News & Issues
As sanctions bit, Iranian executives bought African passports
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin & David Lewis, June 29, 2018
In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the east coast of Africa published no details of its reasons, saying only that the documents had been improperly issued.
But a confidential list of the passport recipients, reviewed by Reuters, indicates the move meant more than the government let on. Reuters found that more than 100 of 155 people who had their Comoros passports cancelled in January were Iranians. They included senior executives of companies working in shipping, oil and gas, and foreign currency and precious metals – all sectors that have been targeted by international sanctions on Iran. Some were found to have bought more than one Comoros passport.
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https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKBN1JP1K1-OZATP.
SPECIAL REPORT: As sanctions bit, Iranian executives …
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LONDON/NAIROBI (Reuters) – In January, the Comoros Islands quietly cancelled a batch of its passports that foreigners had bought in recent years. The tiny nation off the east coast of Africa published no details of its reasons, saying only that the documents had been improperly issued. But a …
The Elegant Senegal in Pictures
By Mama Casset & unknown artist, July 4, 2018
“The Elegant Senegal of the First Half of the 20th Century” is an exhibition of images taken by renowned Senegalese photographer Mama Casset in the 1950s and an unknown photographer, at the Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, on display until August 26th.
Read the story in this link:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2018/jul/04/the-elegant-senegal-in-pictures
Football and Religion: Two Competing Domains with a lot to offer Africa
By Mohammed Girma, July 4, 2018
In this age of globalization, few events draw more attention than sports as the World Cup in Russia illustrates with billions of people across the globe glued to their screens. At this time in football crazy Africa, specialists and ordinary fans are watching, discussing and analyzing the World Cup.
But the excitement and euphoria come with a unique challenge to the continent’s religions. Africa remains firmly devout across different faiths. The Pew Research Center believes Christianity’s future lies in Africa. By 2060, more than 40% of Christians will call sub-Saharan Africa home, up from 26% in 2015, according to a new analysis of demographic data. The Center also projects that sub-Saharan Africa will be home to a growing share of the world’s Muslims, predicting that between 2015 and 2060, the share of all Muslims living in the region will increase from 16% to 27%.
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https://theconversation.com/football-and-religion-two-competing-domains-with-a-lot-to-offer-africa-99103
Football and religion: two competing domains with a lot to offer Africa
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Africa is a deeply divided continent along ideological, ethnic and territorial lines. Religion and football can produce consensus.
Call for Papers
International Conference on “Forced Displacement and Mixed Migration in the East and Horn of Africa: Current Trends and Future Directions
Date: November 27-29, 2018
Venue: Mombasa-Kenya
East and Horn of Africa is a region of diverse opportunities but is subject to various challenges that have made human displacement a reality for so long. The region experiences conflicts and political instability and additionally deals with impacts of chronic poverty and extreme climate variability; these factors lead to different forms of mobility and human displacement. The region plays the dual role of origin and host to refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. Recent statistics released by the UNHCR indicate that by the end of 2017, there were over 3.2 million refugees originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, and South Sudan. Further, there are 5.76 million internally displaced persons within the countries of Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. Mixed migration, human trafficking, and other factors defining migratory movements will be discussed at this conference.
Read the story in this link:
http://ossrea.net/images/igad/forced_migration_conference_2018.pdf
NEW BOOKS كتب جديدة
Slave Owners of West Africa: Decision Making in the Age of Abolition
[مالكي الأرقاء في غرب أفريقيا: مواقفهم وقرارتهم ابان الغاء التحارة]
Author: Sandra Greene
This book presents us with the biographies of three individuals who lived in the southeastern corner of what is today the Republic of Ghana between the mid-nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century. These men became wealthy and prominent in their own communities, largely through their trading activities. They had multiple wives and dependents, many of whom were slaves. By documenting the lives of these three men, Amegashie Afeku of Keta, Nyaho Tamakloe of Anlo, and Noah Yawo of Ho Kpenoe, Dr. Greene examines the different ways in which they confronted the processes of European colonization and the abolition of slavery. As slaveholders, all three had much to lose from these transitions and yet, they all adopted different positions and strategies. What personal, political and economic factors informed these decisions are the central questions examined in Greene’s book.
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2017
Migration in a Globalizing World: Perspectives from Ghana
[الهجرة في عهد العولمة: وجهات نظر من دولة غانا]
Author: John Kwasi Anarfi, Alhassan Sulemana Anamzoya, Geraldine Adiku
Migration has assumed growing significance in the global development agenda as its potential for economic and social development is increasingly acknowledged. Within the Africa context, perceptions of migration as negative have shifted to recognition of its central role to Africa’s transformation. Despite this shift, emerging migration dynamics have not been adequately contextualized and conceptualized, making it difficult to integrate migration into development planning processes. This book attempts to fill the gaps in migration knowledge production, particularly from the perspectives of researchers in the global south and more specifically from Ghana. The chapters provide multi disciplinary perspectives in the contemporary migration landscape in Ghana and Africa. Rather than focus on migration as a problem to be solved, the chapters explore migration as an intrinsic part of the broader processes of structural change in Ghana, which could create opportunities for development if properly harnessed. This reader is an essential resource for migration and development researchers, students, policy makers, practitioners and others interested in the field of development.
Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers, Ghana, 2018
Africanization and Americanization Anthology: Africa Vs North America: Searching for Inter-racial, Interstitial, Inter-sectional, and Interstates
[مقتطفات أفريقية وأمريكية: أفريقيا في مواجهة أمريكا الشمالية]
Author: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka
This volume comprises of 107 pieces from 43 poets, 4 essay writers, 6 storytellers, and 1 playwright from North America and Africa. The book discusses Africa and North America: two continents that were under a colonial hammer that changed them completely. They went through the worst recorded cases of slave trade, human trafficking, sexual abuses, racial abuses, and genocides. The book addresses the past, present, and future of these lands while addressing the nuance and tensions in these spaces. This collection is vibrant, discursive, and penetrating. It is invaluable to a range of audiences from literary and language experts to poetry collections to race theorists and beyond.
Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Zimbabwe, 2018
War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia Herzegovina
[الحرب والمرأة والسلطة: مشاوير من العنف إلى التعبئة ( رواندا والبوسنة والهرسك- حالات دراسية]
Author: Marie E. Berry
Berry provides the reader with a solid history and background of how war came to be in both Rwanda and Bosnia Herzegovina. The book starts off by shedding light on the transformative nature of war and women’s political mobilization. Berry notes three major changes that are key throughout the book: demographic, economic, and cultural shifts. Starting with Rwanda, Berry sheds light on women’s roles as caregivers during and after the war, and how groups they formed for emotional support lead to the organization of more formal programs and establishments. Moving to Bosnia, Berry lays out how this situation was similar and also different from Rwanda, noting that NGOs were basically non-existent there before the war. She concludes by addressing the ways in which women mobilized politically but also the limits to change from systemic issues like victim hierarchies or patriarchal backlash.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018
Spatial Practices: Territory, Border and Infrastructure in Africa (Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies)
[ممارسات وتطبيقات: قراءات في الإقليم والحدود والبنية التحتية الأفريقية (عمل مجموعة إفريقيا-أوروبا للدراسات المتعددة التخصصات]
Author: Ulf Engel, Marc Boeckler, Detlef Müller-mahn
The edited collection presents research findings from the German Research Council’s Priority Programme 1448 “Adaptation and Change in Africa” (2011-2018). At the heart of the volume are important new spatial practices that have emerged after the end of the Cold War in the fields of conflict, climate change, migration and urban development. The ordering effects of these developments with regard to social relations are subsequently explored. These findings bear particular relevance for the co-production of territorialities and sovereignties, for borders and migrations, as well as infrastructures and orders.
Publisher: Brill Academic Publications, 2018
Community-Oriented Education for Health Professionals: A Cultural Analysis Approach to Curriculum Planning
[نحو تعليم مجتمعي للعاملين في المجال الصحي: استخدام منهج التحليل الثقافي لتخطيط المناهج التدريبية]
Author: Francis Sarr
This book provides a framework for curriculum planning and makes the argument for an integrated and interdisciplinary training of health professionals at the community level in The Gambia. The benefits of such an approach are immense given that this method is responsive to the socio-economic and cultural needs of the community. Responding to these local demands is central to the health of the communities. The book is recommended as a resource for all health training institutions, teachers and students involved in curriculum development and teaching. It is also targeted to health professionals who may want to review the type of training and curriculum they advance and potentially modify their strategy for working at the community level.
Publisher: CENMEDRA, The Gambia, 2018
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