* Editorial: Why Bush’s re-election is bad for the world and bad for Africa; Q&A on US and Africa
* Comment and Analysis: Unifem’s Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda explains why any approach to peace and security in the Great Lakes region must adopt a zero tolerance approach to sexual violence
* Letters: Reader views on income inequality and unity in the fight for global justice
* Pan-African Postcard: Our weekly columnist on the US election, fear and why failure has never deterred George Walker Bush
* Conflicts and Emergencies: UN Truth and Reconciliation Commission report reveals the experiences of children in conflict
* Women and Gender: The Kigali declaration calls for the enactment and enforcement of legislation that protects and upholds the human rights and dignity of women and girls
* Elections and Governance: It would be a mistake to characterise the acquittal of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai's as a reversal of Zimbabwe’s politics of oppression, warns Brian Raftopoulos
* Corruption: Maina Kiai from the Kenya National Human Rights Commission writes that strength, clarity and leadership are required to turn rhetoric into reality in the fight against corruption in Kenya
* HIV/AIDS: AIDS will be a moral issue for as long as its politics are defined by inequalities, argues Sanjay Basu from the Yale School of Medicine
* Environment: Does isolation still protect forest communities in Cameroon?
* Media and FXI: Environmental journalism still on the fringes of mainstream media in Africa