Featured This Week

FEATURE: Wole Soyinka sounds an urgent warning bell against criminal silence on Darfur
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Assis Malaquias suggests that it is premature to suggest that positive peace is a reality in Cabinda
- Manuel Paulo points out that for a successful consolidation of long-term sustainable peace to exist in Angola, the economy would need to be diversified first.
- Kwanisai Mafa and Netfa Freeman caution that all Africans at home and in the diaspora must unite against real live enemies and beware of any diagnoses with a psychosis of denial that neglects the most pertinent aspects our anatomical problems.
PODCASTS: Pambazuka News publishes two further podcasts: African slaves fight for land rights, and Tajudeen Abdul Raheem gives voice to his reasons for giving up smoking.
LETTERS: Ranting is not Progress
PAN AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem writes that we should ‘Stand Up Against Poverty’ and stand up for the MDG’s
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine continues her blog round up: "You don’t have to be an ‘intellectual’ to know what’s going on in Zimbabwe, you just need to live there."
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, Somalia, Uganda and COTE D'IVOIRE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Human rights report on illegal detentions
WOMEN AND GENDER: Our girls stay home and india, china scoop the science prizes
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Fleeing war, Somalis are targets of violence in adopted home
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Government sets up ministry for war veterans
DEVELOPMENT: Africans lash out at chinese employers
CORRUPTION: “Corrupt culture" revealed among African diplomats
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: New battle lines for hiv/aids war drawn
EDUCATION: Teachers go back to school in southern sudan
ENVIRONMENT: UN agency issues warning over untreated sewage
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: FXI concerned about growing "climate of fear" at UKZN
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Keyboard caters for all official sa languages
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