This week's highlights

FEATURES: Hakima Abbas reports back on an historic meeting of Chinese and African CSOs in Shanghai held at the same time as the African Development Bank meeting.

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Abdirahman Aw Ali on the case for African Union recognition of Somaliland
- Janice Golding considers research debates about biodiversity and climate change in Africa
- Henning Melber on black economic empowerment and kleptocracy in Namibia
LETTERS: Jens Galschiøt from Denmark on the banning of a sculpture in London
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen asks whether the new president of Nigeria will be a new Robin Hood
BOOKS & ARTS: film Review: OBberlin-Inanda: The Life and Times of John Dube; Poetess poem

WOMEN AND GENDER: South Africa’s Sexual Offenses Bill welcomed
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: AU yet to approve Darfur force
HUMAN RIGHTS: New Niger slavery study welcomed
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Niger Delta youth shut pipeline valve
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: The accountability gap in refugee protection
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: New Nigerian leader faces catalogue of crises
CORRUPTION: Niger parliament votes out government over corruption
DEVELOPMENT: Farm subsidies a taboo at G8
HEALTH AND HIV/Aids: One million southern Africans in need of treatment
EDUCATION: Donors failing children in conflict states
LGBTI: Africa’s gays and lesbians combat bias
ENVIRONMENT: Uganda acts to save rain forests
LAND & LAND RIGHTS: Report on Rwanda’s Batwa
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: 24-hour network launched
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Programme for low-cost PCs launched
PLUS: e-newsletters and mailings lists; fundraising and useful resources; courses,
seminars and workshops, jobs and books and publications

*Pambazuka News now has a Del.icio.us page, where you can view the various websites that we visit to keep our fingers on the pulse of Africa! Visit