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FEATURES; Patrick Bond examines the future of the WSF concept
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Modern-day slavery is alive and well, says Emira Woods
- Doreen Lwanga stirs the debate over the Hollywood blockbuster Blood Diamonds
- Shack dwellers in Durban, South African are coming together to fight crime, writes S'bu Zikode
- Henning Melber reflects on whether another world is possible
LETTERS: Regular columnist Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem faces a challenge on his NGO views
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul Raheem writes on the 8th Ordinary Session of the African Union
BLOGGING AFRICA: A round up of the African blogosphere
BOOKS AND ARTS: Betty Wamalwa Muragori gets creative about land
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: There’s been much news coming out of the African Union this week

CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: China defends African arms sales
HUMAN RIGHTS: Call for release of DRC human rights lawyer
WOMEN AND GENDER: Challenging gender discrimination in universities
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Counting immigrants in cities across the globe
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: A quick guide to the Nigerian elections
AFRICA AND CHINA: Chinese premier visits Africa
DEVELOPMENT: The politics of the water justice movement
CORRUPTION: Zambia misses the point on corruption
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: People before patents in South Africa
EDUCATION: Early childhood care and education
ENVIRONMENT: Enforcing the law in forests
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Land, agriculture and conflict in West Africa
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: New report from Article 19 on freedom of expression in Senegal
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Open source, information sharing and Five Minutes to Midnight
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