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31 March 2013

Inside the 2013 Central African Republic Crisis

Written by Anna Gueye · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

As rebel leader Michel Djotodia solidifies his control as the new Central African Republic President and the rebel coalition of Séléka announce their control of capital city Bangui, it is important to understand why the failure of the January 2013 Libreville peace deal between the rebels and then-President Francois Bozize, was predictable.

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28 March 2013

Senegal Releases Influential Religious Leader Charged in Disciples’ Murder

Written by Mamadou Cherif Faye · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

Accusations of injustice are flying after a Senegal court granted provisional release to Islamic leader Cheikh Bethio Thioune, a once privileged presidential ally in the predominantly Muslim country who was arrested in April 2012 on charges of ordering his followers to beat two men to death.

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21 February 2013

Senegal Balks as President Recycles Predecessor's Pal

Written by Mamadou Cherif Faye · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

The president of Senegal's decision to appoint a local architect, renowned for his work but notorious for his political schmoozing with previous regimes, as the head of a proposed Senegalese cultural house in New York has come under fire.

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12 February 2013

Is Senegal's Government Spokesman Selling Out?

Written by Mamadou Cherif Faye · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

The reputation of former investigative journalist turned government spokesman Abdou Latif Coulibaly as a champion of Senegal's citizen protest movements took a serious blow after he forcefully distanced himself from the movements during a political speech.

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20 January 2013

Rajoelina Steps Aside for Madagascar's Presidential Race

Written by Rakotomalala · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

With interim president Rajoelina announcing that he withdraws from a bid to run for the presidential elections following a similar announcement by former President Ravalomanana in December 2012, Malagasy people are likely to have a new president in 2013, provided that elections take place as planned in the electoral agenda. Many of the observers are skeptical about the elections timeline in light of the statements of Rajoelina after his announcement and his wishes to change the electoral agenda.

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16 January 2013

Homophobic Hashtag Makes Waves on Twitter in France

Written by Nada · Translated by Dieyna Ba · North America

The hashtag #SiMonFilsEstGay made waves on Twitter on December 22, 2012, in the French twittersphere. The hashtag is basically a homophobic incitement to violence accompanied by some poor taste "humorous" tweets. The alleged jokes consisted of telling other Twitter users the punishment you would give your son if he turned out to be gay. Some posts expressed a disturbing penchant for violence.

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8 January 2013

Should Prostitution be Abolished or Regulated? Part I

Written by Emmanuelle Leroy Cerqueira · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Western Europe

Two hundred NGO's from across Europe gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels on December 4, 2012. They called for the abolition of prostitution and presented the outlines of a potential abolitionist policy for Europe. For these organisations, criminalization of prostituion is the key to counter human trafficking for sexual purposes. In Europe and around the world, sex workers disagree with the proposed measures and ask for more respect for their rights.

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5 December 2012

Italy: Governement and Immigration – plenty of words, less action

According to Stefano Femminis (popoli.info [it]), the current Monti government has shown more talk than actual action in regard to immigration, and the followings are emphasised [it]:

The situation remains the same as an year ago: expensive and unnecessary “human dumps” that in fact function as prisons for people that have committed no crime except for not having documents. The citizenship law persists on deeming as immigrants hundreds of thousands of people that have never immigrated from anywhere else: those are the 705 thousand children born and breed in Italy from foreign parents, companions in playing and learning to other children, not being any different from them if not for their rights.

Bah Abdoulaye

2 December 2012

Italy: Clandestines in prisons without dignity

Explaining why 35,6% out of the prison population is constituted of immigrants, according to “Without Dignity” : The Observatory report [it] of the Antigone association, the website cronachediordinariorazzismo.org writes [it]:

The presence of foreigners in Italian prisons is mostly due to recent charges in immigration laws, that effected greater flows within the prison system; so much that one of the proposals for improving the inmates conditions in particular related to overcrowding as indicated by the monitoring report requires a need for ‘drastic intervention on three of the laws that produce - without any benefits for collective security - the largest influx in prison: the ex-Cirielli law, the Fini-Giovanardi law and the Bossi-Fini law.

Bah Abdoulaye

28 October 2012

Entrepreneurship, Culture and Solidarity in Africa

Written by Rakotomalala · Translated by Dieyna Ba · Sub-Saharan Africa

Despite strong economic growth, the African continent is still struggling to develop a class of local entrepreneurs to manage strategic industries. Many African scholars and researchers try to better understand the influence of cultural habits on entrepreneurship on the continent.

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