Featured This Week

FEATURES: Ben Terrell exposes UN human rights abuses in Haiti
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Henning Melber examines the state of the continent and presents a new African order
- African women are winning the fight for rights but they cannot afford to be complacent, writes Janah Ncube
- The China question sparked a fiery debate at the WSF. Walden Bello explains why
- There will be no peace without human rights in Somalia, says Birgit Michaelis
LETTERS: Jacques Depelchin calls for solidarity with Haiti
BLOGGING AFRICA: China, mobile technology and indentured slaves in Sierra Leone feature this week
BOOKS & ARTS:
- Poet Mshairi travels “Home”
- Kimani wa Wanjiru reviews prison literature and the politicisation of prisoners in Kenya
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: It’s time for the masses to be heard, says Steve Ouma
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Ghana welcomed in as AU chair

CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Historic pledge to free children from war
HUMAN RIGHTS: Tutu stirs African debate on homosexuality
WOMEN AND GENDER: International day against FGM
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Land clashes kill 60, displace thousands in Kenya
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Kenya elections - Out with the Old….in with the Old
AFRICA AND CHINA: China’s environmental footprint in Africa
DEVELOPMENT: Will ethanol fuel prosperity or poverty in Africa?
CORRUPTION: Corruption and misuse robs Nigerians of rights
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Spotlight on microbicide trials
EDUCATION: Keep schools open to Swazi Aids orphans
ENVIRONMENT: Carbon trading – Offsets for Whom?
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: “We are not eating our own food”, say Ugandan farmers
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Community radio journalist held in Chad
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Shuttleworth Foundation gets linuxed
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