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FEATURES: China – The new kid on the block or an old wolf in new clothing? Stephen Marks investigates
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Hydro-power, big dams and broken communities. Frank Muramuzi reports on a hydro-power conference in South Africa
- Ochieng Rapuro on the night the Kenyan government cracked down on the media
- Questions and answers on biopiracy, the new resource robbery
- Hetty Kovach on reforming the International Monetary Fund
LETTERS: Cartoon anger and Uganda’s no-party to multi-party elections
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Remember Kwama Nkrumah? Tajudeen Abdul Raheem takes us back to the coup of February 24, 1966
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine summarises the voices of African bloggers
BOOKS AND ARTS: Kenyan Indian poet and spoken word artist Shailja Patel catches up with Faustin Linyekula, Congolese Dancer and Choreographer
CONFLICTS AND EMERGENCIES: Diamonds still driving DRC conflict, says new report
HUMAN RIGHTS: US to launch predator strikes in the Horn?
WOMEN AND GENDER: Bridging the gender digital divide in FOSS
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: New-look Ugandan parliament as big names fall in poll
DEVELOPMENT: African 'Cotton Four' preparing new proposal on domestic support
CORRUPTION: Kenyan private lawyers earning millions from government
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: The science of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
EDUCATION: 115 million primary school-age children out of school, says report
ENVIRONMENT: The interaction between the environment and trade
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: State sends police after land grabbers in Kenya
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Radio station unblocked in Uganda
FUNDRAISING AND USEFUL RESOURCES: Online fundraising workshops
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