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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.'

Committee to Protect Journalists: Nigerian government crackdown on journalists, bloggers

By ACAS | 31 October 2008

New York, October 31, 2008—Nigeria’s national security agency today confirmed it is holding a U.S.-based Nigerian blogger in the capital, Abuja. This is the second online journalist held for questioning in the past two weeks. Local journalists told CPJ that the detentions are part of a government crackdown on foreign-based Nigerian political Web sites ever since controversial photos of President Umaru Yar’Adua’s son were published on a popular news blog.

Call on next US president to fulfill pledges to Darfur

By ACAS | 17 October 2008

To date over 450,000 lives have been lost and over 2.5 million people have been rendered homeless. We cannot be silent witnesses to this atrocious abuse of human rights and outrageous violation of the very sanctity of life! With a new administration coming into the White House in the next few months, we have a historic opportunity to put pressure on the next U.S. president to lead the international community in bringing peace and justice to Darfur and all Sudan.

Africa Says No to AFRICOM

By ACAS | 11 October 2008

A top Pentagon official for African affairs insisted on Wednesday that no country on the continent had been asked to host the new United States military command for Africa (Africom), as she began a three-day visit to Angola.

News: US cuts funding for condoms on Marie Stopes clinics

By ACAS | 6 October 2008

The US government is cutting its funding for the supply of contraceptives to family planning clinics run by Marie Stopes International in Africa, alleging that it condones forced abortions in China.

McCain, Obama on Africa

By ACAS | 2 October 2008

“While the many challenges faced by Africa—political instability and violent conflict, economic stagnation and poverty, disease and malnutrition—are well-known, Senator McCain has long believed that the continent also holds incredible promise, reminding his audience earlier this year in his speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, for example, that “we must refocus on the bright promise offered by many countries on that continent,” rather than being fixated on its problems,” writes McCain’s Africa adviser J. Peter Pham.

AfriPod

By ACAS | 29 September 2008

Peter Alegi, a historian based at Michigan State University in East Lansing, like most Africanists, was frustrated with the way media cover African topics. So he took matters into his own hands utilizing new technologies.

New Journal on Law, Social Justice and Global Development

By ACAS | 29 September 2008

The first issue of LGD, Law, Social Justice and Global Development, a new electronic law journal published by Warwick University, is now available online.