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EDITORIALS: The Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa comes into force this week. It's time to Smile, Woman of Africa, Smile!
- Pambazuka News begins a weekly feature on trade agreements between Europe and Africa
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: WSIS aftermath: What happened to human rights?; Browse the WSIS bazaar
LETTERS: Readers on how the other half dies; the politics of fear in Ethiopia and the shame of Tunis
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine tells us what's being talked about in the African blogosphere
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem wants a Pan-Africanism for the people
BOOKS AND ARTS: Meet the Chairman of Fools in our latest review of novels from the African continent
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: News from Darfur, Eritrea and Niger
HUMAN RIGHTS: Human rights defenders under threatening conditions in Ethiopia
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: UNHCR office temporarily halts operations as asylum seekers go on hunger strike
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Kibaki humbled as Kenyans say no to constitution
WOMEN AND GENDER: Women victims of "gendercide"
DEVELOPMENT: WTO ambush warning
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Bird flu in Africa, dysentery in Zimbabwe
MEDIA: Uncertainty over release of journalist held for four years without charge in Eritrea
FUNDRAISING: Fundraising QuickGuides: Special offer for Pambazuka News readers
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