Selected headlines from Pambazuka News 174

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ISSUE

* Editorial: Debating Female Genital Mutilation
* Comment and Analysis: How industry, government and the Bank chose profits over people
* Conflict and Emergencies: Sudan: Peace talks collapse
* Human Rights: NGO forum report documents political violence in Zimbabwe
* Women and Gender: Time for women to stop being nice
* Elections and Governance: Zimbabwe: MDC faces dilemma over election boycott
* Development: NGO’s and Pretoria nod-nod, wink-wink to IMF/World Bank
* Corruption: Charges against Chiluba dropped, reinstated
* Media and Freedom of Expression: Somalia: One journalist who refuses to be silenced

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