African Great Lakes Observer

  On Thursday, 25 June 2015, 17:20, Pambazuka Editor < editor@pambazuka.org > wrote: PAMBAZUKA NEWS 732: LEGISLOOTERS, AXIS OF SHEVIL AND WHITE TERRORISM The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News is delivered free to you with the support of donations from Friends of Pambazuka. KEEP PAMBAZUKA FREE AND INDEPENDENT! BECOME A FRIEND OF PAMBAZUKA NOW! http://www.pambazuka.org/en/friends.php Follow Pambazuka #PambazukaNews Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Books & arts, 5. Jobs /\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ 1 Features BUHARI, 'LEGISLOOTERS' AND THE CHANGE AGENDA Chido Onumah and Godwin Onyeacholem Nigerian lawmakers will soon pocket $45 million as "wardrobe allowance." All that - and a lot more - in a country with a minimum wage o...

  Making international trade work for the world's poorest Over the past 25 years, an astounding one billion people have lifted themselves out of extreme poverty, reducing by more than half the number of those living in such deplorable conditions. This is great work but we can do even better. In the next 15 years, we believe that international trade, which has boosted economic growth and improved access to new technologies and innovations, has played a significant role in reducing extreme poverty in the past, and it can do so in the future. But while trade can lift economic growth, the poor do not automatically benefit from new trade opportunities. Many people simply face too many obstacles to benefit from increased trade. Gender inequalities mean that women face a range of constraints that limit their ability to participate in trade. The rural poor are often isolated from markets and lack access to te...

  Lies Rwanda  problem is Tutsi  versus Hutu,  it covers  all  countries  of central Africa. thank you To: africarealities@yahoogroups.com From: AfricaRealities@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 18:50:39 +0000 Subject: [AfricaRealities.com] Fw: [uRwanda_rwacu] In Focus: Rwanda's problem is not about Hutu and Tutsi but lack of freedom and democracy.   Subject: [uRwanda_rwacu] In Focus: Rwanda's problem is not about Hutu and Tutsi but lack of freedom and democracy.   In Focus: Rwanda's problem is not about Hutu and Tutsi but lack of freedom and democracy June 29, 2015 15:58 BST Embed   Feed The Rwandan government has condemned the arrest of its intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is accused of having committed war c...