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Articles by Pambazuka News :

Senegalese Presidential Elections: A Missed Opportunity – OpEd

By Bernard Fall The stakes of the elections of 26 February 2012 and March 18, 2012 concern the whole of

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Congolese Vote, But Who Decides? – OpEd

By Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja In his excellent contribution to this blog on 15 February 2012, Joshua Marks writes that: “It is

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Kony 2012: Militarization And Disinformation Blowback – OpEd

By Horace Campbell In any major disinformation campaign, the minimum requirement for success is to at least be credible. Invisible

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The Congo Conundrum: Truth Catches Up With Obama – OpEd

By Antoine Roger Lokongo As US President Barack Obama’s re-election bid approaches, his supporters are making sure that ‘the wretched

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The Arab Revolutions: A Year After – OpEd

By Samir Amin WHY THE SO-CALLED ARAB SPRING? The uprising of Arab peoples in 2011 (Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrein and Yemen,

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Opinion 

The Downside Of The Kony 2012 Video – OpEd

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By Mahmood Mamdani Only two weeks ago, Ugandan papers carried front-page reports from the highly respected Social Science Research Council

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Uganda: Acholi Face Second Genocide With US Troops In – OpEd

By Ann Garrison In October 2011, President Obama sent 100 U.S. Special Operations Forces into Uganda’s northern region to, he

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Pan Africanists And The International Criminal Court – OpEd

By Horace Campbell The recent news of the prayer meetings being held across Kenya by aspiring presidential candidates and the

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Would Nigeria’s Obasanjo Recognise Peace If He Saw It? – OpEd

By Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe It is indeed a sickening and cruel joke by both the AU and the Economic Community of

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Kenya: Outlawed Group Calls For Secession – OpEd

By Kisiangani Emmanuel and Lulu Saida It was former Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi who, at a meeting of African and

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