This weeks Highlights

Special Issue on Liberia

FEATURES:
- Stephanie Horton & Robtel Pailey introduce a special issue on Liberia.
- Anthony Morgan on Liberia’s checkered past
COMMENT & ANALYSIS:
- Ezekiel Pajibo & Emira Woods on US the US military in Liberia
- Keith Best on Liberians as agents of change
- Thomas Jaye on the Truth and Reconciliation process
- Sengbe Khasu discusses the Liberian condition
- Elma Shaw on the reintegration of refugees
- Wilton Sankawulo on the role of artists in post civil war Liberia
BLOGGING AFRICA: Review of African Blogs
BOOKJS & ARTS:
- Eva Acqui on the Liberian literary tradition
- Two poems from Omanza Eugene Shaw & Annaird Naxela

PAN AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen reflects on post Blair Britain
WOMEN AND GENDER: Decades of abuse in Kenya’s maternity wards
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: A strategy for comprehensive peace in Darfur
HUMAN RIGHTS: UN probes abuse in Côte d’Ivoire
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Mobilizing world opinion
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Migrant children face abuse in Canary Islands
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Big win for Cameroon’s ruling party
AFRICA AND CHINA: China defends Darfur stance as pressure grows
CORRUPTION: TI says major exporters still bribing abroad
DEVELOPMENT: ‘Aid for Trade’ may cut Africa’s health and education funds
HEALTH AND HIV/Aids: Programmes disregard HIV among the elderly
EDUCATION: Tanzania’s plans to raise education standards widely commended
LGBTI: Uganda’s lesbians want protection
ENVIRONMENT: Côte d’Ivoire toxic waste probe goes to France
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Zambian police prohibit demonstration coverage
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: ICTs excluded in DRC development plans
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