Selected headlines from Pambazuka News 166

*SMS for women's rights: Use your mobile phone to sign the petition! Sign up by SMS (text messaging) to the petition in support of the ratification of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. Send a message to: +27832933934, with the word ‘petition’ and your name in the message. You will only be charged the cost set by your network provider for sending an international SMS.
* Editorial: Neo-liberal globalisation and its social consequences: Kiswahili translation
* Comment and Analysis: Media Repression in Zimbabwe
* Pan-African Postcard: Dearth of inspired leaders, but hope for AU
* Conflict and Emergencies: DRC – Rwanda named in UN report
* Human Rights: Plans for tighter controls on NGOs
* Women and Gender: Ending violence against women
* Development: Birthday blues for World Bank
* HIV/AIDS: Bangkok – What did we learn?
* Racism and Xenophobia: UN report says cultural diversity vital
* Courses, Seminars and Workshops: Peace-building in war torn societies