Pambazuka News 609: Political pied pipers, worker unrest & toilet apartheid

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As the COP18 Doha climate crisis talks come to a close, the planet’s climate health is turning worse while conflicting capitals are busy fighting.

The State of the Union, SOTU, is carrying out a campaign in which Africans are called upon to urge their governments to ratify the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance and the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Take action: Click ]http://www.sotu-africa.org/?page_id=44]here to sign the petition.

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Africa will continue to be exploited, pillaged, plundered and militarized by the US administration led by Barack Obama as he continues to serve neoliberal imperialist interests

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Vincent Nuwagaba challenges the Uganda Human Rights Commission on its abysmal failure to promote and protect human rights, let alone award compensation to victims.

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With the on-going conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo with the emergence of Rwanda’s proxy, M23, Theogene Rudasingwa puts forward five exit strategies to facilitate a long-term solution to problems in the region

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