Archive for November, 2008

Somalia: Piracy and the Policy Vacuum

By ACAS | 22 November 2008

“While the responsibility for this crisis [in Somalia] lies first and foremost with the Somali leadership, the international community, principally the U.S. government and members of the UN Security Council, has also failed … They have failed repeatedly to take a principled engagement to solve the crisis, acknowledge the power realities on the ground, support peace negotiations without imposing external agendas, or provide independent humanitarian assistance.” - Refugees International

Ugandan editor wins International Press Freedom Award; wanted by police back home

By Sean Jacobs | 21 November 2008

Today Ugandan editor Andrew Mwenda was awarded a Committee to Protect International Press Freedom Award. Meanwhile back in Kampala police summoned Mwenda for questioning over his magazine’s hard-hitting political coverage.

ACAS Bulletin 80: Special Issue on the Zimbabwe Crisis - Two

By ACAS | 12 November 2008

Today the Association of Concerned African Scholars (ACAS) is proud to publish a new series of timely essays tackling the ongoing political crisis in Zimbabwe. Edited by Timothy Scarnecchia and Wendy Urban-Mead, the ten analyses presented here delve deep behind the headlines to expose the deeper realities of this protracted issue.

Video: Sporadic fighting in Congo

By ACAS | 7 November 2008

The Congo Re-erupts: Years of peace-building are at stake

By ACAS | 4 November 2008

The International Crisis Group argues, 'Ending this latest chapter of the Congo war will require sustained and significant pressure by the U.S., China, France, the U.K., South Africa and Belgium, the former colonial power. Specifically, they must demand that Kigali and Kinshasa implement the Nairobi declaration; insist that Mr. Nkunda retreat to his previous deployment points; and require Mr. Kabila to remove all army commanders collaborating with the Hutu extremists.'