Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: China Bo Xilai supporters set up political party; The Rich Coast Project; Chadians enter Central Darfur ‘to recover stolen cows’; Music4Freedom, Abolishing slavery through music.
China Bo Xilai supporters set up political party – BBC News
Supporters of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai say they have set up a political party, and made Bo the party chairman. Wang Zheng told the BBC she was inspired to set up the Zhi Xian Party after following the trial of Bo. It is a highly unusual move in China, where the ruling Communist Party retains a monopoly on power. Bo, the former Chongqing Party chief, was given a life sentence in September for corruption and abuse of power. Ms Wang, a university professor, said her party would act in a similar manner to a special interest group, calling for the Chinese constitution to be upheld and for income inequality to be tackled.
The Rich Coast Project – IndieGogo via @JonHutson
The Rich Coast Project is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization. Contributions for the purposes of The Rich Coast Project must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. I’m Katie Beck, the founder of The Rich Coast Project. Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, I’m a graduate of Indiana University and Northeastern University School of Law. I first traveled to Costa Rica during college, and returned last year to spend my final semester of law school living on the southern Caribbean coast and learning about about the complicated land rights battle threatening to dispossess local Afro-Caribbean communities from their native lands.
Chadians enter Central Darfur ‘to recover stolen cows’ – Radio Dabanga
Chadian troops driving 147 Land Cruisers mounted with various weapons, a number of armoured vehicles and tanks entered Um Dukhun city, Central Darfur, on the evening of 12 November. Multiple sources in Um Dukhun told Radio Dabanga that the troops gave the Sudanese authorities a 24 hour-ultimatum to recover 350 cows they claimed were stolen by Sudanese in Chad. According to the witnesses, the Security Committee of Um Dukhun locality and the joint Sudanese-Chadian forces stationed in the area, failed to convince the leader of the Chadian forces to peacefully reach a solution to the problem in a meeting on 13 November. He threatened to take 350 Sudanese cows by force should the local authorities fail to recover the animals.
Music4Freedom, Abolishing slavery through music! – Via @omekongo
The official release of Music4Freedom first Modern Day Slavery digital album “United Artists for Change” A collaboration between International Independent Artists to educate, raise funds and awareness to support the work of Abolish Slavery Coalition with 70% from all album proceeds to support their work. The 13-track album features the voices of International, independent artists including; CNN iReport Award winner, Hip-Hop Artist Omekongo Dibinga, young music composer Thomas Goedecke, and World Vision singer, songwriter Ezereve. Anti trafficking artists Sarah Carpio, Robert Coello, Brian Parsons, Dylan’s Dharma. Producer/Singer, Song-Writer Emanuel J Knight. Gospel /Christian Music Artists Tina Pantli, Eliane Linda, Jason Grech & Up & Coming Hip-Hop/R&B artist ACE. The album has been described as: “One of the most inspirational and moving albums we`ve ever worked on.”
