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Features
The real reasons for the coup d'état in Guinea-Bissau
Carlos Cardoso (2012-05-17)
cc WikimediaFor Guinea-Bissau to achieve stability, there must be a return to constitutional order and a conclusion of presidential elections.
Of flowers and thorns: Where has 'public' gone in public service?
Dale T. McKinley (2012-05-16)
cc Flyk3rBy the late 2000s, the bed had turned into a fully fledged forest. Not content with what were already very decent wage packages financed by the public purse, high-ranking politicians and public sector officialdom at every level were awarding themselves with super-salaries and a huge range of benefit sweeteners. Indeed, South Africa has to be one of the countries in the world where the majority of this public sector ‘cadre’ are made millionaires every year and that’s not counting what many of them make on the side.
Palestinian solidarity: the responsibility of South African intellectuals
Nina Butler (2012-05-16)
cc D DThe South African academic community should break out of its “silent and inert”, albeit sympathetic, posture toward the Palestinians and fully reject cooperation with Israeli institutions.
The insolvent United States banking system: lessons from J.P. Morgan Chase
Horace Campbell (2012-05-17)
cc F BAs central bankers from China to Venezuela and from Argentina to Japan are seeking ways to exit from the contagion of the speculative trading of US bankers, progressive forces must renew the call for the nationalization of the big banks, which are supposed to be too big to fail.
Haïti, Africa, Aristide: The history of one humanity
Jacques Depelchin (2012-05-17)
cc E IThe story of Haiti represents that of the Africa of today: trying to stand up, to reconstruct, to rebuild, she stumbles, hesitates, and sometimes retreats in the face of threats from the watchdogs seeking to liquidate humanity and replace it with a substitute known as humanitarianism.
Angola: Court ignores media law in journalist’s case
Rafael Marques de Morais (2012-05-16)
Something fishy is definitely going on in the belated trial of journalist Ramiro Aleixo over articles he wrote nearly five years ago. It is an extraordinary opportunity to evaluate the Angolan judicial system.
Asia in my life
Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2012-05-17)
cc G PThe celebrated Kenyan writer reflects on how much India has been an important thread in his life and in the wider anti-colonial struggle in Africa, and calls for greater interaction between Africa, Asia and South America to escape the long shadow of the ‘Age of the European Empire’.
Nawal al Saadawi and the sky over Egypt
Annar Cassam (2012-05-17)
cc P A LDr Nawal al Saadawi’s continued hope, after decades of persecution by the Egyptian political and religious authorities, and the as yet unfilled promise of Tahrir, offers inspiration to everyone challenging the violence and abuses of patriarchy and capitalism.
Our ugly secret: abortion in Zimbabwe, illegal but thriving
2012-05-16
cc P K MMore than 70 000 illegal abortions are carried out in Zimbabwe every year, with Zimbabwean women running a 200 times greater risk of dying of abortion complications than their counterparts in South Africa, where the procedure is legal.
Somalia: No justification for ratifying the Draft Constitution
Mohamud M Uluso (2012-05-16)
cc OCHAWidespread opposition to the document stems from the way it was formulated in secret without public mandate or the input of Somali civil society, intellectuals and constitutional experts.
UN threatens the Somali democratic movement
Abdi Ismail Samatar (2012-05-17)
cc C MIs the authority of the UN and regional bodies divine, such that it cannot be challenged by the Somali people? The only ‘crime’ the Somali democratic movement has committed is to dare dream of freedom in the land of its birth.
Biafra group files complaint against Nigeria at ICC
Osita Ebiem (2012-05-16)
cc A AJust as secessionist leader Odumegwu Ojukwu moved in 1967 to declare the independence of Biafra to protect his people from genocidal killings, the group is asking ICC to intervene on their behalf before they are completely exterminated.
A new constitution: Let Zimbabweans decide
Dewa Mavhinga (2012-05-17)
cc SokwaneleIt is unfair for a small group of individuals to disenfranchise Zimbabweans through a premature campaign to abandon the constitutional review process without affording the people an opportunity to engage directly with the draft.
Neither devil nor angel: The role of the media in Sino-African relations
Li Anshan (2012-05-16)
cc C ZThe Chinese government is eager to balance the international media coverage of Chinese image and this approach is becoming more and more urgent for Beijing’s strategy of engagement in Africa.
Reflections on the Lagos state government’s onslaught on doctors
Kola Ibrahim (2012-05-17)
cc DavidA recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class.