FEATURE: Jody Kollapen argues that the main challenge to the human rights framework is how society makes a connection between social values and human rights. We must interrogate whether that connection is obvious, and what prevents it, writes Kollapen.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Although Cape Town is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, it is a city characterized by inequality. Gael Reagon argues that Cape Town is being “enslaved and stratified according to who has material wealth and who does not.”
- In most African states, homosexuality is illegal. Juliet Victor Mukasa writes that in Africa, transgender people are punished and ostracised for being who they are.
- Joel Bisina explains that ecological devastation on the one hand, and neglect arising from crude oil production on the other hand, have left much of the Niger Delta desolate, uninhabitable, and poor.
OBITUARY: The incomparable Joseph Ki- Zerbo
PAN AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem cautions that we need to stop criminalizing other Africans as smugglers’, ‘aliens’, or ‘illegal immigrants’.
BLOGGING AFRICA: Sokari Ekine reports on the actions of multinational mining companies operating in Ghana.
BOOKS & ARTS: Female sex practices in Africa
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: WSF registration deadline extended
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Ministers propose 2007 as ‘year of science’ in Africa
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Links to news on Sudan, Somalia, Chad and the DRC
HUMAN RIGHTS: Army to probe human rights abuses in northeast Uganda
WOMEN AND GENDER: Creation of new UN agency for women
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Angolan refugees flee camps in Zambia for fear of repatriation
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: President Kabila sworn in
DEVELOPMENT: Diamonds, the curse of Africa
CORRUPTION: More needs to be done to fight South African corruption
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: Ugandan HIV/Aids campaign in crisis
EDUCATION: Africa’s hidden histories
ENVIRONMENT: First Horn of Africa regional environment meetings opens
LAND AND LAND RIGHTS: Grappling with land pressure
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Chad’s media goes on strike
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: World AIDS day, the free trade way
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