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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 583: THE BITTERNESS OF WAR, THE SOURNESS OF JUSTICE

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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839

CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Advocacy & campaigns, 4.
African Writers' Corner


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1 Features

TAYLOR: THE BITTERNESS OF WAR, THE SOURNESS OF JUSTICE
Lansana Gberie

The Charles Taylor trial reportedly cost a whopping $250 million. Was
it worth it?
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81812
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POPULAR RESISTANCE AND CORPORATE LANDGRABBING IN SIERRA LEONE
Interview with Oakland Institute on Socfin investments in Sierra Leone

A new report ( http://bit.ly/Kwwozz ) from the Oakland Institute
examines a controversial land investment deal in Sierra Leone.
Pambazuka News caught up with Oakland Institute Policy Director
Frederic Mousseau to find out why the report has attracted so much
attention.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81813
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STRANGE FRUIT AND THE TRAYVON MARTINS OF HISTORY
Ama Biney

The February death of Trayvon Martin in the US shows the need to
address the underlying structures of racism that are embedded in the
ideology of a capitalist and imperialist society.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81823
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SOMALIA, MUSEVENI AND MILITARISING THE REGION
Interview by Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati
Mahmood Mamdani

'Everybody knows the solution in Somalia is political not military.
Even if there is a military victory in Somalia, it will not be
sustainable without a political solution.'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81818
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REFOUNDING SOMALIA: CONSTITUTION AND ISLAM
Abdulwahid Sheikhosman Qalinle

The draft constitution is a considerable improvement from the
Transitional Federal Charter. However, there are serious flaws in the
draft which would make the operation of the system of government
difficult and controversial.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81819
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BALKANIZATION AND BRUTALIZATION OF SOMALIA
Analysis of the Draft Constitution
Mohamud M Uluso

It is immoral and a political crime to purport to draft a new
constitution under the prevailing political and security conditions in
Somalia.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81824
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RELAUNCHING SOMALIA WITH A FLAWED CONSTITUTION?
Mohamud M Uluso

The proposed Somali constitution is a hurried job, with the latest
version available only in Somali language while various outdated or
fake versions are circulating on the web.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81820
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THE HUMAN FACE OF TROUBLED MOGADISHU
Rasna Warah

To novelist Nuruddin Farah, his homeland city is not the 'most
dangerous in the world;' it's the prettiest and most colourful -- once
you've tasted its waters, you will always go back.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81822
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ARMED STRUGGLE: MAMDANI TELLS POLITICIANS TO LEARN FROM LUWERO
Interview by Andrew Mwenda and Mubatsi A. Habati
Mahmood Mamdani

Leading political philosopher Mahmood Mamdani says the government's
ban on the political pressure group Activists for Change (A4C) is
naive and likely to drive opposition underground.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81817
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UNITED STATES 911, NIGERIA AND THE BIG OPINION SHIFT
Osita Ebiem

The problem of Nigeria is one-Nigeria. The state structure is wrong.
The solution is restructuring; separation of the warring peoples,
cultures and religions into independent countries.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81825
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CESSATION CLAUSE FOR RWANDAN REFUGEES RAISES QUESTIONS
Guillaume Cliche-Rivard

The whole rationale behind UNHCR's recommendation to invoke the
Cessation Clause is suspect. The refugees body should be urged to
withdrawal it.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81821
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RWANDA: 18 YEARS AFTER
Chika Ezeanya

In this short story, the wedding day of a young woman is described in
the context of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81816
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SOUTH AFRICA'S DANGEROUSLY UNSAFE FINANCIAL INTERCOURSE

South Africa's economic management is as risky as unsafe sex.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81815
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THE EMPIRE VS. IRAN (AND SYRIA)
A New World War for a New World Order?
Jooneed Khan

Confronted with a declining World Order it can no longer control, does
the West want to re-assert its will through a new world war, which
this time would be really global?
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/81814
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2 Announcements

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3 Advocacy & campaigns

ALGERIANS IN THE UK TO STAGE PROTEST
Algeria Solidarity Campaign

Algeria Solidarity Campaign (ASC) calls for a protest in front of the
Algerian Consulate on Saturday, May 5th at 3pm.

Address: 6 Hyde Park Gate, SW7 5EW (5min from High Street Kensington Station).
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/81827
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HEROIC ETHIOPIAN JOURNALIST ESKINDER NEGA, TURKISH PUBLISHER HONOURED
Writers pledge, "We will never forget you"
PEN American Center

Nega's wife, who has been jailed herself for her journalism, said she
was accepting the award on behalf of her husband "at a time when
freedom of expression and press freedoms are at the lowest point in
Ethiopia."
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/81826
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4 African Writers' Corner

OUR LADY OF THE TREES
Natty Mark Samuels

This short play celebrates the late renowned Kenyan environmentalist
and Nobel Peace laureate Prof Wangari Maathai.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/81829
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