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Mahmood Mamdani on “The New Humanitarian Order”
By ACAS | 18 September 2008
On July 14, after much advance publicity and fanfare, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied for an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, on charges that included genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Important questions of fact arise from the application as presented by the prosecutor. But even more important is the light this case sheds on the politics of the “new humanitarian order.”
Daphne Wysham: World Bank Takes the Money and Runs From Chad
By ACAS | 15 September 2008
Now that the World Bank has announced its withdrawal of support for the $4.2 billion Chad-Cameroon pipeline, I can’t help but remember the eyes of that boy. We were racing back from the Doba oil fields to the Chadian capitol city of N’Djamena in July 2006, traveling by van after dark. We were doing it against all of the advice of our colleagues, but we had a plane to catch early the next morning. There were three of us Americans, traveling with a Chadian activist. And we had spent a longer day than expected interviewing villagers and non-governmental organizations about the Chad-Cameroon pipeline, a high-risk, World Bank-financed oil pipeline project in the southern part of Chad, and its impact.
After the Vetoes on Zimbabwe: What’s the Next Step?
By James H. Mittleman | 25 July 2008
Now that efforts to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe and regional mediation have failed to topple the Mugabe regime, what are the alternatives?
John Pilger: The silent war on Africa
By ACAS | 7 July 2008
‘Zimbabwe shows Africa is still in the despots’ grip”, said the headline in the London Observer over an article by Keith Richburg. “Thank God that I am an American,” writes this former foreign editor of the Washington Post: An African-American, Richburg says he is very pleased he is not an African. He reminds me of middle-class black Americans I met when I first travelled in Africa. They were usually tourists looking for their roots and in their behaviour, reactions and ignorance, they demonstrated how quintessentially American they were. For them, Africa was another planet.
Jubilee Act Passes US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
By ACAS | 25 June 2008
WASHINGTON – Jubilee USA Network, an alliance of 80 religious denominations and faith-based networks, development agencies, and human rights groups today applauded passage of the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation (S. 2166) by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and passage of legislation to authorize funding for the World Bank (International Development Association), including strong calls for reform at the World Bank.
Washington Post: How to Handle Dictators
By James H. Mittleman | 25 June 2008
In a June 22 Outlook commentary, “The Only Answer to the Mugabes of the World May Be a Coup,” Paul Collier advocated encouraging coups to topple dictators and achieve “improved governance” in “such sad little states as Zimbabwe and Burma.”
ACAS Press Release: Zimbabwe Crisis
By ACAS | 24 June 2008
The Association of Concerned Africa Scholars (ACAS), has published a special issue on Zimbabwe in the ACAS Bulletin. It introduces the issues surrounding Zimbabwe’s March 29 elections and the current political violence leading up to the June 27th Presidential run-off. The aim of this special Zimbabwe issue is to provide details and analysis often left out of mainstream news sources. The reader will find a variety of articles from different perspectives, by Zimbabwe experts from the fields of political science, sociology, history, and theology, as well as from seasoned Zimbabwe journalists and an NGO worker reporting from the field. The special issue concludes with a historically-inflected editorial on Zimbabwe’s politics of violence, an open letter to Thabo Mbeki, and provides a listing of on-line resources for further research and information.
Africa Focus: Kenya: Post-Crisis Agendas
By ACAS | 20 March 2008
“The Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation between the political parties provides Kenya’s leaders with a historic opportunity to step back from the brink and to reform and establish institutions that can help build long-term stability. … However, challenges remain in ensuring that the institutions created actually deliver accountability for recent and previous violence, correct injustices ignored by previous administrations, and tackle the systemic failure of governance that gave rise to the recent crisis.” - Human Rights Watch
Africa Action’s Gerald LeMelle talks about Bush’s trip to Africa
By ACAS | 15 February 2008
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
Counterspin
February 15, 2008
Though you might not know it for the lack of media coverage, George Bush is embarking on a tour of Africa on February 15th. The White House is building up the trip with talk of human rights, humanitarian issues, democratic reform and other good stuff. But some Africa [...]
Humor: Andorra Not In Africa, Shocked U.S. State Dept Reports
By ACAS | 14 February 2008
Nation Of Andorra Not In Africa, Shocked U.S. State Dept. Reports
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