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Archives for July 2016

Why a Hashtag Isn’t Enough for a Revolution in Zimbabwe

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Blessing-Miles Tendi | July 15, 2016 | Foreign Policy Some hope to use social media to usher in the end of Robert Mugabe’s regime. This ignores the realities of power. Zimbabwe is in turmoil. For the past two weeks, workers have been striking and angry citizens have been taking to the streets to express their discontent with unpaid public-sector wages, … [Read more...] about Why a Hashtag Isn’t Enough for a Revolution in Zimbabwe

Why Coups Fail

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Brian Klaas | July 17, 2016 | Foreign Affairs The Outcome in Turkey Was No Surprise As tanks rolled through Ankara over the weekend, it looked like Turkey was about to become the first and only NATO member since the end of the Cold War to suffer a textbook coup d’état. Then, after merely a few hours, the plot began to falter. Turkish President Recep Tayyip … [Read more...] about Why Coups Fail

Racial Violence in Black and White

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Benjamin Balthaser | July 13, 2016 | Boston Review Once again cellphone videos showing white police officers shooting and killing African Americans are at the center of public scrutiny, reigniting debate about the accumulation of images of black death in contemporary American culture. Even among activists there have been calls both to share and to bury the videos. “Why … [Read more...] about Racial Violence in Black and White

Hollande’s promise to respond militarily to the Nice attack just continues the West’s vicious circle of terror and war

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Robert Fisk | Friday 15 July 2016 | The Independent At some point, we in the West are going to have to learn that if we intervene militarily in Mali or Iraq or Libya or Syria or interfere in Turkey, or Egypt, or the Gulf, or the Maghreb – then we will not be safe 'at home' The act was obscene. President Hollande’s description – “monstrous” – was adequate so far as … [Read more...] about Hollande’s promise to respond militarily to the Nice attack just continues the West’s vicious circle of terror and war

African states slam ICC over objectivity

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Collins Mwai | July 17, 2016 | The New Times The International Criminal Court has come under fire at the ongoing African Union Summit for allegedly failing to uphold principles of the international justice system. The Hague-based court was accused by AU officials of bias toward African countries and lacking fairness. Dr. Joseph Chilengi, the Presiding Officer of the … [Read more...] about African states slam ICC over objectivity

The international criminal court is vital to our fight against impunity in Africa

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Africa Group for Justice and Accountability | Sunday 17 July 2016 | The Guardian The ICC may not be perfect, but never before has so much been done on the African continent to achieve accountability for the gravest crimes In popular accounts, Africa and the international criminal court are pitted against each other. The ICC is derided as being “biased” … [Read more...] about The international criminal court is vital to our fight against impunity in Africa

Who will be AU’s next chairperson?

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Collins Mwai | July 17, 2016 | The New Times As Heads of State continue to arrive in Kigali for the ongoing African Union Summit, last minute lobbying and quiet campaigns for the chairperson position continue to dominate the summit’s venues across the city. Candidates and their delegations were yesterday making final attempts to convince Africa that they were the best … [Read more...] about Who will be AU’s next chairperson?

‘They Will Find Us and Kill Us’

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Siobhän O'Grady | July 14, 2016 | Foreign Policy From murder to mass rape, a special report from the front lines of South Sudan’s civil war. NYAL, South Sudan — The South Sudanese government soldiers arrived in a village outside rebel leader Riek Machar’s hometown of Leer early on an October morning last year, and they fanned out quickly through the maze of thatch-roofed … [Read more...] about ‘They Will Find Us and Kill Us’