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EDITORIALS: Hopes are high that a new wave of women leadership will result in real changes for the life of African women. But will it? Salma Maoulidi investigates the case of Tanzania
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Focus on Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
- Soenke Zehle examines the practicalities, politics and debates surrounding the emerging FLOSS movement
- Sokari Ekine says switching to FLOSS is not so much a change in software as a change in culture
- Karoline Kemp looks at the benefits of freeing yourself from the grip of Microsoft domination
LETTERS: Readers debate the new Diaspora and South Africa under Thabo Mbeki
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine reviews what African bloggers are saying about Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajedeen Abdul-Raheem wants to know if Mama Ellen can deliver liberty to Liberia?
AFRICAN UNION WATCH: Irungu Houghton on civil society engagement with the African Union
CONFLICTS & EMERGENCIES: “We will shut you down,” militants tell oil companies in the Niger Delta
HUMAN RIGHTS: How can the African Union maintain its credibility in Darfur when it holds a summit in Khartoum?
REFUGEES & FORCED MIGRATION: UNHCR granted more time to interview Sudanese refugees in aftermath of Cairo massacre
ELECTIONS & GOVERNANCE: Calls to address Ethiopian post-election crisis; the politics of space in South Africa; on the campaign trail with the Ugandan president
WOMEN & GENDER: Campaign update from the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition
DEVELOPMENT: World Social Forum kicks off in Bamako, Mali; Africa Spends US$4bn a Year On Western Expatriates
CORRUPTION: Kenya spends 800 million on luxury vehicles
HEALTH & HIV/AIDS: Lessons from an African response to the HIV/AIDS crisis
EDUCATION: Chomsky joins academic freedom row in South Africa
MEDIA & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Libyan cyber-dissident Al Mansouri completes a year in prison
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Corporates and mainstream media gloss over Martin Luther King’s denunciation of America
INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY: Africa Open Source 11 wraps up in Uganda
FUNDRAISING & USEFUL RESOURCES: How to make the transition from fundraising to development
COURSES, SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS: Strategies for ratification and rights realization
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