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Colonial Legacies and Social Welfare Regimes in Africa: An Empirical Exercise

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Colonial Legacies and Social Welfare Regimes in Africa: An Empirical ExerciseThis paper identifies three types of welfare regimes in Africa, based on the insight that tax and expenditure regimes are closely associated. Using cluster analysis, the author highlights historical legacies in current welfare policies, demonstrating that welfare regimes in Africa have been strongly determined by the ways in which different countries were incorporated into the colonial economy. The author finds that many of the new social welfare reforms are taking place in what he refers to as labour reserve economies, and are generally internally rather than aid-driven. He stresses the importance of thinking of social expenditure in relationship to domestic resource mobilization, and finds that the focus on aid and social expenditure has tended to obscure this important aspect of welfare regimes in Africa.

Thandika Mkandawire is Chair and Professor in African Development at the London School of Economics, a Senior Fellow of The Graduate School of Development and Practice and Visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town.

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  • Pub. Date: 27 May 2016
    Pub. Place: Geneva
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Sudan: Student unrest continues across the country

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África/Sudan/Abril 2016/Fuente y Autor:Dabangasudan

Resumen: Las manifestaciones continúan en las universidades a través de Sudán, con los estudiantes tomando las calles y campus con varias demandas. Decenas de estudiantes han sido heridos y detenidos. Doce estudiantes fueron detenidos y decenas resultaron heridas cuando los servicios de seguridad y la policía disolvió una manifestación de estudiantes en la ciudad de Jebeit uso de la violencia excesiva y gases lacrimógenos

Demonstrations are continuing at Universities across Sudan, with students taking to the streets and campuses with various demands. Dozens of students have been injured and arrested.

On Wednesday a student from the Red Sea University told Radio Dabanga from Port Sudan that «12 students were arrested and dozens injured when the security services and police broke up a student demonstration in Jebeit city using excessive violence and tear gas».

Wednesday also saw demonstrations at Nyala University in the capital of South Darfur for the third day in a row.

A student told Radio Dabanga that «hundreds of students demonstrated at the University of Nyala, demanding the allocation of a special tariff for students on public transport, and reduced prices of meals at the university complexes, provision of laboratories, and improvement of the university environment.»

He added that the security services and police surrounded the students in the boarding houses and prevented them from entering or leaving. More than 49 students were also arrested during a demonstration on Tuesday.

West Kordofan

On Tuesday security and police forces arrested three students of El Salam University in Babanusa in West Kordofan, and held them in detention. They included a woman student Awatif Mohammed Mus,a who was arrested from a hospital. The secretary-general of the Darfur Students Association and the head of the Jebel Marra Students Association were also taken into detention without charges, held for three hours and then released.

Khartoum

In Khartoum, the Committee of Solidarity with the martyrs of the student movement in various Sudanese universities revealed that 23 students from various Sudanese universities have been killed since the ‘Salvation Coup’ in 1989. The Committee said that the number of Darfur students who have been killed is highest in the states of El Gezira, North and South Kordofan, White Nile and Blue Nile.

At a press conference at the Communist Party headquarters on Monday, the Committee explained that «2013 saw the highest number violations and murders of students with five deaths, pointing out that 13 deaths were from gunshot wounds, while eight students died during torture».

Fuente de la noticia: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/student-unrest-continues-across-sudan

Fuente de la imagen:https://www.dabangasudan.org/uploads/cache/article_detail_image/uploads/media/5723226ee0e6d.jpeg

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Sudan: Lower success rate caused by classroom shortage

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África/Sudan/Abril 2016/Fuente:Dabangasudan/ Autor:Nyala

Resumen: Los bajos notas obtenidas por los alumnos a nivel básica en los exámenes realizados en el sur de Darfur son consecuencia de la grave escasez de aulas, ausencia de equipamentos (asientos) e  infraestructura, opinión emitida por el Gobernador de Dafur. Estos exámenes escolares son requisito clave para recibir el Certificado de Educación Básica.

 

The lower success rate of basic school pupils in the latest examinations in South Darfur is the result of an acute shortage of classrooms and the lack of seating, the Governor claimed. Children from Jebel Marra also sat for exams in South Darfur.

The Ministry of Education in South Darfur announced that 69 percent of the grade 8 pupils who sat for exams in March achieved positive results, two percent lower than the previous year. Basic school examinations are a key prerequisite to receiving the Basic Education Certificate.

State Governor Adam El Faki has pointed to the shortage of classrooms and school seating material as the main reasons behind the lower success rate.

At a news conference in Nyala on Saturday, El Faki said that more than 3,134 classrooms in the state are built of local material, such as straw. This does not benefit the quality of the education.

Insecurity caused by the military offensive against armed rebels in Jebel Marra over the past three months led to the relocation of school examinations in parts of Jebel Marra to Mershing and Kass in South Darfur.

El Hadi Abdelrahman, the director-general of the Ministry of Education in South Darfur, told reporters in March that it was «impossible» to continue school activities and hold examinations in the area because of the ongoing insecurity.

Reports from western Jebel Marra in March included attacks by militiamen on school boys on their way to sit for exams in Golo. Two boys were wounded in an aerial bombardment.

At the time of the basic school exams, Unicef reported that 68 percent of the then 90,000 displaced people in Jebel Marra were children. It said that there were more than 6,626 emergency-effected eighth graders (58 percent girls) whose chances of taking the Grade 8 final exams were at risk.

Fuente de la noticia:https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/lower-success-rate-caused-by-classroom-shortage-darfur-governor

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África: La Escuela de Náutica de la UC acoge una muestra con dibujos y relatos elaborados por niños refugiados

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muestra dibujos y relatos elaborados por menores refugiados de 10 a 17 años

África/05 de Abril de 2016/20 Minutos-Edición España

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La Escuela de Náutica de la Universidad de Cantabria (UC) acoge la exposición ‘Un día tuvimos que huir’, que muestra dibujos y relatos elaborados por menores refugiados de 10 a 17 años. El consejero de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Ramón Ruiz, ha inaugurado esta exposición, que se podrá ver hasta el próximo día 15 de abril.

Ruiz ha enviado a los centros educativos de Cantabria una carta en la que insta a abordar en las aulas la cuestión de los refugiados, animándoles a visitar la muestra y a trabajar con los materiales educativos suministrados por ACNUR. El consejero, que ha estado acompañado por el director general de Juventud y Cooperación al Desarrollo, Jorge Gutiérrez, explica en su carta la importancia de educar en los Derechos Humanos a los estudiantes, «para formar ciudadanos comprometidos con los grandes problemas de la humanidad, tanto a escala local como global».

La exposición ‘Un día tuvimos que huír’ es un proyecto llevado a cabo por ACNUR que, a través de una cooperante, Sybella Wilkes, consiguió que estos niños del Cuerno de África refugiados en el campo de Kakuma (Kenia) expresaran sus sentimientos a través de la pintura y la escritura. El objetivo de la muestra es que otros niños del mundo conozcan sus historias y entiendan el significado de convertirse en una persona refugiada. La exposición se complementa con un video y es un relato gráfico sobre la trayectoria vital de estos niños y jóvenes por distintos campamentos de refugiados hasta su llegada al campamento base de Kenia.

Menores procedentes de este país y de otros limítrofes como Sudán, Etiopía, Somalia o Uganda. Sus dibujos relatan la huída de la guerra, el asalto de los bandidos o las retenciones en las fronteras, y se complementan con textos firmados por Ben Aliev, Said Abli, Citi Aden o David Deng, entre otros niños y adolescentes. Unidad didáctica Entre los materiales que se facilitarán a los centros interesados en colaborar y trabajar sobre estas cuestiones, se cuenta con una unidad didáctica compuesta por un vídeo de dibujos animados que cuenta la historia de una niña llamada Carla. Además, hay un cuaderno de ejercicios y un manual para orientar al profesorado con propuesta de actividades interactivas contra el racismo y la intolerancia.

Para organizar las visitas a la exposición en horario de mañana los centros pueden contactar llamando al teléfono 942208873 o a través de info@fondocantabriacoopera.org. Mientras que para solicitar recursos educativos sobre la temática de los refugiados hay que contactar en el correo electrónico escuelas.solidarias@educantabria.es.

Fuente: http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2714444/0/escuela-n-utica-uc-acoge-muestra-con-dibujos-relatos-elaborados-por-ninos-refugiados/

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Sudan: Final Competitions for the Fourth Higher Education Students Creativities Festival

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África/Sudan/Marzo 2016/Fuente: Allafrica.com/Autor: Sudan News Agency.

Resumen: Sudan anuncia las cuartas competencias de la creatividad para estudiantes de educación superior, con el fin de promover la innovacion y el emprendimiento.

The State Minister at the Ministry of Higher Education Dr Tigani Mustafa Mohamed Salih, on Tuesday announced the launching of the final competition of the 4th Higher Education Students’ creativity festival , evening Tuesday at the campus of the Sudan university, and under the auspice of the presidency of the Republic.

The state minister told the Sudan news agency SUNA forum on Tuesday that the different Sudanese universities have been grouped into eight sectors including eastern, northern, central, Darfur, Kordufan and three Khartoum sectors.  The state minister said these activities would boost the creation among the students and develop the infrastructures of the universities in the country.

He said the finalist students who number a thousand one from the various universities would compete on 70 trophies, up from 30 trophies during the 3rd competition last year. He said local and foreign students will be taking part in the competitions.

Fuente de la noticia:http://allafrica.com/stories/201603230576.html

Fuente de la imagen:http://www.siu-sd.com/images/1.jpg

Socializado por: Editores África

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Governo sudanês autoriza militares a “violentar mulheres como forma de pagamento”

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“Trata-se de uma situação de direitos humanos entre os mais horríveis no mundo, com uma utilização em massa de violações como instrumento de terror e como arma de guerra”, sublinhou o alto comissário da ONU para os Direitos Humanos, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein

Por Esquerda.net

 

Num relatório publicado esta sexta-feira sobre a guerra civil do Sudão do Sul, a agência da ONU para os Direitos Humanos assegura que, “de acordo com fontes credíveis, os grupos aliados do Governo são autorizados a violentar as mulheres como salário”, segundo o princípio “façam o que puderem e tomem o que quiserem.”

“É uma das situações de Direitos Humanos entre as mais horríveis no mundo, com uma utilização massiva da violação como instrumento de terror e como arma de guerra,” lamentou o alto comissário da ONU para os Direitos Humanos, o saudita Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

“A escala e o tipo de violências sexuais – que são principalmente praticadas pelas forças governamentais SPLA (Exército Popular de Libertação do Sudão) e das milícias que lhe são afiliadas – são descritas com detalhes medonhos e devastadores, assim como a atitude – quase desenvolta mas calculada – dos que massacraram civis e destruíram bens e meios de subsistência”, acrescentou.

Segundo Hussein, “dada a amplitude, a profundidade e a gravidade das alegações, a sua coerência, a sua repetição e similitudes observadas no modus operandi, o relatório conclui que existem motivos razoáveis de pensar que estas violações podem constituir crimes de guerra e/ou crimes contra a humanidade”.

O relatório inclui ainda “testemunhos chocantes sobre civis suspeitos de apoiar a oposição, incluindo crianças e deficientes, que foram queimados vivos, sufocados dentro de contentores, abatidos a tiro, enforcados de árvores ou cortados aos pedaços”, afirma a declaração da agência da ONU, citada pela agência France Presse.

As Nações Unidas avançam ainda que “a imensa maioria das vítimas civis não parece resultar de operações de combate mas de ataques deliberados contra os civis” e que “de cada vez que uma zona muda de mãos, as pessoas responsáveis matam ou deslocam o maior número de civis possível, com base na sua pertença étnica”.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein recomenda que o Conselho de Segurança da ONU considere uma ampliação das sanções já impostas ao país com um “embargo abrangente a armas” e pondere encaminhar o caso para o Tribunal Criminal Internacional.

Foto de capa: United to End Genocide/Flickr

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