New youths demand for democratic governance
Moustapha Kassé
African youth are determined to press ahead for democratic change and have become a new force on the political scene. They form the bulk of the various protest movements and often are the organisers. They are a force to reckon with, notes Moustapha Kasse, but while they reject the political establishment as lacking credibility, they do not have an alternative proposal for the future. Kasse suggests a possible framework of demands they could use to further their aspirations and demands.
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Senegal : In the Republic of illusions, the master has lost his magic
Amy Niang
There is a deep sense of betrayal in Senegal – writes Amy Niang – where an erstwhile liberator has turned executioner and is trying to snuff out the peoples’ desire for liberty. The people feel profoundly let down by Abdoulaye Wade in whom they had placed so much hope and who, at the tail end of his rule, is destroying what little hope remains of leaving a positive legacy.
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Operation Exodus: Europeans are drooling over Africa and the diaspora?
Jean Paul Pougala
While Europe sinks deeper in crisis, Africa is increasingly looking like a top investment destination with so much of its wealth and resources as yet unexploited. The double-digit growth rate in some countries is an indicator that Africa is on the eve of its economic take-off. This is the time, says Jean Paul Pougala, for the diaspora to return and participate in the construction of the future.
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Cameroon: a devious kind of violence in education
Aîssa Ngatansou Doumara
In Cameroon’s extreme north, fathers prevent their daughters from going to school. Aissa Ngatansou Doumara describes the daily struggle to change mindsets that make tyrants out of protectors and prevent young girls from realising their potential.
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The challenge of three billion people in Africa
Maurice Oudet
On October 31 2011, world population hit the seven billion mark according to the UN. Africa, which has the highest birth rate in the world, already has more than a billion people. This demographic evolution is a huge challenge for the world and for Africa writes Maurice Oudet.
Moustapha Kassé
African youth are determined to press ahead for democratic change and have become a new force on the political scene. They form the bulk of the various protest movements and often are the organisers. They are a force to reckon with, notes Moustapha Kasse, but while they reject the political establishment as lacking credibility, they do not have an alternative proposal for the future. Kasse suggests a possible framework of demands they could use to further their aspirations and demands.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/77761
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Senegal : In the Republic of illusions, the master has lost his magic
Amy Niang
There is a deep sense of betrayal in Senegal – writes Amy Niang – where an erstwhile liberator has turned executioner and is trying to snuff out the peoples’ desire for liberty. The people feel profoundly let down by Abdoulaye Wade in whom they had placed so much hope and who, at the tail end of his rule, is destroying what little hope remains of leaving a positive legacy.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/77753
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Development versus human rights – where is the limit?
Khadidja Sharife
‘Development’ programmes adopted by governments do not always take into account the interests of the people affected by their decisions. Khadija Sharife asks: How does one determine whether the right to development should supersede human rights and the rights of peoples?
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/77756
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Operation Exodus: Europeans are drooling over Africa and the diaspora?
Jean Paul Pougala
While Europe sinks deeper in crisis, Africa is increasingly looking like a top investment destination with so much of its wealth and resources as yet unexploited. The double-digit growth rate in some countries is an indicator that Africa is on the eve of its economic take-off. This is the time, says Jean Paul Pougala, for the diaspora to return and participate in the construction of the future.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/77757Format imprimable
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Fanon and African history: Is it possible to humanise a dehumanising history?
Jacques Depelchin
There is a tendency to embellish the history of slavery in a humanitarian kind of way so as to alter, attenuate or even negate what is the biggest crime against humanity. Through the writings of Fanon, Cheikh Anta Diop and others, Jacques Depelchin discusses the refusal to ‘manage a narrative which is locked into a conscious and/or unconscious submission to the idea that capitalism and its history must be given a human face’.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/features/77760
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Cameroon: a devious kind of violence in education
Aîssa Ngatansou Doumara
In Cameroon’s extreme north, fathers prevent their daughters from going to school. Aissa Ngatansou Doumara describes the daily struggle to change mindsets that make tyrants out of protectors and prevent young girls from realising their potential.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/comment/77754
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Post-electoral crisis likely in RD Congo
Pierre Sidy
The election campaign is in full swing ahead of general elections on November 28 in the DRC. But the elections are fraught with danger, warns Pierre Sidy, given the quarrels that marked the pre-electoral phase, the political context and the kind of challenges faced by President Kabila who is seeking a new term.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/comment/77759
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The challenge of three billion people in Africa
Maurice Oudet
On October 31 2011, world population hit the seven billion mark according to the UN. Africa, which has the highest birth rate in the world, already has more than a billion people. This demographic evolution is a huge challenge for the world and for Africa writes Maurice Oudet.
http://pambazuka.org/fr/category/comment/77758
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