Featured This Week

FEATURE: Uganda has a reputation of having controlled its HIV/AIDS problem. With World Aids Day coming up, however, Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon argues that the extent of the virus in Northern Uganda is perhaps more severe than figures indicate.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Salma Maoulidi writes that For an HIV/AIDS breakthrough to happen in Tanzania, a radical approach to tackling HIV/AIDS is needed.
- In Uganda the government has proposed a traditional form of justice, Mato Oput, to replace the International Criminal Court indictments. Dieu-Donné WEDI DJAMBA explores the implications such a move will have for the post-conflict Democratic Republic of Congo, where the national judicial system is in collapse, and the only alternative left for victims of war to seek justice from is the ICC.
- Peluola Adewale argues that to avoid a serious post run-off election crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign diplomats convinced both the presidential contestants to agree to grant a measure of personal, financial and legal protection to whoever loses
PAN AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem says France should be in the dock, not Kagame.
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine focuses on blogs by African women.
BOOKS & ARTS: The study of Africa
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: We are Feminists and proud of it
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Unite behind protection for Darfur
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, Somalia, Chad, CAR and the DRC.
HUMAN RIGHTS: Judge allows Madonna adoption challenge
WOMEN AND GENDER: Rape, the silent weapon
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Darfur survivors face uncertain future in Chad
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Bemba ready to lead opposition
DEVELOPMENT: African countries should diversify exports to meet MDGs
CORRUPTION: South African police chief under suspicion of corruption
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: World AIDS day 2006
EDUCATION: New students’ loan scheme
ENVIRONMENT: The need for green revolution in Africa
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Rethinking land policy
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: MISA takes issue with state house press officer
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Police brutality
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Africans told to revive science culture
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