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1. Pambazuka News 617: The scourge of violence: Kenya, Mali,

South Africa and Haiti (Pambazuka Editor)





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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 617: THE SCOURGE OF VIOLENCE: KENYA, MALI, SOUTH AFRICA AND HAITI



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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839



CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Comment & analysis, 3. Advocacy & campaigns,

4. Letters & Opinions





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1 Features



KENYA: FEARS OF POLL VIOLENCE AS MUNGIKI RE-EMERGES

Henry Makori



There are rising fears that Mungiki is regrouping to unleash another

orgy of deadly violence should their preferred candidate, Uhuru

Kenyatta, lose the presidential contest.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86339

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THREATS, HARASSMENT OF KENYA'S TOP JUDGE AHEAD OF ELECTIONS

Statement by Chief Justice/President of Supreme Court

Willy Mutunga



Days to the March 4 elections a gang purporting to act in the interest

of Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta threatens

the Supreme Court president, who also complains of harassment by the

all-powerful Head of the Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet,

Francis Kimemia

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86324

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THE SCOURGE OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Azwifaneli Managa and Bertha Chiroro



South African women are regularly confronted with systemic sexual

harassment, violence, and murder as the recent cases of Shrien Dewani,

Anene Booysen and Reeva Steenkamp illustrate. Sustainable development

will be unobtainable when women and children are brutalized by

violence and any other form of gender based discrimination of which

the state has a duty to prevent.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86325

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BIG OIL, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

Implications of SERAP vs. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECOWAS Court) 2012

Olivia Kokushubila Lwabukuna



The latest court case represents a novel attempt by a regional

tribunal to indirectly ensure that businesses carried out in Africa

are socially conscious and responsible for the environment and

economic as well as social development of the communities within which

they operate

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86335

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MALI, FRANCE AND THE WAR ON TERROR IN AFRICA

Is there an imminent threat of terrorism from West Africa?

Horace G. Campbell



Africa has been demonized in the West for decades. To justify military

intervention and imperialist expansion, Africa is today being depicted

again as the scene of instability, violence and terrorism. The

progressive forces for peace and social justice should mobilize

against this planned remilitarization of the continent

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86326

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AN AFRICAN CHAPTER IN THE FAILED WAR ON TERROR

The pitfalls of French military action in Mali

Joan Nimarko



In the context of the crisis in Mali, the US intends to deploy

military drones in neighbouring Niger suggesting that Europe and the

US have not learnt from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Another

protracted war involving innocent Malians looks likely, unless a

viable regional solution can be implemented.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86327

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THE WEST'S WAR AGAINST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES

Dan Glazebrook



Tax havens, rising debt-extortion, loans to African military

dictators, capital flight, unfair trade prices, militarization of

Africa through AFRICOM are the many ways in which the West's war

against African development continues. The recent crisis in Mali and

Algeria are being used by the West to further its domination over

Africa.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86332

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CHOLERA AND HEALTHCARE IN HAITI

Sokari Ekine



The problem with healthcare in Haiti is that there is no system, no

structures, no plan - at least not one that has been implemented. The

healthcare facilities are wholly inadequate

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86334

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2 Comment & analysis



ANGOLA: IS THIS THE COUNTRY AGOSTINHO NETO DREAMT OF?

Abdulrazaq Magaji



The southern African nation is now peaceful and petro-dollars are

pouring in. Yet the greatest beneficiaries are the United States,

Great Britain and Portugal, the evil triad that laboured in vain to

abort the Angolan dream

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86318

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TWO YEARS LATER UPRISINGS CONTINUE IN TUNISIA AND EGYPT

Neo-colonialism and the struggle for genuine democracy and national unity

Abayomi Azikiwe



The current struggles in Egypt and Tunisia must take into account the

historical lessons of imperialist intervention and destabilization to

create the conditions for genuine political and economic independence

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86328

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3 Advocacy & campaigns



AFRICA CONTACT CONDEMNS SEVERE PUNISHMENT OF SAHARAWI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

Africa Contact



Africa Contact strongly condemns the harsh and unjust sentences given

February 17 by a Moroccan military court to 24 Saharawis - Western

Sahara's indigenous population - just for demanding the right to live

in their own country without Moroccan occupation and discrimination

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86323

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BREAKTHROUGH ENABLES INDIVIDUAL COMPLAINTS ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND

CULTURAL RIGHTS



The Protocol makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the equal

value and importance of all human rights and the need for strengthened

legal protection of economic, social and cultural rights in particular

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86319

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BRITISH MPS: SENTENCING OF WESTERN SAHARA ACTIVISTS "TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE"



Several British MP's have joined prominent campaigners including film

director Ken Loach in condemning the sentencing of 24 Saharawi

activists by a military tribunal in Morocco at the weekend. In a

letter published in the Guardian newspaper, the Members of Parliament

describe the sentences, most of which ranged from 20 years to life

imprisonment as "a travesty of justice".

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86337

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BURUNDIAN GOVERNMENT MUST STOP HARASSING CIVIL SOCIETY AND MEDIA

CIVICUS and LDGL



CIVICUS, the global civil society network, and the Ligue des Droits de

la personne dans la region des Grandes Lacs (LDGL), warn about rising

levels of harassment of civil society activists and journalists in

Burundi. They urge the Government of Burundi to respect its

constitutional and international law obligations on human rights.

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86336

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ERADICATING DISSENT IN POST-MUBARAK EGYPT

Civil society face new repressive laws



International NGOs would not be allowed to settle and activate in

Egypt without prior authorisation. Receiving foreign government

funding, directly or indirectly, would be flatly prohibited

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86321

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STATEMENT CONCERNING ASSASSINATION OF CHOKRI BELAID



This assassination aims at silencing voices fighting for dignity,

freedom and social justice; it aims to create a climate of fear and

hatred and to push Tunisia towards a cycle of violence

http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86320

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4 Letters & Opinions



ZUMA TARGETS PROTESTERS WHILE TAKING NO SERIOUS ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Unemployed People's Movement



Our country is reeling with shock at the ongoing rape and violence

against women, rich women and poor women, white women and black women,

by men of all races and classes. And our country is reeling in shock

at the levels of corruption. The trial of the Mpsiane's in

KwaZulu-Natal has shown just how extreme the situation has become in

terms of government corruption. But we are also reeling in shock from

the corruption scandals around MTN, the construction cartel and other

big corporates that have even go so far as to fix the price of bread.



We would have expected a decent President to announce special courts

to deal with rape and violence against women. We would have expected a

decent President to announce special courts to deal with corruption.

Instead we get special courts for protesters!



Zuma is more like Ben Ali or Mubarak than a true representative of the

people. His conduct in his own rape trial was shocking. No one could

ever say that he is a leader that has the moral authority to take a

stand against corruption. He has militarised the police and said

nothing when poor people's movements are openly repressed by the

police and the ANC. Now he pretends that violence is coming from

protesters when we all know that in most cases it is the police that

bring violence into the equation. There is a very long list of

protesters that have been killed by the police since 2000. In fact the

number stands at more than 70! What kind of democracy is this where

the police can kill more than 70 protesters?



CONTACT



Ayanda Kota 078 625 6462 (Spokesperson, UPM Eastern Cape)



Motsi Khokhoma 073 490 76 23 (Spokesperson, UPM Free State)

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