Featured this week

* Editorial: With World Aids Day on December 1, all is not well in the fight against the epidemic, says Hein Marais.
* Comment and Analysis: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women Feature
- Mary Wandia from Femnet tells African leaders to end open season on the Rights of Women in Africa and ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
- You’ve got 16 days, 384 hours, 23040 minutes, 1382400 seconds to imagine peace
- Ending violence against women is key to the fight against Aids
* 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: A special section for news and activities related to 25 November to 10 December
* Letters: Aid rage and Band Aids
* Pan-African Postcard: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem explores the old habits of colonial powers in relation to their former colonies
* Conflicts and Emergencies: International policy towards peace in Sudan is stabilising but threats remain, says the latest Justice Africa briefing
* Elections and Governance: Mnangagwa thwarted in race for vice-presidency as Mugabe rules on to 2009
* Development: Guinea meeting says no to EU Economic Partnership Agreements
* Land and Land Rights: A December meeting plans to launch a global campaign against damaging World Bank land policies
* Books and Art: A review of the film ‘Marcel King is Dead’ from the website of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of Natal