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Canada's Campaign Against Refugees

By Innocent Madawo 12 Aug 2009 | World Politics Review TORONTO -- Canada is regarded as a refugee's paradise. Indeed, the federal government rarely misses an opportunity to tout the country's ever increasing immigrant population, a significant number of which are supposed to be refugees. But the Stephen Harper administration inherited a short-staffed immigration and refugee system. And instead of improving it, the Conservative government seems to be on an all out campaign to limit the influx of refugees.

SADC's Zimbabwe Approach Doomed to Fail

By Innocent Madawo 17 Apr 2009 | World Politics Review An extraordinary summit of the Southern Africa Development Community last month pledged to support Zimbabwe in implementing a short-term emergency recovery plan, with promises of "budget support, lines of credit, joint ventures and toll manufacturing." But while the regional group's ambition to raise $10 billion for Zimbabwe is noble, its approach is bound to fail.

African Union's Shortcomings Limit African Solutions

By Innocent Madawo 02 Mar 2009 | World Politics Review The African Union wants to be taken seriously, seeking the same respect accorded to its Western counterparts. And how better to earn that respect than to show that Africa can take care of its own? Hence the ASFAP doctrine -- African Solutions for African Problems. But as recent developments in Zimbabwe and elsewhere illustrate, two important shortcomings prevent the AU from solving Africa's problems.