In his new book Ending Aid Dependence, Yash Tandon reviews the possibilities for change in the architecture of aid. The author explores the extent to which many developing countries reliant on aid wish to escape dependence, and yet are constrained from doing so. Proposing that moving away from dependence should be at the top of the political agenda of all developing countries, this timely book cautions countries of the global South from falling into the aid trap and endorsing the collective colonialism of the OECD.
Dorothy-Grace Guerrero and Firoze Manji (ed) (2008) China’s New Role in Africa and the South: A search for a new perspective. 
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RSS FeedGlobal: Sign on to WHO letter - Save mothers' and infants' lives!
2008-10-10
Review and sign on to the letter below urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to revise its guidelines to recommend full-course antiretroviral treatment for all expectant and breastfeeding mothers worldwide, in place of short-course therapy. With...
Angola: State wants to shut down AJPD
2008-10-02
Angolan authorities files legal action to close down the Angolan non-profit AJPD – Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy. AJPD is one of the non-profits which are most committed to the development of culture of human right in the country. The ...
Angolan government attacks activist organization
AJPD (2008-09-25)
Angolan authorities filed legal action to close down the Angolan non-profit AJPD – Association for Justice, Peace and Democracy. AJPD is one of the non-profits most committed to the development of culture of human right in the country. The State's lawsuit is based on unconstitutional arguments and invalid proceedings....
Book Café: Appeal for help
Pamberi Trust (2008-09-10)
Pamberi Trust and African Synergy are independent registered charitable trusts, governed by constitution, and under authority of Board of Trustees. Today free expression in Zimbabwe is bloodied and torn. Crisis and repression have trampled basic t...
Zimbabwe: Action alert from Pamberi trust
2008-09-12
At Book Café we have created a place of beauty, joy, togetherness and tolerance; an arts centre that celebrates free expression, where artists work with dignity and audiences appreciate a diverse multitude of perspectives. Since 1997 our Book Cafe in...
Global: Sign on to reduce IMF power - letter to Finance Ministers & IMF Board
2008-09-12
Below is a sign-on letter initiated by Bretton Woods Project (UK) encouraging Finance Ministers and members of the IMF Board to shut down the Poverty Reduction & Growth Facility (PRGF), with the funds in it handed over to a more suitable institution ...
American documentary filmmaker detained in Nigeria
Aaron Soffin (2008-09-10)
Andrew Berends, an established, award-winning American filmmaker and journalist from New York, was detained Sunday August 31st by the Nigerian military along with his translator, Samuel George, and Joe Bussio, the manager of a local bar. Andrew entered Nigeria legally in April 2008 to complete a documentary film. ...
Kenya: Investigate policy brutality
International Center for Transitional Justice (2008-08-06)
The Kenyan government should immediately open an investigation into the recent beating and sexual assault of civil society activists by police, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) said Tuesday....
Kenya: Investigate police brutality
2008-08-07
The Kenyan government should immediately open an investigation into the recent beating and sexual assault of civil society activists by police, the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) said Tuesday. "We join Kenyan human rights leader...
Kenyan activists barred from Zambia
Onyango Oloo (2008-08-07)
I am jotting these few lines from the offices of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy-Kenya here in Nairobi. It is almost 16:00 Kenyan time. I have just been informed by Mr. Omweri Angima the CMD-K Program Officer that the centre's Executive Director...
What's next for Durban's best-known institute of social and environmental justice?
Dennis Brutus and Patrick Bond (2008-08-06)
University of KwaZulu-Natal vice-chancellor Malegapuru Makgoba is expected to deliver an edict that the Centre for Civil Society will close on December 31....
Haiti: Save SOPUDEP School
2008-08-07
SOPUDEP is a private non-profit school in Haiti that has served the poorest and most vulnerable children of the community of Petion-Ville since 2001. On Tuesday, August 5, 2008, the SOPUDEP school will begin the procedure to file an injunction agains...
Calling on all Kenyans!
Moses Bomett (2008-07-28)
Mr. President, 4613 soon to be half a million Kenyans say you are greedy!! Yes Mr. President and fellow cronies posing as leaders. There are over 4000 Kenyans across the world and more and more joining everyday with one simple message to you: ...
Kenya: Take action on police violence today!
2008-08-01
On Tuesday, July 8, senior police officers in Nairobi, Kenya, beat, sexually violated, and arrested a group of seven civil society advocates as they planned a peaceful protest against government corruption. Two of them, including Ann Njogu, a lead...
Zimbabwe MOU: Consult the people!
ZCTU (2008-07-22)
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) welcomes the current moves towards a negotiated settlement to the ongoing political and economic crisis which has gripped Zimbabwe for the past ten years....
New report on Firestone human rights abuses in Liberia
SAMFU et al (2008-07-23)
A new report details a wide range of abuses occurring on a rubber plantation in Liberia owned by the Bridgestone/Firestone tire company. The report, titled “The Heavy Load: A Demand for Fundamental Changes at the Bridgestone/Firestone Rubber Plantat...
Friends of the Earth Africa on the food crisis
Friends of the Earth Africa (2008-07-16)
Members of FoE Africa from Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Tunisia and Swaziland met for five days in Accra, Ghana reviewing issues that confront the African environment. A particular focus was placed on the current food crisis and agrofuels on the continent.
Petition: Bring Israeli army torturer to justice!
B'Tselem (2008-07-24)
I hope you have all seen reporting over the past few days about the video of the shooting of Ashraf Abu Rahma in the Palestinian town of Ni'lin and the obvious abusive use of force by the Israeli Occupation Forces. If not, briefly, Rahma was handcu...
Call Firestone today!: World Day Against Child Labor
June 12th is WORLD Day Against Child Labor (2008-06-12)
Take action today to stop child labor on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia by calling Bridgestone Americas CEO Mark Emkes at 615-937-1000 and tell him to switch from a quota pay system to a living daily wage for workers on his rubber plantat...
STOP the Zimbabwe arms shipment
2008-04-24
A ship carrying arms, including 3 million rounds of ammunition, bound for Zimbabwe is currently trying to find a way of delivering its deadly cargo. It is highly likely that these weapons will be used to fuel violence, killings and intimidation in Zi...
No Guns for Zim: The Coalition
2008-04-24
The global effort to prevent weapons from reaching Zimbabwe during the current crisis is led by Southern African trade unions, NGOs, and church organisations, with support from global civil society--including Avaaz, Oxfam, Amnesty International, and ...
South Africa: Police shoot 3 children in Cape Town
2008-02-20
Police have started shooting people at close range in Delft. There is pandemonium and brutality. Following yesterday's ruling in the High Court which upholds Thubelisha Homes and the state's eviction order against the community, the residents decided...
Kenya: Strategic highway to west reopens
2008-02-07
Normal transportation of goods and people to the west of Kenya resumed last week after days of disruption along the highway from Nairobi to west of the country and Uganda. Armed police cleared the highway of barricades erected by marauding youths in ...
Zimbabwe: Global Zimbabwe Forum Protest on Feb 21-22
2008-02-07
The program has now been finalized for the February 21 – 22 protest. The Global Zimbabwe Forum need to contact as many Zimbabweans as we can reach to come to the demonstration. Please contact by email or by phone as many friends as you can reach....
OCHA Kenya situation report
2008-01-24
According to media reports, the Kenyan Police has used tear gas and live ammunition to fire on the crowds with at least 12 deaths reported in Nairobi and Kisumu. This has led to security restrictions on aid and staff movements hindering assessments ...
Latest news on Pambazuka News Kenya Action Alerts
2008-01-25
To keep up-to-date with the latest developments in Kenya, bookmark http://www.pambazuka.org/actionalerts/ where hundreds of postings are to be found, with updates twice a day....
Kenya: Petition for sanctions against Kibaki and his corrupt government
2008-01-15
Targeted and broad-based sanctions must be imposed against the illegitimate and corrupt government of Mwai Kibaki. Everyone knows that the elections were fraudulent and steps must be taken to defend Kenya's nascent democracy. No lasting peace will co...
West Africa: Petition for peace in Niger
2008-01-15
Since its independence, the state of Niger has been in latent conflict with the Tuareg population living on the Nigerien territory. This situation escalated in 1990 with a massacre of this population group in Tchin-Tabaraden and resulted in an armed ...
US-Kenya Coalition for Peace with Truth and Justice
2008-01-15
Dear all Kenyans and friends of Kenya, My name is John Barbieri. I am desperately trying to reach out to other people in the US who are concerned and outraged about the current situation in Kenya, and to see ways that I and others may help take un...
South Africa: Criminal attack on shack settlement in Reservoir Hills
2008-01-17
The Arnett Drive Settlement has been in Reservoir Hills since 1972. Many of the people living there came there after being evicted from Cato Manor in 1959 and then Newlands in 1971. Today they are under armed attack by the eThekwini Municipality th...
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