Featured this week
FEATURED: March 22 was World Water Day. Patrick Bond discusses the “water wars”
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- A new advocacy campaign aims to end torture in Northern Uganda. Pambazuka News speaks to the organizers
- Jacob Rukweza critiques claims that homosexuality is “unAfrican”
- Russia has seen an increase in racial attacks. Nassor Said Ali of the St. Petersburg African Union explains the issues
LETTERS: Is the new rights council old wine in new bottles?
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Three years after the invasion of Iraq, Tajudeen Abdul Raheem takes Bush and Blair to task
BLOGGING AFRICA: Regular blog columnist Sokari Ekine wraps up the blogosphere this week
BOOKS AND ART:
- Kenyan graffiti artist Phiks on Lines of Attitude, a new exhibition
- Review of “A Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents”
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: News from Somalia, Senegal, Uganda, Darfur
HUMAN RIGHTS: Speedy ICC trial for DRC prisoner
WOMEN AND GENDER: Good governance and women’s participation in West Africa
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Global internal displacement crisis alarming, says new report
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: DRC poll poses challenge/Gabon opposition leader in hiding/Kenyan battle lines drawn as parliament heads for re-opening
DEVELOPMENT: Trade rules a stumbling block to MDGs
CORRUPTION: Githongo says Anglo-Leasing scandal has 70 percent to go
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: News from Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
EDUCATION: Donors must end neglect of African universities
RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
ENVIRONMENT: Move to save anti-prostate cancer tree in Kenya
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Tunisian human rights defender on hunger strike
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Digital revolution on streets of Nigeria
PLUS: Fundraising and Useful Resources; Courses, seminars and workshops; Jobs.
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