Features from this issue

* Editorial: Henning Melber unpacks the blockages to regional integration in southern Africa
* Comment and Analysis: Poor people are struggling for land against increasingly long odds in a hugely hostile global climate, writes Robin Palmer
* Pan-African Postcard: Columnist Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem urges African countries to unite against the US embargo on Cuba
* Conflicts and Emergencies: Violence continues in the DRC with malnutrition rates hitting 30% in some areas, says a new Amnesty International report
* Women and Gender: Women are gaining a place at the political table in a growing number of African countries
* Elections and Governance: SA’s quiet diplomacy challenged as unionists booted out of Zimbabwe
* Development: An Actionaid report reveals how the taps have been turned off for the poor in Tanzania after a water privatisation scheme
* Racism and Xenophobia: South Africa’s president and the opposition trade blows over HIV/AIDS and race
* E-newsletters and Mailing Lists: Fiftieth edition of Peacewomen e-news out now
* Books and Arts: Tackling HIV/AIDS means challenging power structures that lead to ill-health, says a new publication, ‘AIDS: In Search of a Social Solution’.