Featured This Week

FEATURED: Yav Katshung Joseph argues that, in a post-conflict DRC, one way to heal the wounds of war and colonialism is through reparations.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Richard Akum interrogates the ongoing Juba Peace Talks between the Ugandan government and the Lord Resistance Army.
- Mammo Muchie et al. argue against the financial support of the Ethiopian government.
- Issa Shivji, on the occasion of his retirement as Professor of Law from the University of Dar Es Salaam, tackles the role of lawyers in propping up the neo-liberal system.
LETTERS: Middle-East, History as disconnected, The DRC and Ethiopia
BLOGGING AFRICA: blog discussion on e-commerce, racial profiling, literature, sex workers and 16th International AIDS Conference.
BOOKS AND ARTS: Book review, two film reviews, Spike Lee New Documentary and Puppet theatre
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, Somalia, Uganda
HUMAN RIGHTS: International Day for the remembrance of Slave trade.
WOMEN AND GENDER: Reflection of women’s right at the AIDS Conference.
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: AIDS meeting says IDPs and Refugees should get access to treatment.
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Human Rights groups call for President Bingu wa Mutharika impeachment.
DEVELOPMENT: IMF: Shrink or Sink it?
CORRUPTION: South African former MP faces jail.
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: International AIDS Conference closes with call to deliver universal access.
EDUCATION: Engendering Education
RACISM & XENOPHOBIA: Israeli Apartheid
ENVIRONMENT: Islamic Courts ban trade in charcoal and wild life
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Kenyan lands ministry promises to repossess all land owned by “absentee landlords”.
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Highway Africa around the corner
DIASPORA: Black History
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Continent slow to adopt low cost fibre.
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