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FEATURED: Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja talks to Pambazuka News about the strategic importance of DRC
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Inviolata celebrates life, and yet another birthday, in Kenya, where over 600 people die from HIV/AIDS every day
- With everyone being football crazy, what gets hidden from the news is that World Cup will also lure unsuspecting girls and women from Africa
- and with the migration of players from Africa to the west, soon Africa will be winning every World Cup
- Uproar about the removal of the Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Human Right Commission has led to worldwide condemnation
LETTERS: Msake Kane writes to advise caution in attributing misogynistic phenomena to Islam
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD: Will Tajudeen Abdul Raheem be late with his postcard now that he's working for the UN?
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine rounds up the African blogosphere
BOOKS AND ARTS: SOAWR publish Breathing Life into the African Union Protocol on Women's Rights in Africa
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Great activity at the AU Summit in Banjul means that we have an extra long section this week
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: AK47 are the world's worst regulated weapon
HUMAN RIGHTS: As Optional Protocol against Torture enters into force, Zimbabwe police go on rampage of torture and brutality
WOMEN AND GENDER: UN finds women heads of household destitute
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Refugees help Zimbabwe out of health crisis
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Mauritania gives thumbs up to new constitution
DEVELOPMENT: In desperation, Zimbabweans turn into entrepreneurs
CORRUPTION: Another Kenyan anti-corruption activist sacked
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Cholera death toll rises in Guinea
EDUCATION: Kenya calls for free secondary education
ENVIRONMENT: WHO claims environmental exposure cause 25% of deaths
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Exodus-Kutoka net online
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: South Africa state media bans commentators
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: African parliamentarians catching up on internet technologies
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