EDITORIALS: Horace Campbell writes on how Walter Rodney became the ‘prophet of emancipation’
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: The onslaught of the biotech industry is the new scramble for Africa, argues Nnimmo Bassey
- Chandrakant Patel asks if the vision of Bandung will mean new trade rules based on equity?
LETTERS: Reader views on capitalism as genocide, development pornography and press freedom
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: News on DRC secession, Somalia peacekeepers and the latest from Darfur
HUMAN RIGHTS: Soon-to-be announced winner of human rights award arrested and held in Sudan
DEVELOPMENT: Footballers challenge the G8 in Kenya and chicken farmers demand fair trade in Ghana
ENVIRONMENT: New trade talks threaten environmental laws
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Kenyan and Nigerian first ladies mark press freedom day by storming newsrooms, beating and arresting journalists
ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGNS: Call for the release of a Coke union worker arrested in Eritrea along with two others.
JOBS: Fahamu seeks advocacy and campaigns coordinator

* Would debt cancellation change your day-to-day life?

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Jubilee South Africa has come out strongly against a deal that would see local South African bank ABSA taken over by Barclays. "All of these and similar actions show that Barclays gave substantial support to the Apartheid regime. This support kept the doors open to international capital and kept mechanised infantry on the move in the townships and neighbouring countries. Pure and simple, this support increased the lifespan of Apartheid." Read the full text of Jubilee's press conference by clicking on the link below.

"The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Somaliland (CJPS) is concerned about the implications for human rights of statements made on 10 May by the Minister of the Interior, Ismail Adan Osman, during a conference to debate a proposed National Human Rights Commission. The comments, given prominent coverage by the local media yesterday, underline the government’s intolerance of criticism, and its determination to control the flow of information that reaches the outside world. The Coalition shares the desire of the government and public in Somaliland to attract international interest and investment. But it believes that sweeping unpleasant facts under the carpet, rather than confronting reality and addressing problems, is detrimental to the interests of Somaliland."