambo Oyoko Executive Coordinator Rights Promotion and Protection Centre (RPP) Upperhill Gardens, Block D-14, Third Ngong Avenue off Ngong Avenue. P.O Box 4636-00200 Nairobi. Tel: 020 2692071 Cell: 0717 431 738 E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Website: http://www.rpprights.org ****** KENYAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NOMINATED FOR INTERNATIONAL AWARD Ruth Mumbi has been nominated for this years Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award is to recognise outstanding contributions made by human rights activists. Ruth is one of six nominees selected from a total of 90 nominations. Two of her fellow nominees are currently in prison. Congratulations go to Ruth. Her work has included mobilisation of women around the new constitution in Kenya. She has also focused on the rights of women farmers and their communities in Kenya, facing threats from armed thugs in the process. See below her Bio from the Front Line Defenders Website. Ruth Mumbi - Kenya - is a passionate community mobiliser, and is the founder and current National Coordinator of Bunge la Wamama, a women's chapter of Bunge la Mwananchi a movement that conducts strong advocacy and campaigning on issues of social justice and accountability in different parts of Kenya. She was born and still lives in Kiamaiko, a Nairobi slum and she began her involvement in community mobilisation initiatives in the late 1990s, when she was barely 16 years of age. For more information: http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/21431 ****** WAS THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE IN KENYA A LOST CAUSE? National Land Accord The struggle for freedom from colonialism in Kenya was based on the wish to recover lands that had been forcibly acquired by the colonial settlers. After independence, freedom fighters were not given back their land. It remains a crying shame http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/87117 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 4 Obituaries CONDOLENCES TO THE GQOBOSE FAMILY Passing on of the oldest freedom fighter in South Africa Motsoko Pheko 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 South Africa and indeed, to humanity as whole http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/obituary/87120 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 5 Books & arts WHERE IS HOMELAND? Nick Edgeworth 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 to the lives of the poet's African grandparents and outwards to the experiences of other immigrants to the UK http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/87118 ****** /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 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. 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