USA Africa Dialogue Series - Pambazuka News 621: Issues in Kenyan election, Benin's looted bronzes and Western Sahara

PAMBAZUKA NEWS 621: ISSUES IN KENYAN ELECTION, BENIN'S LOOTED BRONZES
AND WESTERN SAHARA

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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839

CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4.
Advocacy & campaigns, 5. Books & arts, 6. Jobs


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Highlights from this issue

Dear Reader

In this issue we have three articles on Western Sahara. One,
'Securitization or Terrorization?' by Jacob Mundy, should have
appeared in the Special Issue 618. The other two, 'A violence that
goes unnamed' by Vivian Solana and 'Democratic experiments in exile'
by Alice Wilson, are corrected versions of articles we already carried
in that issue.

We are sorry for any inconvenience to the authors and you, the reader.

EDITORS


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1 Features

ELECTORAL FRAUD AND DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLES IN KENYA
Lessons from 2013 electoral process
Horace Campbell

Unlike the elections of 2007, the recent elections in Kenya avoided
massive bloodshed and gave victory to the Jubilee Coalition. An
analysis of the significance of the elections is given and it is
argued that political power cannot be monopolized by one section of
the capitalist class
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86578
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UN RESOLUTION 2093 ENDORSES STATE BUILDING MISSION FOR SOMALIA
Mohamud Uluso

The UN Security Council Resolution 2093 adopted in Somalia on 6 March
2013 is critically examined for its achievements, opportunities and
the challenges that remain for nation building to gain permanence in
the country
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86577
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BENIN PLAN OF ACTION
Will this miserable project be the last word on the looted Benin artefacts?
Kwame Opoku

The Benin Plan of Action is no plan of action and does not deal with
restitution of the looted Benin bronzes. After 50 years Africans must
demand a concrete time frame within which the artefacts are to be
returned as a condition for participating in future meetings
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86572
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SECURITIZATION OR TERRORIZATION?
US counterterrorism policy and the crisis in the Sahara-Sahel
Jacob Mundy

In a number of ways, the American counterterrorism doctrine, which is
a part of a long-time transnational destabilization of the
Sahara-Sahel, has helped create the current conflict in the region
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86564
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A VIOLENCE THAT GOES UNNAMED
Vivian Solana

The conflict in the Western Sahara is inadequately represented by
terms such as 'stagnated', 'frozen' and 'locked', which contribute to
obscure the reality that this conflict represents the continuation of
French, US and Spanish colonial practices in Africa.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86581
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DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENTS IN EXILE
Alice Wilson

When refugees turn out to vote and when they raise their voices in
participatory meetings or in their homes to criticise their
government, they show how much they value the possibility for
democratic participation.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/86580
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2 Announcements

MARCH 2013 ISSUE OF THE FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER

The March 2013 issue of the Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter is now
available: http://frlan.tumblr.com Please help us distribute it, and
consider contributing in the future. You can also like our Facebook
page, and follow us on Twitter!
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/Announce/86579
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OXFORD SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES

The University of Oxford is pleased to announce five scholarships for
candidates from developing African Commonwealth countries to study for
the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law, starting
September 2013.

The scholarships are jointly funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship
Commission and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and
provide course and college fees over two years, return air travel from
the scholar's home country and a stipend to cover living costs.

For further information, please visit our website (
http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) and choose
Fees and Funding for details of the scholarships.mm
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The University of Oxford is pleased to announce five scholarships for
candidates from developing African Commonwealth countries to study for
the part-time Masters in International Human Rights Law, starting
September 2013.

The scholarships are jointly funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship
Commission and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and
provide course and college fees over two years, return air travel from
the scholar's home country and a stipend to cover living costs.

For further information, please visit our website (
http://humanrightslaw.conted.ox.ac.uk/MStIHRL/index.php ) and choose
Fees and Funding for details of the scholarships.
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3 Comment & analysis

THE MONSTERS UNDER THE HOUSE
Patrick Gathara

Kenyans turned out in historic numbers to vote in the recent election.
Although there was no violence as had been feared, the exercise was no
evidence of a self-confident and mature society. It was dominated by
deep fear and mistrust.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86566
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HUGO CHÁVEZ: NEW WORLD RISING
Glen Ford

The great Bolivarian is gone – which means the U.S. will soon escalate
its destabilization campaign against his country. 'Washington hopes
that Venezuelan socialism cannot survive without Chávez.' But the U.S.
cannot roll back the movement that Chávez did so much to ignite, 'the
dark awakening in the barrios, favelas, rural villages and native
highlands of the continent.'
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TAKING FORWARD THE REVOLUTIONARY LIFE AND SYMBOLISM OF HUGO RAFAEL CHÁVEZ FRíAS
Democratic Left Front

'Chávez holds a useful mirror against which to assess the extent to
which the ANC, the South African Communist Party and other African
national liberation movements have long abandoned any hope, belief in,
and commitment to socialism given their active political agency to
maintain and reproduce capitalism'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86573
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CHÁVEZ AND NONVIOLENCE
Onwubiko Agozino

Hugo Chavez may have helped to inspire social democratic revolutions
across South America in preference to the fruitless decades of violent
armed struggles
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86575
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AFTER 2015, THEN WHAT?
Africa's development agenda in post-MDGs
Chika Ezeanya

In view of the under-achievement record of the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs), global policy makers have set out on a search for a more
veritable replacement ahead of its 2015 expiration date
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86585
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HAS THE LGBT MOVEMENT FAILED IN UGANDA?
Doreen Lwanga

Rather than continuing to operate on an exclusive basis, the LGBT
movement in Uganda should strive to nurture a multivariate movement
for social justice, creating a multi-normative society for their
safety and the peaceful coexistence of future generations
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86584
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FOOD AND POLITICS IN AFRICA
Ng'ang'a wa Muchiri

There are many interesting metaphors of food in the African political
discourse to express the changing dynamics of power
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/86567
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4 Advocacy & campaigns

AN OPEN LETTER TO ONTARIO PREMIER KATHLEEN WYNNE
Action speaks louder than words!
Ajamu Nangwaya

Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity puts forward five propositions that
would give concrete form to the Premier's claim that 'government
exists to make people's lives better'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86571
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KENYA: AN OPEN LETTER TO IEBC CHAIRMAN ISAACK HASSAN
Kenyans for Peace with Truth and Justice

Various technological measures required by law to protect the
integrity of Kenya's elections failed massively in the recent polls.
But the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission proceeded with
tallying the result. IEBC must explain to Kenyans what happened
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86568
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LEGAL HELP BY AND FOR SEX WORKERS
Jonathan Birchall

Sex work is criminalized in South Africa, and sex workers face routine
harassment, intimidation, and even abuse from police.

One organization is helping them gain the legal skills they need to fight back.

Please take a moment to view a photo essay (
http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/legal-help-sex-workers-sex-workers?utm_source=justice_B&utm_medium=email&utm_content=text_link1&utm_campaign=justice_B_030913
) about the Women's Legal Centre, a grantee of the Open Society
Foundations based in South Africa that provides legal services by and
for sex workers.
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STATEMENT ON PRIME MINISTER TSVANGIRAI'S COMMENTS
GALZ

The statements fuel public prejudice against LGBTI individuals and
contradict the very preamble of a draft constitution that the PM is
seemingly promoting
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/86570
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5 Books & arts

FICTIONALIZING CAMFRANGLAIS
A Review of Moi Taximan by Gabriel Kuitche Fonkou
Peter Wuteh Vakunta

This book is highly recommended to people who know nothing about
Camfranglais and who wish to one day visit Cameroon. It really is a
must read.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/books/86574
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6 Jobs

JOB ADVERT: CAMPAIGNER – NORTH AFRICA
Amnesty International

( http://careers.amnesty.org ) We're looking for a Campaigner to
contribute to our campaign against human rights violations in North
Africa. Working at the International Secretariat, you will contribute
to a range of projects, including Amnesty International's response to
the momentous changes in North Africa witnessed in 2011 and 2012. You
will act as a focal point, providing advice and support to our
worldwide membership, including devising campaigning strategies,
preparing written and other campaigning materials and providing
research support.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/86583
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