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Friends of Le Monde Diplomatique is a UK-based affiliate of the Les Amis Le Monde Diplomatique which supports the writings and tradition which has evolved over 50 years of publication of the Le Monde Diplomatique Newspaper. Our "Cafe Diplo" meetings at The Gallery at Farringdon, in the City of London on selected Monday evenings, are presented (in English) in the context of our global anti neo-conservative-liberal tradition, and give an opportunity for lively debate between speakers and audience. 

New Autumn 2010 Season

The Cafe Diplo autumn/winter season starts on September 20th with topical talks and debates.

2010 Cafes

Monday September 20th

FILM EVENT   ‘The Burden of Peace: Women Speak in the Aftermath of Kenya's Post-Election Crisis’ with  Firoze Manji
The Kenyan election of  December 2007 gave rise to widespread suspicions of irregularity, especially when the incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was inaugurated as president in a privately held ceremony. Violence erupted, with 1,000 people massacred and 650,000 fleeing their homes, but although the country's main rivals signed a political settlement to return the country to normalcy, those responsible remain free. Women bore the brunt of the attacks, from both armed gangs and state forces, and this film,edited by Anthony Kung'u and Peter Ndung'u, tells their story. Firoze Manji, the executive director and editor of Pambazuka News, which champions human rights and civil society organisations in Africa, and co-funded the production, will discuss the film.

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