SELECTED HEADLINES FOR PAMBAZUKA NEWS 175

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS ISSUE

* Editorial: The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: A 'disastrous' record
* Comment and Analysis: A happy birthday?: The Chad/Cameroon oil pipeline one year on
* Letters: Debate on FGM continues
* Conflicts and Emergencies: What's going on in Northern Uganda?
* Human Rights: Diego Garcia: Fighting for the right to return
* Refugees and Forced Migration: 'Killers' guarding Sudan refugees
* Women and Gender: Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa: Ratification process update: STOP PRESS: Senegal becomes fifth country to ratify the Protocol!
* Corruption: Nigerian Govt blacklists U.S. oil firm, Halliburton
* HIV/AIDS: Saving lives through combination treatment
* Environment: Nigeria: Either legal or illegal, commercial logging in Cross River State forest must be banned
* News from the Diaspora: Can Black studies Programs survive?

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