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FEATURED: John Githongo discusses democracy and governance on the African continent at the launch of TrustAfrica in Senegal
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Salma Maoulidi urges deeper understanding of the HIV/Aids pandemic in order to “deal with why it is and is allowed to be”
- Hein Marais on how the costs of the HIV/Aids pandemic in South Africa are being displaced on the poor
LETTERS: On the historian and his struggle
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Is Olusegun Obasanjo all out of luck? Tajudeen Abdul Raheem thinks so
BOOKS AND ARTS: Shailja Patel reviews the Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD), recently opened in San Francisco
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: News on AU/CSO forum
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: No agreement on UN force for Darfur/US loss in Mogadishu?
HUMAN RIGHTS: Increased trade union repression in Africa
WOMEN AND GENDER: Niger MPs reject women’s rights protocol
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Investigating sexual abuse by humanitarian workers
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Succession crisis looms in Nigeria
DEVELOPMENT: Why NGOs won’t change the world
CORRUPTION: Uganda probe into Aids scam
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Civil society denounces political declaration on HIV/Aids
EDUCATION: The importance of women teachers
ENVIRONMENT: UN expert warns on toxic waste
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Harare to evict 4000 black farmers
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: More websites blocked in Ethiopia
ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS: Misfortune500 launched
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