EDITORIAL: Femnet’s Christine Butegwa analyses what hope the ICC will bring for Darfur’s women
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Can protocols and legislation really be an effective weapon against gender discrimination? Asks Janah Ncube about SADC gender policy
- Thabo Mbeki gets a poor report from Mohau Pheko and Lebohang Pheko for his state of the nation address
- John Christensen writes about how Africa’s resources are looted through capital flight and tax avoidance
- Mona Prince, an Egyptian woman writer, flies to the US and experiences “homeland security” first hand
- Zimbabwe: Voice of the People staff and directors arrested
LETTERS: Readers discuss whether trade in the era of globalization can be just
BLOGGING AFRICA: African blogs present their perspectives on the third term debate
CONFLICTS AND EMERGENCIES: Cartoon crisis protests spread to Africa
HUMAN RIGHTS: ICC to hear first Africa cases
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Forty days later: Remembering the victims of the Cairo refugee massacre
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: DRC hurtles towards April poll with 300 parties and 40 presidential candidates
WOMEN AND GENDER: Women’s empowerment crucial for representation in leadership
DEVELOPMENT: Corporate influence over WTO talks exposed in new report/ ‘Bamako Appeal’ promotes struggle against market-driven society
CORRUPTION: Groups question World Bank's role in troubled DRC mine
RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA: Malian killed in Russian street attack
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Nigerian bird flu outbreak
EDUCATION: Free primary education in Kenya having negative impact on early childhood development
ENVIRONMENT: GM debate fought on cotton fields of South Africa
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Newspaper group sorry for offending Muslims
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Haiti votes by candlelight
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