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2012-02-06, Issue 568
The latest edition of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid newsletter produced by the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Network is now available on their blog. The latest issue includes the following highlights: ...
Finance and Operations Director – Fahamu
Deadline for applications: February 3, 2012
2012-01-25, Issue 567
Fahamu is seeking an experienced Finance and Operations Director. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance and Operations Director will be a hands on and participative manager who will lead a team to manage the organisation’s finance and oper...
Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter - January issue
2012-01-09, Issue 565
The January 2012 issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter features the following articles:...
From OAU to AU: The new millennium and the state of democracy in Africa
Call for papers: for a panel at the 8th Iberian Conference of African Studies, ICAS8/CIEA8
2011-12-22, Issue 564
In July 2002, African leaders dissolved the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and created the African Union (AU). By emphasising on democracy, good governance and respect for human rights as necessary pre-requisites for development, the AU makes a significant departure, at least in theory, from the modes operandi of its predecessor which was known for its long-held principle of ‘non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states.’ In July 2012, the AU will celebrate its tenth anniversary. The event is an opportune moment in stocktaking the state of democracy in Africa since the establishment of the AU.
The Young Feminist Fund grants
2011-12-22, Issue 564
The goal of The Young Feminist Fund (FRIDA) is to provide accessible, strategic and responsive funding for young feminist-led initiatives. FRIDA invites applications from groups led by young women and transgender youth under 30 years for grants of up to US$5,000.
Meet Kenya’s unsung heroes!
Fahamu
2011-12-08, Issue 562
Picture of Resistance tells the story of ten of Kenya’s unsung heroes who carry forward the tradition of the thousands of nameless freedom fighters of Kenya’s long path to liberation. These activists were part, over the last year, of the inaugural Fahamu Pan-African Fellowship (FPAF) programme. With local action and an African vision, the FPAF aimed to support a cadre of energetic, visionary and innovative activists. The Picture of Resistance documentary and accompanying picture book [PDF] record the contribution of ten of Kenya’s community activists who daily resist oppression and dare to build alternatives. These are the Kenyans who organise rather than agonise. For more information, visit: www.fahamu.org/fellowship
Perspectives on Emerging Powers in Africa: Latest newsletters available
2011-12-12, Issue 562
October 2011 Ms Sanusha Naidu participated in first China-Africa People’s Forum in Nairobi recently. She comments on the nature of the event, its outcomes and possible future role in the development of civil society engagement between Africa and Chi...
Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter - December issue
2011-12-01, Issue 560
In this month's issue [PDF]: - The Bangkok Principles on the Status and Treatment of Refugees - African NGO resolution on the rights of refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and displaced persons - Asia Pacific model pledge towards upholding refugee rights worldwide - MIGREUROP explores readmission instruments - The situation of refugees in Israel - Question & answer: the Cessation Clause examined - The Cessation Clause: a primer - ECtHR allows extradition to Rwanda of alleged Hutu genocidaire with refugee status in Denmark; UNHCR does not intervene - ‘Is this Caribbean idyll the worst place in the world to be a woman?’ - WikiLeaks diplomatic cables: a tool for refugee legal aid workers? - In limbo in Latvia - Asia Pacific Regional Immigration Detention Working Group workshop - Country of origin & legal news headlines - Requests, announcements, publications & opportunities Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid
To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction and the Climate Crisis in Africa
New book by Nnimmo Bassey
2011-12-04, Issue 560
As thousands assemble in Durban for this year’s climate talks, the countries of the global South hope for some listening as well as all the talking...
Launching 'To Cook a Continent', 'Earth Grab' and 'African Awakening'
New Pambazuka Press titles
2011-12-05, Issue 560
You are cordially invited to the launch of three Pambazuka titles, To Cook a Continent, Earth Grab and African Awakening on Tuesday the 6th of December at Ike's Books in Durban. Authors and activists, Nnimmo Bassey, the ETC Group, Patrick Bond and mo...
Ngaphakathi esiphakathini
CAS Gallery Exhibition, UCT Upper Campus, 8 December
2011-12-05, Issue 560
Zanele Muholi and Khanyisile Mbongwa put together a collaborative show around the idea of interstices, of spaces in between/in-between spaces - literal, metonymic, metaphorical. 'Ngaphakathi esiphakathini' is directly translated as 'inside the in-bet...
Call for submissions: The Contemporary Relevance of Steve Biko
Steve Biko Foundation
2011-11-16, Issue 558
Opportunity Closing Date: Monday, November 28, 2011 Opportunity Type: Call for Submissions 18 December 2011 marks Bantu Stephen Biko’s 65th birthday. In celebration, the Steve Biko Foundation is calling for reflections on the legacy of this South African freedom fighter. The topic is The Contemporary Relevance of Steve Biko. Submissions may focus on any field that was impacted by Biko, but of particular interest are: The Arts, Culture, Education, Economic Development, Identity and Health Submissions will be published in the December issue of the Steve Biko Foundation’s FrankTalk Journal as well as on the FrankTalk Blog. The length of the submission should be between 800 and 1500 words in MS Word. Papers should be submitted to Dibuseng Kolisang at dibuseng[AT]sbf.org.za Alternatively, papers may be faxed to + (27.11) 403. 8835. For more information email Dibuseng or call + (27.11) 403. 0310.
Fahamu Pan-African Fellows graduate
Fahamu
2011-11-17, Issue 558
The first cohort of 10 fellows of the Fahamu Pan-African Fellowship programme graduated at an event held on 18 November 2011 at Southern Sun Mayfair in Parklands, Nairobi. This occasion was organised to mark the end of a year-long programme that supported and nurtured a cadre of visionary, innovative and energetic activism and leadership among Kenya’s community organisers. This graduation ceremony brought together all those involved in the programme since its inception in a collective celebration of the achievements of the fellows. For more details about the Fellowship, please contact George Mwai.
Weapons of Mass Construction: MBBC E-Learning Platform Launches
2011-11-21, Issue 558
Weapons of Mass Construction: MBBC E-Learning Platform Launches! The Movement Building Boot Camp (MBBC) online platform is an e-learning space for African activists doing progressive work around sexuality, gender, justice and rights. It features t...
The South African Anarchist Book Fair
2011-11-03, Issue 555
Date: Saturday 5 November 2011 Venue: Café Ganesh, Observatory (corner Trill Road & Lower Main Road). Cape Town, South Africa. Time: From 10am to 6pm Free entry www.anarchistbookfair.co.za Remember, remember, the fifth of November, as this is the date when South Africa will play host to its first ever Anarchist Book Fair, taking place in Observatory, Cape Town, at Café Ganesh (corner Trill Road and Lower Main Road). Comrades, armchair anarchists, committed revolutionaries and book lovers are invited to come and learn about this exciting philosophy and its proud history of resistance. You can swing by any time between 10am and 6pm to check out a wide range of radical literature, music, movies, talks and more. There will be over 12 stalls and collectives taking part including –The Missing Shelf, Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front, CrimethInc South Africa, Intsangu Clothes, Amandla! Magazine, Soundz of the South, Feminist Alternatives and Botsotso. The Sympony Way Pavement Dwellers will also be there showcasing their extraordinary book "No Land! No House! No Vote!"
Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter - November issue
2011-10-31, Issue 554
This month’s newsletter contains news of how, for the first time, an Israeli court has ordered the Government of Israel to grant asylum. Also in the issue are articles on resettlement in exchange for local asylum; UNHCR's incentive salary policy; hum...
Koroga, another African story
2011-10-24, Issue 553
A small number of photographers and poets in Kenya have started the second phase of a creative project called ‘Koroga’. Photographers create stunning, ‘alternative’ images of Kenya and poets add short text to create slides, the ‘Koroga’, that say som...
View From Somewhere
Amira Kheir
2011-10-23, Issue 553
From the very first notes of her a cappella solo that introduce this album, it's clear that Amira Kheir is not afraid to take risks. Born in Italy of Sudanese paren...
Global: Search for material for a book on new movement, new politics
2011-10-23, Issue 553
We, as editors, are searching for material for a book that is tentatively titled 'Worlds of Movement, Worlds in Movement' (or 'New Movement, New Politics'). This note is to invite your help in finding such material, either written or produced by you...
Cessation threat delayed, not withdrawn
Fahamu protection campaign continues

: Rwandan refugees in Africa need legal representation to defend against
 deportation


2011-10-19, Issue 553
Despite a partial victory for Fahamu and others who have raised the
 alarm over stripping tens of thousands of Rwandan refugees of 
protection, individuals and organisations are still encouraged to endorse an international
 civil society petition to halt the measure.
Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter - October issue
2011-10-10, Issue 552
This month’s newsletter takes special focus on the Rwandan Cessation Clause and the danger it poses to Rwandans who need protection and refuge. Insisted upon by Rwanda and supported by UNHCR, the Cessation Clause would revoke the refugee status of Rwandans throughout most of Africa at the end of this year, creating a crisis for Rwandan refugees and those who provide them legal aid. In response, please consider lending your support to the call to urge UNHCR and its Member States to continue to protect Rwandan refugees. If you do so right away, the Fahamu Refugee Programme can carry your views to the Executive Committee of UNHCR and representatives of its Member States at their annual meeting in Geneva, 3–5 October 2011.
Appeal for Africa Unity Tour of Cynthia McKinney
2011-10-09, Issue 551
A network of Pan-Africanists from Ubuntu Pan African Network and Pan Africanist Unity groups are initiating an invitation to Cynthia McKinney to serve as the African World Envoy starting 28 October 2011. It has been recognized that Cynthia McKinney, ...
'Critical Reflections on Accumulation by Dispossession in the Agrarian Sector in Africa'
2011-10-09, Issue 551
14 October will see the launch of the book 'The Agrarian Question in the Neoliberal Era: Primitive Accumulation and the Peasantry'. The launch forms part of a day-long event taking place at Nyerere theatre one at the University of Dar es Salaam, whi...
South Africa: Ugandan feminist lawyer Sylvia Tamale to launch book in Cape Town
2011-10-10, Issue 551
The African Gender Institute (AGI) and the Women and Gender Studies programme of the University of the Western Cape will on the 11th and the 12th of October 2011, co-host Professor Sylvia Tamale. Professor Tamale will be launching the book, 'African ...
Dear Mandela – the struggle for dignity and human rights for South Africa’s shack dwellers
2011-09-27, Issue 550
Please join Amnesty International and War on Want to hear about the remarkable work of Abahlali baseMjondolo (‘people of the shacks’), a movement campaigning for the rights of many thousands of South Africans living without access to adequate housing and at risk of forced evictions. The evening includes a a screening of the 20 minute short version of the film, Dear Mandela, the story of the emergence of Abahlali, its courageous response to the numerous challenges it has faced and its campaign against forced evictions, which led to the constitutional court victory in 2009. VENUE: Human Rights Action Centre, 17 - 25 New Inn Yard, EC2A 3EA DATE AND TIME: Friday 7 October 2011 at 6:30 p.m. CONTACT: Caroline Elliot, War on Want CElliot[at]waronwant.org Attn Africa Programme, Amnesty International, amnestyis[at]amnesty.org PRICE: FREE BOOKING: book your space here.
Global: 2011 Right Livelihood Awards announced
2011-10-03, Issue 550
The 2011 Right Livelihood jury has awarded Jacqueline Moudeina from Chad 'for her tireless efforts at great personal risk to win justice for the victims of the former dictatorship in Chad and to increase awareness and observance of human rights in Af...
Fahamu call for research proposals
Comparative African perspectives on China and other emerging powers in Africa
2011-09-13, Issue 550
China’s deepening engagement with Africa is receiving increased attention from the global media, the public and private sectors and academic research. This should not however overshadow the activities of other emerging powers in Africa, including India, Brazil and the Gulf states. This call therefore seeks to develop African perspectives in the discourse surrounding the engagement between Africa and these emerging powers. Deadline for receiving applications: 12 October 2011. For further details please download information here.
Scholarships for Masters in International Human Rights Law
2011-09-14, Issue 547
We are very pleased to announce that admissions are now open for five scholarships for candidates from African Commonwealth countries to study for the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford, starting September 2012. The course website can be found here, while details about the scholarships, including eligibility criteria and how to apply, can be found on the fees and funding pages.
Chimurenga receives the Prince Claus Fund’s 2011 Principal Award
Chimurenga
2011-09-15, Issue 547
Through the annual Prince Claus Award, the Fund honours eleven cultural pioneers, for their outstanding achievements in the field of culture and development. Chimurenga is honoured to receive the Prince Claus Fund’s 2011 Principal Award, and congratulates the 2011 laureates. We thank the Prince Clause Fund for their recognition of our work over the past nine years, and are proud to join the list of previous winners. Most of all, this award honours Chimurenga’s contributors and readers. Congratulations Chimurenga People.
Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter - September issue
2011-09-06, Issue 546
The new Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter is now available. This issue includes breaking news about Australia's plan to 'swap' asylum seekers with Malaysia; an in-depth article on the issue by Dr Savitri Taylor; a trio of pieces about the situation faced by Rwandan refugees, including an important statement, which you can sign on to, against the planned invocation of the Cessation Clause; a review of issues faced by LGBTI people in Sudan, a little-known topic; case notes on rulings about Dadaab camp and UK-Cyprus return; discussion of a recent review of asylum in Poland; and a report from visits to Syrian refugees in camps in southern Turkey – as well as our usual announcements of opportunities, requests and relevant new resources.
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