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FEATURE: In the final article of a three part series on the Niger Delta, Ike Okonta goes to the heart of the democratic deficit in the region
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Libraries should be a centre of activism, not silence: Shiraz Durrani makes a case for information liberation
- What is the role of intellectuals in socio-political change? Henning Melber explains
- Miriam Madziwa says one women’s group is using love to unsettle Zimbabwe’s Mugabe
- Liepollo Lebohang Pheko remembers PW Botha
LETTERS: Oil and Angola
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Bush, looking left to Nicaragua, faces the music
BLOGGING AFRICA: Blogs to Botha: Goodbye and good riddance
BOOKS & ARTS: Have you seen my gender lenses?
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Protocol on the rights of women campaign update
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Using killers to catch killers in Darfur
HUMAN RIGHTS: Mozambique citizens mete out rough justice to criminals
WOMEN AND GENDER: Women send peace torch to Juba peace talks
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Failed UK asylum seekers sleep rough
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: DRC poll contenders urge calm
DEVELOPMENT: The lessons from China; African nationalism; To Bee or not to Bee
CORRUPTION: 2006 corruption index released
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: New frontiers in social policy?
EDUCATION: Globalisation, migration and education
ENVIRONMENT: Nairobi climate change conference opens
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Better land access for rural poor
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Enemies of the internet named
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Software piracy creates jobs; free and open source software creates opportunities, says APC boss
FUNDRAISING AND USEFUL RESOURCES: Innovative South African education project embarks on international fundraising trip
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