There is strong evidence to
support that self-determination
could be one of the most positive steps forward for the
development of African states
and the upliftment of its diverse groups and people.
Nigerian journalist, Lawrence Amaku, provides
sound analysis of the South Sudan secession. He highlights the fact that
many of Africa’s countries/states have been artificially formed. These
unnatural unions which were forced upon Africa by colonial forces has been
the source of many an African conflict and has failed the citizens whom live
within their borders.
International Laws on
Self-Determination
The right to self-determination — which
allows people to secede from a mother state if they so choose — appears in
various international conventions, including the founding document of the
United Nations.
International Law
Dealing with Self-determination and Territorial Integrity
U.N. Founding Charter (Article 1) — 1945
• One purpose of the United Nations is “to develop friendly relations among
nations based on respect for the principle of
equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other
appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace.”
U.N. Resolution 2625 — 1970
• “Every State has the duty to refrain from any forcible action which
deprives peoples referred to in the elaboration of
the principle of equal rights and self-determination of their right to
self-determination and freedom and independence.”
• “Nothing in the foregoing paragraphs shall be construed as authorizing or
encouraging any action which would dismember,
or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity
of sovereign and independent states conducting
themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and
self-determination of peoples and thus possessed of a
government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without
distinction to race, creed or colour.”
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Article 20) —
1981
• “All peoples shall have . . . the unquestionable and inalienable right to
self-determination. They shall freely determine
their political status and shall pursue their economic development according
to the policy they have freely chosen.”
Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Charter
of Paris for a New Europe — 1990
• “We affirm that the ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious identity of
national minorities will be protected.”
• “We reaffirm the equal rights of peoples and their right to
self-determination in conformity with the Charter of the
United Nations and with the relevant norms of international law, including
those related to territorial integrity of states.”
Vienna Declaration and Program of Action adopted by World
Conference of Human Rights — 1993
• The conference recognizes “the right of peoples to take any legitimate
action, in accordance with the Charter of the
U.N., to realize their inalienable right of self-determination.”
Freedom House Africa 2011 Report
Findings
by Harvard University Political Scientists
Demonstrate the chaotic state which we African Nation have been placed in.
"A Society that is multicultural creates
mistrust among neighbours which damages community spirit. People living in
a mixed ethnic society have fewer close friends and watch more TV. This contributes
to a withdrawal from collective life." - Harvard University
"State multiculturalism has
failed"
- The Rt Hon David Cameron
Of course multiculturalism
is bound to fail. A Nation can only be a Nation if all are singing from the
same "Chorus Book", if not then there is no harmony. That is plain and
simply obvious. We don't need Einstein to point that out, plain common sense
can see what is obvious. So then, it begs the question, how are we
expected to keep "Colonial Marked Border States" in harmony?
FFSA
Federation of
the Free States of Africa
FFSA SENIOR STAFF OFFICERS
Secretary General
Rt Hon Mangovo Ngoyo
Deputy Secretary General
Rt Hon Michael Johnson
Director of Humanitarian
Affairs
Rt Hon Osvaldo Ihanjika
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