Selected headlines from Pambazuka News 167

* SMS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS: Use your mobile phone to sign 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. More information http://www.pambazuka.org/petition/smssocial.php

* Comment and Analysis: Taking control of Africa’s resources
* Pan-African Postcard: Gluttons who vomit on shoes and the mental revolution
* Conflicts and Emergencies: Peace is in the stomach
* Human Rights: Zimbabwe rights groups must not be banned, says Amnesty
* Refugees and Forced Migration: Human trafficking in Africa
* Women and Gender: Remittances and economic development
* Development: Rich countries threaten world trade talks
* Corruption: World Bank debars Lesotho corruption company
* HIV/AIDS: Big Pharma – part of the problem or the solution?
* Fundraising and Useful Resources: International Activist Award