First off all I wish to congratulat you on you growing newsletter. Growing in subscriptios, lenght, depth and most of all in quality. Reading your newsletter is almost enough to be posted on the international matters that matter. Despite all the the satisfaction I get from your newsletter, however, I do have 1 suggestion about the lay out: Is it possible to deliver your newsletter in a more reader friendly lay out, as a word document attached for instance?

WE REPLY: We very consciously designed the newsletter so that it is accessible to users that can read only plain text e-mail messages. The feedback from African subscribers has been, by and large, very positive since it provides them with all the information they need on a weekly basis in a single e-mail. Sending attachments creates problems for many of our subscribers in Africa. Also, not everyone has HTML enable email software, so we need to find a solution that will not exacerbate the digital divide. We welcome suggestions from our subscribers!