FEATURE: Hakim Adi examines the wider historical context of the abolition of the slave trade in Britain
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
- Ken Banks on mobile phone technology for monitoring elections
- Kola Ibrahim argues that solutions to Nigeria's problems cannot be solved by the ballot box
- Adetokunbo Borishade calls for an African-centred curriculum in the new Liberia
LETTERS: responding to the article published last week: 'Slavery ain't dead – it's manufactured in Liberia's rubber'
BLOGGING AFRICA: Violence against women; power of the gun; hip hop and racism
BOOKS AND ARTS: Zimbabwe at 27: Echoing Silences by Alexander Kanengoni
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: Interview with Joseph Yav on why there can be no continental union without peace and security

WOMEN AND GENDER: SOAWR Update on protocol on the rights of women in Africa
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Sudan, Chad sign reconciliation deal
HUMAN RIGHTS: New report on the world’s minorities
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Housing for Burundi’s returnees
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Touré wins Mali elections
AFRICA AND CHINA: African perspectives on China in Africa – book review
CORRUPTION: Transparency International releases country studies
DEVELOPMENT: Zimbabwe maize price goes up 680 per cent
HEALTH AND HIV/Aids: HIV positive people ignored in prevention campaigns
EDUCATION: The case against the IMF
LGBTI: The plight of rape survivors
ENVIRONMENT: Activists decry loan approval for Ugandan dam
LAND & LAND RIGHTS: Indigenous People of Africa speaks out
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Press freedom declined in Africa
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Prison reform and the rule of law in Haiti
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Taking information technology to rural schools in Kenya
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