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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 637: FURY IN EGYPT, LOOTING AFRICA AND TAXING THE POOR

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Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839

CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Advocacy & campaigns, 5. African Writers' Corner, 6. Jobs


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1 Features
WHY MILLIONS OF EGYPTIANS WANTED MORSI OUT
Abayomi Azikiwe

The only real hope for Egypt is the formation of a government of national unity where the progressive forces are at the centre of the emerging political dispensation
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88089
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A COMMUNITY'S FURY AGAINST MORSI'S GAS DEAL WITH BP

Here is a video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh8nwXugNgs ) accompanied by text ( http://eipr.org/en/blog/post/2013/06/25/1746 ) about the struggle of a community to stop British Petroleum from building a new gas extraction site off their coast. BP partnered with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, against whom protests are being staged in Cairo since June 30.
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WASHINGTON TELLS PRETORIA HOW TO 'PLAY THE GAME' IN AFRICA
Patrick Bond

Beneath Obama's beguiling smile and rhetoric the exploitation of the African continent by the US continues. With both Obama and Zuma on the back foot in terms of their justification for looting Africa, this is an ideal moment for a new solidarity movement to make its case
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88101
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ANC FRAGMENTATION
William Gumede

The ANC is starting to fragment on the back of the governing party's inability to reduce poverty, deliver jobs and effective public services. The party will continue to fragment as it remains divided and is unlikely to secure a two-thirds majority of votes as it has done in the past
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88110
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WILL CONGO'S POOR BENEFIT FROM WORLD'S LARGEST DAM PROJECT?
Rudo Sanyanga

Despite being in the path of this huge project, the people have very little information about the dam and the impacts it will bring to their lives. The situation is the same everywhere in Africa where poor communities are relocated to make way for huge infrastructure projects
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88088
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GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS
Lecture in memory of Dr. Abdul Raheem Tajudeen and Prof. Chinua Achebe at the Center for Democracy and Development, Abuja, Nigeria, 11 June 2013
P. Anyang' Nyong'o

Democracy in Africa now features semi-competitive elections that retain and entrench neo-patrimonialism and old networks of elite domination. But social transformation that gives human content to good governance will only begin with strong African social movements in every state
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88087
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TRANSCENDING SILENCE
Mathew Nashed

Women in the Congo and other conflict torn regions in Africa experience rape and domestic violence as do their counterparts in Syria. Syrian women are suffering an epidemic of gender-related violence, both at home and in the countries where they have taken refuge.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/88111
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2 Announcements
NGO MONEY MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN PRETORIA, JULY 2013

Mango are bringing their NGO money management training to Pretoria in July and still have some bursary (scholarship) places available for small, local NGOs and CSOs. Their training is specially designed for all NGO staff, not just finance people, and is very practical and enjoyable. For more information and to apply, please click here ( http://www.mango.org.uk/Training/Pretoria2013 ) .
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JULY 2013 ISSUE OF THE FAHAMU REFUGEE LEGAL AID NEWSLETTER

The July 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/88091
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3 Comment & analysis
KENYANS MOBILISE AGAINST TAXING THE POOR
Zahra Moloo

A bill sponsored by the government and backed by IMF to raise more money to finance a huge budget announced recently seeks to impose value added tax on basic commodities. This has led to angry protests by Kenyans
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88104
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US DOUBLE-TALKING HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA, AGAIN!
Alemayehu G. Mariam

'Our silence in the face of outrageous lies may give the misimpression that we are ignorant, witless, fainthearted and without much sense or sensibility. But we know the simple truth; and that truth is human rights in Ethiopia is an afterthought for the Obama Administration'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88102
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A VISION FOR AFRICAN NEWS IN GERMANY
Peter Doerrie

Coverage of day-to-day news in African affairs in German media lacks in quantity as well as quality. AfrikaEcho, a young online news site, wants to change this, financed by 'crowdfunding' and 'pay as you want' subscriptions
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88103
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WHEN AMERICAN SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY MEETS ETHIOPIAN SENSIBILITY
Amira Ali

The young man articulated the frustration, fragility, despair and aspiration of so many young-black-men. He spoke for the many who strive to better their life by attempting to gain the ability to negotiate with a system that has socialized, marginalized, and institutionalized them with a misrepresented identity
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88106
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SOMALIA: RASKAMBONI MILITIA CHALLENGES US, UN CREDIBILITY
Mohamud M Uluso

The clan militia, supported by Kenya and Ethiopia, has defied the legitimacy and jurisdiction of the Federal Government and unilaterally declared a regional State called 'Jubbaland'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88116
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WHAT COST KOIGI WA WAMWERE HIS GLORY
Isaac Newton Kinity

Kenyans have this horrible habit of abandoning and forgetting those among them who fought hard to free others during both economic and political difficulties
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88115
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HAVE WE REALLY GAINED INDEPENDENCE?
Ogunjimi James Taiwo

'Are we not mature enough as a nation to make our own rules? At 53, should we still have to copy from other nations? At 53, should we still have to grovel at the feet of other nations?'
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/88108
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4 Advocacy & campaigns
ANOTHER SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSING ACTIVIST MURDERED
Abahlali baseMjondolo Press Statement on 27 June 2013

Nkululeko Gwala was assassinated in Cato Crest, the same area where another well-known housing activist, Thembinkosi Qumbelo, was killed in March. Nkululeko had received lots of threats
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/88113
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OSUN STATE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY RETIREES
Kola Ibrahim

Many workers were forced to retire in order to get a government secured pension. But unfortunately, more than six months after, the pensions are still unpaid
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/advocacy/88112
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5 African Writers' Corner
PUBLISHERS IN KENYA HAVE ALSO SUCCUMBED TO TRIBALISM AND MONEY
Alexander K Opicho

Established book publishers in Kenya have a keen nose of commerce and politics. They do not publish to store and disseminate knowledge. But instead they publish either to make money or to gain political favour. And now tribalism has also set in
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/African_Writers/88107
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SONG FOR THE SCHOLARS
to Ivor Wilks and al-Hajj Uthman b.Ishaq Boyo
Mark Natty Samuels

If Ghana be the land of my roots,
Then I'll celebrate the early scholars -
Resplendent in my ancestry.
Let me start with Muhammed al-Gamba;
The first imam of Kumasi.

The founder of Koranic education,
Deep in an Akan heartland -
The city of the Ashanti.
Service of prayers and amulets;
Trusted advisor to the royalty.

Respected representative,
Of the eminent ones -
The elders of northern Ghana.
He was known as 'Baba';
Son of the imam of Gambaga.

Some were born in Mamprugu,
Gonja or Dagomba.
Others came from Timbuktu,
Bonduku and Katsina.

Muhammed al-Katsiniwa came,
From that city of the Hausa.
Soloman Bagayogo came also;
Bringing scholarship to the Dagomba.

Let us go now,
To the town of Salaga -
Of kola nut and of slavery.
To meet a pupil of al-Hajj Umar;
The poet Muhammed al-Salghawi.

He wrote of celestial activity,
The recording of a comet -
Salaga of Islamic study.
Praises to al-Hajj Umar;
A poem to al-Tijani.

He wrote of conflict also,
The civil war that bloodied his town -
The exile of the scholar.
Born in beloved Salaga;
Dying in distant Accra.


(c) Natty Mark Samuels, 2013.
Some were born in Mamprugu,
Dagbon or Gonja.
Others came from Timbuktu,
Bonduku and Katsina.

Muhammed al-Katsiniwa came,
From that city of the Hausa.
Soloman Bagayogo came also;
Scholarship to the Dagomba.

Now we have spoken of the pupil,
Let us speak of his teacher -
Of al-Hajj Umar.
In the Salaga constellation;
He remains the shining star.

Born in Kano,
Great city-state of Nigeria -
Family migration to Gonja.
He wrote on diverse subject matter,
From corruption to influenza.

Founder of the first mosque,
And Koranic school -
In the district of Kete-Krachi.
He wrote of mosque construction;
And the social effects of poverty.

Some were born in Mamprugu,
Dagbon or Gonja.
Others came from Timbuktu,
Bondoku and Katsina.

Muhammed al-Katsinawa came,
From that city of the Hausa.
Soloman Bagayogo came also;
Bringing scholarship to the Dagomba.

Now we'll go further north,
To meet Muhammed al-Mustapha -
The imam of Gonja.
From the Kamaghate lineage;.
Of those known as Wangara.

The main writer of the chronicle,
Known as Kitab al-Ghunja -
From the mid-eighteenth century.
It tells of kings and Muslim clerics;
Of Asante and it's dynasty.


(c) Natty Mark Samuels, 2013.
A much respected figure,
Within the Gonja ulama -
Great historian of the Volta.
Served the Asantehene;
As well as the Yagbongwura.

Some were born in Mamprugu,
Dagbon or Gonja.
Others came from Timbuktu,
Bonduku and Katsina.

Muhammed al-Katsinawa came,
From that city of the Hausa.
Soloman Bagayogo came also;
Bringing scholarship to the Dagomba.

(c) Natty Mark Samuels, 2013.


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6 Jobs
OXFAM GB - ASSOCIATE COUNTRY DIRECTOR

Oxfam has been making a difference in Chad since 2004. But as food prices continue to rise and conflicts both in neighbouring Sudan and Chad itself take their toll the situation has become even more serious. That's why we're refocusing our strategy and partnering with the Regional Centre, Oxfam International affiliates and other NGOs to offer a more coherent approach. And we need you to deliver it.
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/87912
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