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FEATURED: Ahmed C Motala reviews 20 years of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- The Darfur Peace Agreement was signed on May 5. Laurie Nathan provides an insiders view
- World Refugee Day was marked on June 20. A new report examines the plight of refugees in Egypt
- Has South Africa signed away its health sector?
LETTERS: Calling for the release of Mariam Denton Nee Jack in The Gambia
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Violence has ripped through Mogadishu. But who are the real terrorists? Asks Tajudeen Abdul Raheem
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine rounds up the African blogosphere
BOOKS AND ARTS: How to start a Pan-African newspaper, with Shailja Patel
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: African Union Monitor blog reactivated
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: News from Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia
HUMAN RIGHTS: Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture enters into force
WOMEN AND GENDER: AU calls for end to FGM
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Refugees demand answers on Burundi camp massacre
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Calm returns to Guinea
DEVELOPMENT: China vs US over Africa?
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: An exceptional World Health Assembly
EDUCATION: Protests at university closure in Niger
ENVIRONMENT: WHO claims environmental exposure cause 25% of deaths
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Farm dwellers take action in South Africa
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Lessons in democracy and the press
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Rural women in the wired world
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