Featured this week
* EDITORIAL: Henning Melber examines genocide in Namibia in the context of colonial violence and what it means for current generations
* COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Saranel Benjamin and J. Zoë Wilson from the Centre for Civil Society at the University of Kwazulu Natal critique the role of women in South African social movements
* LETTERS: Subscribers write in about shoes that pinch, walls of silence, women’s day and in memory of Guy Mhone
* PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem finds little cause for satisfaction in Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa report; Issa Shivji critiques compassion for Africa
* CONFLICTS AND EMERGENCIES: The UN is urged to grow teeth on Sudan
* HUMAN RIGHTS: The Zimbabwe NGO Human Rights Forum issues a report on the human rights situation prior to elections
* WOMEN AND GENDER: The Global Campaign for Education slams world leaders for failures on girl’s education
* ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Zimbabwe election news - Amnesty rules out fair poll, monitoring group EISA blocked from poll observation, activist group Sokwanele slams Mbeki over poll comments
* EDUCATION: New report from Save the Children calls for children to be at the centre of policy
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