Africa
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 591: RIO +20, EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS, SUDAN CRISIS, AND HAITI
29 June 2012 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Advocacy & campaigns, 3. Letters & Opinions, 4. African Writers’ Corner, 5. Cartoons Continue reading
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Kony 2012 and America's Conquest of Africa's Mineral Wealth By Nile Bowie
Although the Lord’s Resistance Army has been accused of recruiting child soldiers and conducting crimes against humanity throughout its two-decade campaign for greater autonomy against the Ugandan government, the group is presently comprised of less than four hundred soldiers [3] and remains a questionable threat. Meanwhile, China’s deepening economic engagement in Africa and its crucial… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 578: DRC & SENEGAL: THE PEOPLE'S VOICE UNHEARD
23 March 2012 — Pambazuka 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. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 578: DRC & SENEGAL: THE PEOPLE’S VOICE UNHEARD
23 March 2012 — Pambazuka 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. Continue reading
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Kony 2012 and the promotion of “humanitarian” wars By Andre Damon
Kony 2012, the 30-minute propaganda video advocating US military intervention in Africa, has become something of a debacle for its creators and media supporters. Millions of people have read and viewed responses debunking the film’s assertions, and some of its early cheerleaders have felt obliged to backpedal and adopt a critical attitude toward it. Continue reading
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KONY 2012: Merchandising and Branding Support for US Military Intervention in Central Africa By Nile Bowie
Edward Bernays believed that society could not be trusted to make rational and informed decisions on their own, and that guiding public opinion was essential within a democratic society. Bernays founded the Council on Public Relations and his 1928 book, Propaganda cites the methodology used in the application of effective emotional communication. He discovered that… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 574 12 March 2012: LINKS AND RESOURCES
1. Announcements, 2. Podcasts & Video, 3. Zimbabwe update, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Social movements, 8. Africa labour news, 9. Emerging powers news, 10. Elections & governance, 11. Corruption, 12. Development, 13. Health & HIV/AIDS, 14. Education, 15. LGBTI, 16. Racism & xenophobia, 17. Environment, 18.… Continue reading
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Pambazuka News 573: Special Issue: Ending violence against women and girls in Africa
8 March 2012 — Pambazuka News PAMBAZUKA NEWS 573: SPECIAL ISSUE: ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Continue reading
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Imperialist-backed conferences set stage for intervention in Somalia & Syria By Abayomi Azikiwe
Back-to-back conferences held Feb. 23-24 to determine the destiny of Somalia and Syria took place outside the respective countries with the full backing of the imperialist states, guaranteeing that these efforts oppose the best interests of the two countries’ people. Continue reading
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Confronting the New Imperialism…Post Cold-War Africa By Xavier Renou
We have now seen what happened in Côte d’Ivoire and Libya during this past year, in both instances to allow non-African countries, ostensibly mandated by the UN Security Council, and regardless of African opinion, to remove the sitting governments by force and thus effect regime change, in the interest of the Western powers. Continue reading
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Mali: U.S. Africa Command's New War? By Rick Rozoff
As the only news agencies with global sweep and the funds and infrastructure to maintain bureaus and correspondents throughout the world are those based in leading member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, BBC News and Deutsche Presse-Agentur – the coverage of ongoing developments in Mali, like… Continue reading
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Mali: U.S. Africa Command’s New War? By Rick Rozoff
As the only news agencies with global sweep and the funds and infrastructure to maintain bureaus and correspondents throughout the world are those based in leading member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, BBC News and Deutsche Presse-Agentur – the coverage of ongoing developments in Mali, like… Continue reading
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Video: Against AFRICOM: Questioning the US Agenda in Africa
Find out more about the race for Africa’s riches in this week’s GRTV Feature Interview with former congresswoman and 2008 presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Continue reading
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Aleela
The tantalum for the capacitors and cobalt for the batteries which power our cell phones are often mined by children in Congo making twenty cents per day. Those children come from a society where rape of women and girls is endemic. Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 560 5 December 2011: LINKS AND RESOURCES
5 December 2011 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Announcements, 2. Podcasts & Video, 3. Women & gender, 4. Human rights, 5. Refugees & forced migration, 6. Emerging powers news, 7. Elections & governance, 8. Corruption, 9. Development, 10.… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 560: CLIMATE APARTHEID AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRATISATION
2 December 2011 — Pambazuka News The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in AfricaPambazuka 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 Continue reading
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Africa Lies Naked to Euro-American Military Offensive By Glen Ford
As the U.S. and its NATO allies move southward to further consolidate their grip on Africa, following the seizure of Libya and its vast oil fields, most of the continent’s leadership seems to welcome re-absorption into empire. ‘Africa is the most vulnerable region in America’s warpath, a continent ripe for the plucking due to the… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 558 18 November 2011: ANGOLAN CORRUPTION, THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND ELECTIONS IN DRC
18 November 2011 — Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa CONTENTS:1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Pan-African Postcard, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Highlights French edition Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 557 14 November 2011: LINKS AND RESOURCES
14 November 2011 — Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa CONTENTS: 1. Podcasts & Video, 2. Zimbabwe update, 3. African Union Monitor, 4. Women & gender, 5. Human rights, 6. Refugees & forced migration, 7. Africom Watch, 8. Elections & governance, 9. Corruption,… Continue reading
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