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Destruir África con la “democracia” occidental
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08 May 2012
Intrepid Report
Traducido del inglés para Rebelión por Beatriz Morales Bastos
La “democracia” estilo occidental está destruyendo África. Parece que ahí donde uno mire en África se ven elecciones marcadas por la violencia y el derramamiento de sangre. El juego se llama “Compra, amaña o roba” y, si no funciona, envía al ejército francés y a las “tropas de la ONU encargadas de mantener la paz”, bombardea el palacio presidencial y simplemente hazte con el poder por medio de la fuerza bruta.
Se supone que “democracia” significa que los dirigentes de una nación hacen lo que su pueblo quiere que hagan.
Si se pregunta a la mayoría de los africanos que es lo que más desean de sus dirigentes, contestarán:
1) Comida suficiente. 2) Agua limpia para beber. 3) Un techo sobre sus cabezas. 4) Cuidados médicos accesibles y asequibles. 5) Educación para sus hijos.
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Several protesters killed in Cairo attack
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02 May 2012
Protesters have been camped out in the area for days calling for an end to military rule [Reuters]
At least eleven protesters have been killed by armed attackers near the Ministry of Defence in Cairo, Egyptian officials have said.
The unidentified assailants at dawn on Wednesday set upon several hundred protesters who have camped out in the Abbasiya area for days to call for an end to military rule in Egypt.
In response to the clashes, military and riot vehicles were deployed to the area later on Wednesday to quell the violence.
"Eight armoured personnel carriers from the military central zone entered the Abassiya area to disperse the fighting between protesters, and not to disperse the peaceful demonstrators," an army statement said. "However, protesters attacked the armed forces. The armed forces have orders to hold their ground."
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'Attempted coup' in Guinea-Bissau
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13 April 2012
The regional bloc of West African states has condemned what it called an attempted coup in Guinea-Bissau amid reports of soldiers seizing control of a central area of the country's capital.
Witnesses and diplomats in Bissau described explosions and heavy arms fires in Bissau late on Thursday night, with the home of Carlos Gomes Junior, the outgoing prime minister and presidential hopeful in runoff elections scheduled for later this month, coming under attack.
"It was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and we were forced to retreat," said a police officer who had guarded Gomes' residence.
A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press news agency that the whereabouts of Gomes and Raimundo Pereira, the country's interim president, were unknown.
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Comunicado del Foro para Otro Mali (FORAM)
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08 April 2012
Mali, crónica de una recolonización programada
Afrik.com
Traducido del francés para Rebelión por Beatriz Morales Bastos
1. Mali en el orden cínico del mundo
La extrema vulnerabilidad de Mali, que salió a la luz por medio de la amputación de dos terceras partes de su territorio, el golpe de Estado del 22 de marzo de 2012 y el embargo total de la Comunidad Económica de Estados de África Occidental (CEDEAO), se debe en primer lugar a la traición de las elites. Estas se engañan, se niegan a cualquier debate de fondo sobre los retos de la globalización capitalista. A partir de ahora todo está claro: la recolonización del país a través de las políticas neoliberales entra en una nueva fase que obedece al esquema libio, excepto la intervención directa de la OTAN.
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Youssou N'Dour gets Senegal cabinet post under new president
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05 April 2012
Reuters in Dakar
Youssou N'Dour has been appointed to Senegal's new cabinet as culture and tourism minister. Photograph: Marcle Antonisse/EPA
Youssou N'Dour, the singer disqualified from running for Senegal's presidency, has been appointed to the country's cabinet by the winner of the election.
Senegal's newly elected president, Macky Sall, has made N'Dour the culture and tourism minister, according to state television.
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Tribunal in The Hague calls on Libyan authorities to deliver Saif al-Islam Gaddafi rather than hold their own trial
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05 April 2012
Associated Press
Saif Gaddafi in the custody of rebel fighters after his capture in November 2011. Photograph: Reuters
The international criminal court has told Libyan authorities to surrender former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is wanted in The Hague for crimes against humanity.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was arrested in November by rebel fighters in Libya's remote southern desert while trying to flee to neighbouring Niger and has been held largely incommunicado since then.
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Somalia theatre suicide bombing kills top sports officials
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04 April 2012
People transfer a wounded man after a suicide explosion at the national theatre in Mogadishu, Somalia. Photograph: Faisal Isse/Xinhua Press/Corbis
At least 10 people, including the presidents of Somalia's Olympic Committee and Football Federation, were killed yesterday when an explosion ripped through Mogadishu's re-opened National Theatre, puncturing fragile hopes that life was returning to normal in the seaside city after the withdrawal of Islamist rebels.
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Kony 2012: Los derechos humanos como perversión colonial
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19 March 2012
Crónicas desde el corazón de la bestia
Kony 2012: Los derechos humanos como perversión colonial
Luis Martín-Cabrera
Rebelión
La semana pasada un grupo de estudiantes de la Universidad de California en San Diego, Afghans for Peace, me invitó a participar en una vigilia para conmemorar la muerte de los 16 civiles afganos asesinados manos de un soldado norteamericano cerca de Kandahar. A pesar de no ser de ningún modo un especialista en Afganistán, accedí a hacerlo porque esta guerra, la más larga en toda la historia de los Estados Unidos, es además la más olvidada de las guerras olvidadas . El evento sin duda estaba impulsado por la lógica espectacular de los medios y su énfasis exclusivamente emotivo en las muertes de niños y mujeres. No es que la muerte de niños y mujeres no sea una tragedia, entiéndase, sino que todas las muertes lo son antes y después de este ominoso suceso que no hace más que poner de manifiesto el fracaso de una operación militar que nunca fue una guerra justa por más que Obama y Leon Panetta se empeñen en convencernos de lo contrario con fotos de mujeres mutiladas por los talibanes en la portada de la revista Times. Con todo y con eso, sumé mi voz a la de las organizadoras del evento, porque nunca es tarde para pedir no sólo un juicio justo y en Afganistán para el soldado norteamericano responsable de la masacre, sino también la abolición de las siniestras estructuras gemelas que sostienen la maquinaria colonial de guerra norteamericana dentro y fuera de sus fronteras: el complejo militar industrial y el complejo industrial de prisiones.
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Runoff 'inevitable' after tight Senegal vote
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27 February 2012
Senegal's presidential vote has failed to yield an outright winner, making a runoff "inevitable," a prominent opponent of incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade has said.
Macky Sall, a former prime minister, told reporters on Monday that neither he nor Wade had won 50 per cent of the vote. Sall said he had won the poll in Dakar as well as several major towns.
Wade, 85, was seen as the favourite to win in the first round with the opposition split between 13 candidates. His chances would diminish in a runoff, as the opposition is likely to be united.
Wade, who is seeking a third term amid criticism from the opposition that he is trying to cling to power after changing the constitution, had earlier promised "a crushing majority".
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Prisoners being tortured in Libya, UN says
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26 January 2012
UN official says the majority of detainees 'include a large number of sub-saharan, African nationals' [File: Al Jazeera]
Detainees from Libya's war held by fighters continue to be subjected to torture despite efforts by the provisional government to address the issue, according to the UN human-rights chief.
Navi Pillay told the UN Security Council on Wednesday she was extremely concerned about thousands of prisoners, most of them accused of being loyalists of the toppled government of Muammar Gaddafi and many from sub-Saharan Africa.
"The lack of oversight by the central authorities creates an environment conducive to torture and ill-treatment," Pillay said.
"My staff have received alarming reports that this is happening in places of detention that they have visited."
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