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Contents NEW AFRICAN The bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE 509 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

12 Can we trust the UN?

In the past, the United Nations’ view was generally that “you don’t negotiate with rebels, you destroy them instead”. Today, the UN view has changed – looking at what is happening in Libya, and what happened in Côte d’Ivoire in May. So can Africa continue to believe in UN neutrality?

LETERS 6 Your news and views

BAFFOUR’S BEFS 10 Don’t mention corruption,

they are British!

COVER STORY 12 Never again! Why Africa can no longer believe in UN neutrality 20 Nato’s bombing of Libya is illegal

FEATURES 22 South Sudan: Welcome,

the world’s newest country 24 South Sudan: A new journey begins 28 South Sudan: What the people say 30 Ghana: President Mills crushes Mrs Rawlings! 34 Nigeria: Can the government tackle terrorism?

VIEWPOINT 40 Charles Darwin and his apostles have got it all wrong 46 DSK Saga: It’s the IMF that should be on trial SPECIAL REPORT 51 Gambia: The ‘Smiling Coast of Africa’ REFLECTIONS 62 Move over Naomi

PROFILE 64 Botswana: Conversation with Festus Mogae THE INTERVIEW 68 Tanzania: Anna Tabajuika speaks 72 Côte d’Ivoire: Gbagbo’s supporters not planning to overthrow Ouattara

OPINION 76 Rebranding Africa 78 African identity crisis NEM TRE 80 All the Queen’s men SPECIAL FEATURE 82 Africa had its own writing systems

DIASPORA 88 USA: Was Malcolm X really bisexual? 92 Brazil: Good news for Afro-Brazilians 94 USA: Only 44 years ago SPORT 98 Football: Has CAF become a secret cult? 102 Sierra Leone: Craig Bellamy’s academy THE ARTS 104 Book reviews

BACK TO THE FUTURE 106 Reflections on September 11