reproduce below some interesting statements Aziz Fall responsible for international criminal case to clarify the assassination of Thomas Sankara . Most likely neither previous names tell you nothing is normal, the first is a respected lawyer and the second a president assassinated, two Africans, two anonymous people, without relevance to the Western media portray only a prefabricated images continent plundered by rich countries.
Thomas Sankara was for four years as president of Burkina Faso, until his assassination at the hands of a coup in the pay of the U.S., France and African partners. In the few years Sankara initiated a revolutionary process to combat corruption, illiteracy, poverty, discrimination against women that has made him get the nickname "Che Guevara black."
His short government, mired in ongoing internal and external attacks of the last gasps of the Cold War, so hot in Africa, marked a period of hope and transformation. One of his first measures was highly significant, even now curious to Canary changed the fleet of official vehicles by modest Mercedes Renault 5, the cheapest car you could get into the country. His
literacy campaigns, the prohibition of female genital mutilation, your international calls warning of the danger of AIDS, birth control efforts, child health campaigns were greatly decrease mortality, massive reforestation, a powerful agrarian reform deal land among the peasants ... all with openly anti-imperialist foreign policy and complaint against Third World debt, as in Addis Ababa (also reproduce below) earned him a death sentence in the form of coup d'etat .
once said:
"Call provocation to the truths we proclaim, while the lies they have become absolute truths. Our struggle for independence and wellbeing of our people is labeled as insubordination, and they do the looting of our wealth is called civilizing work. So they write history, and so it learns most of humanity. So I prefer to sit next to me Che before any of them. "
His work and thought cost him his life, yet is further evidence, along with Lumumba, Mandela, Ben Bella, Nkrumah, Amilcar Cabral among others that it is possible to hope, however difficult the conditions. Just Kwame Nkrumah said in his book "Africa must unite"
"If the outside world denies us their sympathy and understanding, we, the hands, the right to ask to be left alone to till our destinies in a way that seems better suited to our circumstances and resources, both human and material . Anyway, we are determined to overcome the destructive forces that oppose us in Africa and to forge a nation ... "
hope these words become reality one day, that metals get batteries for our cell phones or precious stones a good price for the wealthy first world does not become the downfall of a good president or president, the death of more humans. Read the interview and draw their own conclusions.
Interview: Fall
Aziz, a political scientist from Senegal and Egypt, leads the group of lawyers handling the case Sankara, the struggle against impunity in Africa, whose persistence is, in his view, the fundamental problem in the continent . Fall should be protected, as he is chased and threatened by the world. In this interview, he tells his struggle.
the early 80's, Thomas Sankara initiated a democratic and popular revolution in Burkina Faso. After coming to power through a coup, abolished the privileges of the tribal chiefs, gave rights to women, promoted health education and public and hard fought corruption and imperialism. Shortly after, his top aide, Blaise Campoare, current president of the country, killed him with his most loyal followers. Sankara already guessed its end. "The revolutionaries, like individuals, can be killed, but never can kill ideas," he said shortly before.
A decade later, scores of lawyers from several countries started the process Sankara trying to figure out what exactly happened, who killed the captain Burkina Faso and, above all, to repair the damage done to his family. The coordinator of this group is the political scientist from Senegal and Egyptian Aziz Fall, who attended last week at a symposium held at the Southern Festival Agüimes (Gran Canaria). In the program, contained his identity after a mysterious "intervener whose identity has not unveiled until the day of the symposium." Fall is beating care, his speech raised many blisters. GuinguinBali had occasion to talk to him.
"Sankara's case is a classic example of impunity, murder financed by imperialism and its leaders. Therefore, our struggle is against impunity, "said Fall. After exhausting all possible avenues in Burkina Faso, the case has come to the United Nations who has been accepted for processing in its Human Rights Commission. However, this "victory" is really "pyrrhic" says Fall. In fact, there is no pressure will Campoare Blaise and his government to clarify the circumstances of the death of Sankara, assassinated along with thirteen others.
"This is an international conspiracy that goes beyond itself and Burkina Faso are involved U.S., France and some African countries. The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, is a criminal who escaped from a U.S. federal prison, where he had gone to steal the box by the Student Association of Liberia. How can you escape from a U.S. federal prison? That is impossible. Then he was seen in Libya as a CIA agent, "said Fall.
According to political scientist, there are witnesses to the friendship that Taylor then locked the rebel leader of Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso Fodé Sanko Campoare Blaise. Between them they agreed to eliminate Sankara and, in turn, help to Taylor so he could come to power in Liberia by force. That's exactly what happened next. "After Campoare coup and the assassination of Sankara, Taylor started the civil war in Liberia and Sierra Leone and begins stealing diamonds to finance both countries. Of course, Campoare received his share of the spoils and that Burkina Faso, not diamonds, sold on the international market. "
"Backed by France and the diamonds that arrived from Liberia and Sierra Leone, could corrupt Campoare entire sectors of American society, to buy part of the political opposition and kill people who opposed him. That ability is what has become a pyromaniac firefighter, a mediator in conflicts in the region, a role that the president of Burkina Faso has taken Francafrique agent, "he said.
a thorn
Sankara's case is a thorn in Burkina Faso. "While there is an investigation into conditions there is no reconciliation possible. It is not a question of money, the family of Thomas not accept it. The Government of Burkina has made many means to try to stop our actions. At twenty lawyers working on the case and do not charge for it they tried to corrupt and intimidate, but this case will not stop. The fundamental problem in Africa is the persistence of impunity for state crimes. A few weeks ago, the family of Patrice Lumumba has filed a lawsuit in Belgium. We dare to hope that something is changing in international law and we are honored to contribute to this change, "said Fall.
One of the paradoxes of the Sankara case is that France welcomed and gave protection to the widow of Thomas Sankara and his family after his death. "It merely sets out clear how France works, one hand does one thing and another, quite another," he adds. Fall
nothing appears optimistic about the political process to live in Africa. "The international division of labor has been allocated to Africa the role of supplier of raw materials, African leaders will do what they want is not opposed to this, whatever they do. The novelty in Africa is that in the same state have emerged within the criminal organizations that looted the state, we have seen in Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Guinea. In these destabilized areas appear multinationals also exploit the absence of the rule for pillaging and plundering. "
"Either the State waives its own resources and privatization, following the prescriptions of structural adjustment of the major international organizations, or there is looting. In any case, you lose. Real democratization processes have no support. Moreover, initiatives in the West are called good governance are not only the economic adjustment policies imposed on African economies. It is encouraging the emergence of an African technocrats manages resources, but without a project of society, with civil society in the hands of private sector interests. In that scenario, democracy, alternation is not real, "he says.
However, in this scenario, Fall choose not to sit idle. "We are witnessing the spread of cancer. Africa resists, but the model of globalization exacerbates the crisis. If we did not believe that this can change, not fight. We who have fought against apartheid, no system is invincible. And there is no political system in Africa that is more sophisticated than was the apartheid in South Africa. If corrupt African governments lose the Western support and one-tenth of what cooperation will be to sustain our struggle, we could do it. "
To Fall, "the war in Spain is not over, neoliberalism is a soft fascism. And Africa is the link that softer fascism. Now Francafrique and its allies are worried by the arrival of useful spaces of the continent of India, Brazil or China. In this globalization interested in Africa without the Africans
Source: guinguinbali or
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