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PAV HEADLINES Vol. 28 February 2010
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PROPERLY POSITION YOUR BUSINESS WITH PAV... the true eyes, ears & heart of all Africa!!! We mean Business when we say we take your business beyond the borders, numbers & surface. PAV, Out & About All-Africa. Get Connected now & always. Interested? Get a quote & further details by postal or email: 310 College St., CPO 819; Barbourville, KY 40906 or pav87central@yahoo.com. Thanks much for your consideration.
EDITORIAL:When democracy depends on the military for survival, this calls for concern. In the face of a leader gone rogue like Mamadou Tandja ousted in a military coup, it is hard to fault the military for coming to the aid of a people who have exhausted all avenues to salvage democracy and protect state institutions. In The Military and Democracy in Africa: Ponderables and Imponderables of A strange Marriage, African leaders are cautioned on the dangers of choices that make the unwelcome participation of the military in politics inevitable.
POLITICS: Savo Heleta analyses Sudan’s current political situation and asks how suitable and feasible the planned April 2010 elections are. He argues in Elections in Sudan: Chaos before stability that the Sudan’s current state, with so many unresolved issues, would complicate an election and ‘would not lead to pluralism and democracy, but rather to instability, further polarisation and post-election chaos’.
INTERVIEWS: Few are those who in recent times have ruffled the conservative cocoon structure of the Catholic Church the way he has done. Ordained in 1969 as Archbishop of Lusaka Zambia by Pope Paul VI Archbishop Emmanuel’s Milingo never lasted for long. His strong personality, charisma, and most especially his healing powers made him the centre of great controversy within the Catholic Church. A must read interview of his the travails and beefs of Archbishop Milingo with the VaticanDEVELOPMENT: Promoting and learning from South-South Cooperation. The EMRC, Belgian Based Association autonomous non profit Association has been hard at work networking and supporting private sector initiatives in Africa is organizing the first Africa-India Economic Mission. EMRC Managing Director Idit Miller opens up to PAV on the event and what Africa stands to benefit from the experiences that have transformed India to one of the most promising economies in the world
0PINION: Clearly the Mandela moment is still to still invade the privacy of South Africa’s life and by extension the corridors of global attention fizzle out. Twenty years after his release from prison (1990) and eleven years after his brief stint as President of South Africa (1994-1999), Nelson Mandela’s towering presence and aurastill invade the privacy of South Africa’s life and by extension the corridors of global attention. In Beyond the Mandela moment leading Pan Africanist Mwalimu George Ngwane opines Nelson Mandela’s short memory of hate is indeed a battle cry for Africans and the Diaspora to synergise if they have to avoid being on the fringes of globalisation
PARTNERSHIPS: Can India do a China in the continent of unlimited resources? China’s big foray into the African continent has grabbed global attention. But there are many - such as Harvard professor Tarun Khanna - who believes that India has an edge in Africa because of its deep diaspora. Ishani Duttagupta in Vying for Africa: India needs to tap its diaspora to match China makes the case for comparative advantages that India may have in Africa because of its diaspora
BUSINESS IN Africa: Indeed, few inventions have had as profound an impact as the mobile phone, not just socially but economically too. But leaders must draw the right lessons from success - and from Ethiopia's failure. Timothy Cox and Alec van Gelder argue in Africa Calling.
SOCIETY: Khadija Sharife looks at how commercial and political interests in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral and natural resources have shaped the country’s history, with devastating consequences for its people, wildlife and environment. Will a new concession with China enable the Congolese to ‘really feel what all that copper, cobalt and nickel is good for’, as President Joseph Kabila says, or will the country continue to be seen as ‘a resource-rich bargain bin, open for business’ His interesting analyses are found in DRC’s magic dust: Who benefits?
SPORTS: The recent controversy surrounding the attack on the Togolese National Team and its subsequent suspension from taking part in the next two editions of the Nations cup draw sharp critisms for CAF and and its long serving President Issa Hayatou. Ajong Mbapndah L and Zilefac Asong in Issa Hayatou A Legacy Worth Respecting Afterall remind soccer fans across the continent and the world that it may be erroneous to use a single isolated event to damage the towering legacy of Issa Hayatou in the growth of African football
