Featured This Week

FEATURE: With compelling evidence and historical insight, Ike Okonta traces the origins of the Niger Delta Conflict.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- What is the problem with Madonna adopting a Malawian Child? Why all the fury? Adotey Bing-Pappoe comments on the issue by analysing carefully the possible pitfalls of inter-country adoption
- Dieu–Donné Wedi Djamba considers the options of bringing lasting peace to the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Patrick Bond argues that the idea of microcredit, which won Muhammad Yunus the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, is based more on hype than substance.
PODCASTS: Pambazuka News publishes two more podcasts: SACTWU research speaks about the impact of WTO regulations on job losses, and Tajudeen Abul Raheem speaks about Castro's illness
LETTERS: Readers respond to recent articles
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine, still blogging from South Africa, comments on the Reporters Without Borders report on the 2006 “Worldwide Press Freedom Index”
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, Somalia, Chad and Nigeria
HUMAN RIGHTS: Minorities defend their right to organise
WOMEN AND GENDER: Maternal deaths worry WHO
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Niger’s Arabs to fight expulsion
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Kabila, Mobutu’s son sign pact to form government
DEVELOPMENT: Privatisation threatens small-scale miners
CORRUPTION: Inquiries turned gravy trains
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Child deaths from HIV/AIDS to keep growing
EDUCATION: Government Urged to support e-learning in schools
RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA: HSRC’s Habib denied U.S. entry
ENVIRONMENT: Poachers close to wiping out hippos
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: No need for Zim-style land grabs in South Africa
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: MISA-SA And FXI statement
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Employmint.co.za challenges recruitment model
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