In Part I of Pambazuka News published yesterday we featured:

ANNOUCEMENTS: Pambazuka News celebrates its 300th issue
FEATURES: Sam Kebele asks whether Zimbabwe’s civil society is ready to act
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- An interview with the Zimbabwean feminist activist Shereen Essof
- Raj Patel provides background to the recent hunger strike by five Abahlali members
LETTERS:
- Nicholas Watson presents a cultural paradigm for Liberia’s reconstruction
- Innocent Ukabam responds to Ike Okonta’s piece on the Nigerian elections
- Sharie Blanton on Grace Kwinje's article 'The woman in me'
PAN-AFRICAN POSTCARD:
BLOGGING AFRICA: Nigerian elections; environment riots in Uganda; language policy in Senegal
BOOKS & ARTS:
- Poem by Annie Quarcoopome; review of the film Yes I Am; call for submissions from Kenyan writers
AFRICAN MONITOR: Countdown to AU and CSO activity around the 'continental government' debate

Today in Links and Resources, we feature:

WOMEN AND GENDER: The African Charter of Feminist Principles
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Algerians in shock after attacks
HUMAN RIGHTS: DRC soldiers ‘rape and execute civilians’
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: UN cuts food rations to 1 million Ugandans
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Rigged ballots intercepted in Nigeria
CORRUPTION: World Bank board delays decision on Wolfowitz
DEVELOPMENT: Inequalities and equity in Africa
HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS: HIV rates go up in Namibia
EDUCATION: Rural education suffers in Zimbabwe
LGBTI: Botswana rights group protests ill-treatment
RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA: Ugandan president reassures Asian community
ENVIRONMENT: Resistance to illegal logging in Mozambique
LAND & LAND RIGHTS: Land allocations suspended in Kenya
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Assassinated Burkinabe journalist commemorated
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Special computer developed for rural schools
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