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FEATURES: Doeba Bropleh outlines a new paradigm for Liberia’s reconstruction
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- International NGOs: Mukoma Wa Ngugi examines the threat to African democracies?
- An open letter to President Mbeki from South African feminists
- Selome Araya on the misrepresentation of Africa by the international media and assorted humanitarian campaigns
LETTERS: on the rejection of a new PM by the Guinean people and the furore over China in Africa book
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem writes on religion and the ideology of hope
BLOGGING AFRICA: Harnessing wind power in the Niger Delta and other Nigerian stories
BOOKS & ARTS: Carbon trading exposed and a homage to Nuruddin Farah
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: AU remains hopeful and hesitant
PODCASTS: Live from death row by Mumia Abu-Jamal

CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Change or chaos in Guinea?
HUMAN RIGHTS: Rights groups call for Nlandu's release in DRC
WOMEN AND GENDER: Liberian women decry post-war violence
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Liberian refugees in plea to Israeli government
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Nigerian VP to be barred from poll
AFRICA AND CHINA: South African firms take on the Dragon
DEVELOPMENT: AFRICOM – Opening the Third Front
CORRUPTION: “Vulture Funds” threaten Developing World
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: 3GSM Cell-phones to fight AIDS
EDUCATION: Choice between school and survival in Mozambique
ENVIRONMENT: Caught between drought and guns in Uganda
LGBTI: Human rights failures in Nigeria
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Dozens killed in Kenya land clashes
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Zimbabwe courts abandon case against Ncube
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Social development portal launched in Kenya
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