LAST ISSUE UNTIL AUGUST 24: Pambazuka News will be taking a three-week break to enable staff to do research and take some rest. The next edition of Pambazuka News will therefore be on Thursday, August 24.

FEATURED: The DRC elections won’t hide the need for long term justice and reconciliation, writes Theodore Kasongo Kamwimbi
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- More than a year after the Ethiopian elections, Erkyihun Lagere urges the country to move forward towards 2010 elections
- Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed argues that the current Middle East crisis has ignited dangerous tensions
- Strategic Initiatives for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network details the difficulties faced by women in Somalia
LETTERS: on colonialists vs China, the Middle East, the DRC, the PAP and free lunches
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD:
BLOGGING AFRICA: Blogs on Ethiopia, Somalia, Lebanon, slavery and pidgin
BOOKS AND ARTS: Shailja Patel pays tribute to Bi Kidude, 95-year old Zanzibari musical phenomenon
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Judges and impunity statement from the Coalition for the Establishment of An Effective African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, DRC, Somalia, Kenya
HUMAN RIGHTS: Domestic workers abused worldwide, says Human Rights Watch report
WOMEN AND GENDER: Food and Agriculture Organisation report says gender critical in dealing with climate change
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Zimbabwe exodus floods South Africa
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Former Zanu-PF top dog reveals poll-fixing secrets
DEVELOPMENT: Landmark South African court case tests water privatisation
CORRUPTION: Global Witness report on corruption in the DRC mining industry
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Swaziland text messaging campaign on HIV/AIDS causes fury
EDUCATION: Radio used to educate orphans in Rwanda
ENVIRONMENT: More oil leaks plague Niger Delta
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: HIV/Aids, hunger and the Mozambique Land Law
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Outspoken Tunisian human rights activist beaten
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Human rights and the information society
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