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CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Advocacy & campaigns 3. Jobs & announcements Good riddance, Dr. Dlamini-ZumaChidi Anselm Odinkalu The Chair of the African Union CommissionUnderstanding the workings of the AU's top executive organ Yitiha Simbeye Brexit and the future of EPAYash Tandon Is this the end of Europe as we know it?Brexit vote, European Union turmoil prompt re-evaluation of world situation Abayomi Azikiwe Racism without race, racists without racism: The challenge of South African racismHashi Kenneth Tafira The June 16 uprising: A response to Dr. Motsoko PhekoNelvis Qekema Kenya’s treatment of refugees is inhumane and unlawfulJesuit Refugee Services Kenya’s plans to close down its largest refugee camp have triggering concerns about the uncertain fate of refugees who will be forced back to their countries of origin. Unknown to many people, refugees already suffer horrendous human rights violations inside the camps and in urban areas. Is closing down Dadaab the best Kenya can do for such vulnerable fellow Africans? Is the Fragile States Index ‘fatally flawed’?Henning Melber While at best of dubious value – if not outright dangerous for the consequences in policy spheres – the Failed States Index should be no substitute for common sense. It reinforces stereotypical Eurocentric perceptions and is at best another sign of patronising and paternalist worldviews. Revisiting the dialogue of the deaf and the damned: For Edwin Madunagu @ 70Chido Onumah A humanist per excellence, Eddie brought panache and mathematical meticulousness in explaining even the most complex of historical, political and ideological issues in Nigeria.
A letter to ChronixxMahlet Ayele Beyecha After many months of expectation, the famed Jamaican Reggae artiste Chronnixx was in Ethiopia where he performed to the great satisfaction of his enthusiastic fans. But he disappointed some fans who had hoped he would spare some time to personally meet them.
Media literacy for religious actors can help dispute extremist propagandaHawa Noor M. The fact that media and information and communications technologies are an important resource for violent religious groups such as Al-Shabaab is a call for investment in media literacy for vulnerable and influential groups that are the target of extremist messages.What we can learn from an Indonesian ethnicity that recognizes five gendersSharyn Graham Davies The Bugis, numbering around three million people and mostly Muslim, have five terms referencing various combinations of sex, gender and sexuality: female woman, male man, female man, male woman and transgender priests.
Sign Petition: People of Conscience Concerned about Human Rights #JusticeforWalterRodneyAajay Murphy IS THERE NO JUSTICE FOR MURDER, EVEN AFTER 36 YEARS? COMMISSION REPORT ISSUED ON ASSASSINATION OF DR. WALTER RODNEY. HOWEVER, THE GUYANA GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPORT PUBLIC OR ACT ON THE COI RECOMMENDATIONS. Regional Researcher – Southern Africa (Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe)Johannesburg, Permanent $66,580 USD per annum
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Whether it was the Ebola outbreak, drowning of African refugees in the Mediterranean, famines, the return of the god-President, the International Criminal Court or popular uprisings by young people demanding revolutionary change, the out-going Chairperson of the African Union Commission failed Africa. Her successor must be someone who understands, cares about and has a vision for the continent and its people.
Since inception of the position of Chairperson of the African Union Commission, it has been filled by three men and one woman. Just how independent, resolute, resilient and resourceful have they been, and if they have failed, is that failure a reflection on their capability or the flawed set up of the Commission?
There is a distinct possibility of a much smaller “Little England” looking at itself in the mirror and asking how it might salvage its relations with Africa in order to continue to get Africa’s resources and markets. This time, Africa should not let England divide and rule it; it must take the opportunity to unite and negotiate as one continent.
The potential for other states within the EU to withdraw from the bloc is a major worry for the imperialist states. The priority for African and other developing countries should be removing their vulnerabilities from the international capitalist system in order to achieve sustainable growth and development based on the interests of the majority of the world’s population.
South African colonial modernity fabulously benefited those who prosecuted cruel adventuring; their descendants still enjoy the ill-gotten social wages. 1994 didn’t usher a new society, so decolonisation remains an unfinished undertaking. A national project that rehabilitates and restores the full humanity of the victims of racism is an urgent necessity now.
Contrary to repeated claims, the Soweto Uprising of 40 years ago was organised and led by student members of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve Biko. They are the people who politicised other students and imbued them with the revolutionary black consciousness philosophy. They were all found guilty of sedition in the Soweto 11 trial.
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