This week's Highlights

FEATURES: Demba Moussa Dembele on building a United States of Africa.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Gichinga Ndirangu on the stumbling blocks to a United Africa.
- Chippla Vandu assess the outcome of the Nigerian elections
- Challenging homophobia and patriarchy in Africa by Fikile Vilakazi
LETTERS:
- Dawn Gilipse on No compassion for Sierra Leone amputees
- Edward Mtetwa on reparations
- J Majome questions change in Zimbabwe.
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on Nigeria, Lootacracy and the same old story.
BLOGGING AFRICA: How do we speak on Zimbabwe, urbanisations and evictions in Johannesburg, and photos from Senegal.
BOOKS AND ARTS: A poem of lost childhood.
OBITUARY: We mourn the passing of Archie Mafeje - one of Africa's giants

WOMEN AND GENDER: Men need to be sensitized about women’s rights
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Weapons of Mass Underdevelopment
HUMAN RIGHTS: Zambian market smashed in ‘clean-up’
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: South African shack-dwellers on hunger strike
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Kenyan border closed to asylum-seekers
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Legislative polls close in Benin
CORRUPTION: Morocco tackles money-laundering and financial crimes
DEVELOPMENT: East Africa fights for ‘kikoi’ trade-mark
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: HIV+ foreigners get rough deal in South Africa
EDUCATION: Rise in school enrolment causes funding problems in Sudan
LGBTI: Conference tackles skills development
ENVIRONMENT: Flood water keeps Namibia’s displaced in camps
LAND & LAND RIGHTS: Uganda’s pastoralists hit by market reforms
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Zimbabwean cameraman murdered
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Call to eradicate effects of slavery
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: New report on youth, ICTs and development
PLUS: e-Newsletters and Mailings Lists; Fundraising and Useful Resources; Courses, Seminars and Workshops and Jobs

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