Dorothy-Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (ed) (2008) China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective. 
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Mawuli Dake (2008-05-05)
Mawuli Dake looks at the ways in which women are being locked out of the democratic processes in Ghana and argues that societies "cannot claim to be committed to the principles and ideals of democracy and the universal values of equality" if groups within are marginalized.
Why South Africa will never be like Zimbabwe
Jeremy Cronin (2008-05-05)
In this Chris Hani Memorial Lecture, Jeremy Cronin traces the differences between the ANC and Zanu-PF as liberation movements and as parties in power. He argues that while Zanu-PF succeeded in demobilising a militant population the ANC did not, and as a result the ANC is being held in check by the people of South Africa.
The complexities of Zimbabwe
Chido Makunike (2008-05-01)
Chido Makunike looks at the various competing interests in Zimbabwe, the MDC, ZANU PF, Mugabe and the West in relation to what the Zimbabwean are hoping to get out of democracy. A month after Zimbabwe’s March 29 elections, the winner of the presidential poll remains unknown.
South Africa: Mourning unfreedom day
Abahlali baseMjondolo (2008-04-24)
Abahlali baseMjondolo, the South African shackdwellers' movement reminds us in this statement and call to action that the structures of apartheid are still thriving in South Africa. On Sunday it will be Freedom Day again. Once again we will be asked to go into stadiums to be told that we are free.
Congo's rape and sexual violence: UN's delinquency
Stephen Lewis (2008-04-15)
Stephen Lewis argues that the level of rape and sexual violence in the Congo is an act of criminal international misogyny, sustained by the indifference of nation states and the delinquency of the United Nations.
Zimbabwe: Black America must not be silent
Bill Fletcher (2008-04-17)
For Bill Fletcher, speaking out against Mugabe's excesses does not make one an ally of the Bush or Gordon Brown agenda for Africa, or a supporter of the troubling MDC. In this frank article, he argues that what matters is whether "there is a political environment that advances genuine, grassroots democracy and debate in Zimbabwe." On tough issues such as on Obama or Zimbabwe, Black America has to accommodate and learn from different views and not find agents of 'imperialism' in every voice that is critical - solidarity has to accommodate difference
African Peer Review Mechanism: Lessons from Kenya
Bronwen Manby (2008-04-15)
As the baton of violence heads over to Zimabwe, Bronwen Manby looks at the African Peer Review Mechanism in relation to Kenya, its shortcomings such as lack of follow-up and political teeth and the urgent lessons from its engagement with Kenya
A new Philanthro-Capitalist Alliance in Africa?
Galés Gabirondo (2008-03-31)
Bill Gates has called for "creative capitalism" - that is a philanthropy spurred on by profit. But Galés Gabirondo unmasks creative capitalism to reveal it as philanthro-capitalism. She uses the Bill Gates/Rockeffeler initiative, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, to show just how devastating it can be when good-will meets a corporate driven and market hungry capitalism
India takes on China in Africa
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (2008-04-08)
In the March 27th, 2008 Pambazuka issue, Firoze Manji argued that in comparison to Europe and the US, China in Africa is still a small player and that while keeping an eye out on China, Africans should not be distracted from paying attention to the West's continued
Where to, Zimbabwe?
Patrick Bond (2008-04-03)
As the world waits to see what will happen in Zimbabwe, Patrick Bond argues that lessons should be taught and retaught about the dangers of elite transition between a voracious, corrupt, violent and divisive set of rulers, and an incoming crew who might not withstand the blandishments of
Urgent petition to SADC heads of state - Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Civil Society Organizations (2008-04-03)
Inordinate delay in announcing results is of grave concern to civil society:
We the undersigned Civil Society groups whose names are listed below have found it necessary to send this urgent petition to your Excellences in order to save our country from potentially sinking into complete anarchy if election results are manipulated.
Kenyans call and solidarity with Zimbabwe
Kenyans For Peace With Truth and Justice (KPTJ) and the National Civil Society Congress (NCSC) (2008-04-04)
Kenyan's call and solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe during this difficult moment in their history.
The People of Kenya, individually and through various civil society organizations grouped under the National Civil society Congress and Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice (KPTJ), are deeply concerned by the
Kenya: A closer look at power-sharing
Antony Otieno Ong'ayo (2008-03-26)
As Zimbabwe threatens to pull a 'Kenya', this is a good time to consider the implications of the Annan mediated power-sharing deal. Antony Otieno Ong'ayo dissects and weighs the Kenya power sharing deal.
China still a small player in Africa
Firoze Manji (2008-03-27)
Firoze Manji argues that in comparison to Europe and the US, China in Africa is still a small player. While keeping an eye out on China, Africans should not be distracted from paying attention to the West's continued exploitation of the continent including the use of military might to protect its economic interests.
Mugabe could be history
Mary Ndlovu (2008-03-24)
Mary Ndlovu argues that in spite of the obstacles placed by ZANU-PF, Zimbabwean people must at a minimum strive to vote Mugabe out of power and elect a leadership that will unite Zimbabwe, rebuild the economy and deliver justice and healing as opposed to revenge
Obama at the crossroads of a revolution?
Horace Cambell (2008-03-20)
In a nuanced article that borrows from various disciplines such as philosophy and physics, Horace Campbell argues that Barrack Obama would only be trapped by a conservative and anti-people social and economic system if those "who are being drawn into the audacity of hope do not build their own political movement and political organization." He argues that only "only a bottom up movement can prevent Barack Obama from becoming a racial decoy for the Wall Street forces."
Truth commissions and prosecutions: Two sides of the same coin?
Yav Katshung Joseph (2008-03-17)
Yav Katshung Joseph argues that as truth commissions multiply around the world it is important to look at their relationship to prosecutions and justice in an immediate and historical sense. Are TRCs designed to generate more truth, more justice, reparations, and genuine institutional reform? Or are they designed to the State’s and society’s legal, ethical and political obligations to their people?
African Agriculture and the World Bank: Development or impoverishment?
Kjell Havnevik, Deborah Bryceson, Lars-Erik Birgegård, Prosper Matondi & Atakilte Beyene (2008-03-11)
Kjell Havnevik, Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Atakilte Beyene and Prosper Matondi look at the destructive role the world bank has played in African agriculture and food production
Zimbabwe's political roller-coaster hits another deep dip
Patrick Bond and Grace Kwinjeh (2008-03-11)
With presidential elections in Zimbabwe just around the corner, Patrick Bond and Grace Kwinjeh look at who the national, regional and international players are, and consider various people-centered alternatives.
Women speak on the way forward for Kenya
Women’s Coalition (2008-03-03)
Kenyan women assert their right to be heard and included in the Kenyan peace process
The War against Women in Africa
Ann Jones (2008-02-20)
Ann Jones looks at the various ways in which the war against women continues long after the peace deals have been signed.
Kenyans must seize democracy for themselves
Mukoma Wa Ngugi and Firoze Manji (2008-02-28)
It has taken over 1,500 Kenyan lives, hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people, a destroyed economy, and intensified mistrust between ethnicities that will last generations for both Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga to realize what everyone knew from the beginning: “Neither side can realistically govern the country without the other. There must be real power-sharing to move the country forward and begin the healing and reconciliation process”.
Kenya: Hanging on to a fragile peace
Pambazuka Editors' (2008-02-28)
Pambazuka News spoke with Wangui Wa Goro, a public intellectual, writer, translator and academic and an Associate Fellow at the Institute of Human Rights and Social Justice at London Metropolitan University about the power sharing agreement reached by Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga on February 28, 2008. Pambazuka News readers will remember her for her incisive commentary on Kenya pre and post the crisis. We spoke about the implications of the peace-deal on the larger questions of peace and justice, the meaning of democracy itself, the continuing role of Civil Society Organizations and lessons for other African countries.
Tribute to Fidel Castro
Blade Nzimande (2008-02-24)
Blade Nzimande gives a comradely appraisal of Fidel Castro the revolutionary theorist, practitioner and internationalist.
The Kenya crisis
International Crisis Group (2008-02-21)
ICG warns that armed groups are mobilising on both sides, ODM is under pressure from its core constituencies, to demand nothing less than the presidency, and the Kibaki coalition is buying time to wear down both the opposition and the international community’s resolve.
The US ‘War on Terror’ Exported to Rwanda: A Threat to Peace in DRC
Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey (2008-02-19)
Bahati Ntama Jacques and Beth Tuckey argue Bush's support for Rwanda through the prism of the Global War on Terror and US access to natural resources will in the long run be disastrous to peace in the DRC.
The PEPFAR ‘Record’ – Bush’s Out of Tune AIDS Plan
Michael Swigert and Sena Tsikata (2008-02-19)
Michael Swigert and Sena Tsikata argue that Bush's Africa AIDS plan is a painful clash of inconsistent and inefficient policy tunes which will have little chance of making it on any charts tracking true leadership in the fight against global HIV/AIDS.
President Bush and Africa’s Debt: Who Owes Whom?
Neil Watkins (2008-02-19)
Neil Watkins tackles the unfinished agenda on debt, and calls for an audit of past lending in Africa by the United States and international financial institutions including the IMF and World Ban in order to look at which debts are odious, onerous, or illegal.
Beyond AFRICOM: Toward a New Concept of Security in Africa
Beth Tuckey (2008-02-19)
Beth Tuckey argues that in the end, it is not the militarization of Africa that will guarantee security for the US but rather justice and equitable trade.
US Africa Foreign Policy Outlook 2008
Gerald LeMell (2008-02-19)
In this excerpt from Foreign Policy In Focus Gerald LeMell, the executive director of Africa Action, forecasts US Africa policy and argues that In this election year, the U.S. government will pursue a mixed approach to elections in Africa, upholding democratic ideals or looking the other way, depend- ing on military, economic and political alliances. Climate change will be a hot topic in U.S. electoral debates, but it is unlikely that the devastating environmental prospects for Africa will be featured, much less addressed, in U.S.-Africa policy this year.
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