Featured in this issue

* Editorial: Everjoice Win loves international days of “this and that”. World Aids Day, she writes, would have provided much needed light relief for most women.
* Comment and Analysis: UN resolutions on Darfur continue to be ‘weak and meaningless’, states Eva Dadrian
- Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa must challenge global apartheid, argues Titus Alexander
- Tributes to Dennis Brutus on the occasion of his 80th birthday
* 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence: News and events
* Honouring Sylvia Tamale - Ugandan activist for women's rights
* Letters: Is Pan-Africanism the answer?
* Pan-African Postcard: Defeating HIV/AIDS calls for unified action, writes Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
* Conflict and Emergencies: Tensions escalate between DRC and Rwanda
* Women and Gender: Securing gender rights in DRC key to lasting peace
* Elections and Governance: Ghana goes to the polls on December 7
* HIV/AIDS: Remember the caregivers on World Aids day, writes Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda
* Land and Land Rights: Finding common ground for tackling land reform in Namibia