FEATURES: Robtel Pailey questions the legitimacy of the special court for Sierra Leone and the trial of Charles Taylor
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:
-Wazir Mohammed reflects on the legacy of Walter Rodney
-Annwen Bates on the visual representations of the spectacle of aid in Africa
-Doreen Lwanga on DeBeers and blood-free diamonds
LETTERS:
- Takwa Suifon on Ochieng's article critically analysing poverty
- Matarr Njie on last week's Pan African Postcard 'Death of Nkrumah’s widow'
OBITUARY: Farewell, Sembene Ousmane
BLOGGING AFRICA: Review of East African blogs
BOOKS & ARTS: Poem by Annie Quarcoopome 'Unfinished Business'
AFRICAN UNION MONITOR: response to the G8; interview with Bougouma Diagne

PAN AFRICAN POSTCARD: Tajudeen says Khartoum is fooling the world - again
WOMEN AND GENDER: Women activists arrested in Zimbabwe
CONFLICT AND EMERGENCIES: Ethiopian troops attacked in Somalia
HUMAN RIGHTS: Focus on child labour in agriculture
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: Nigerian court frees Delta dissident
REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION: Cost of conflict in Western Sahara
ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE: Comorian island hold elections
AFRICA AND CHINA: Zoellick wants Beijing to heed the West
CORRUPTION: Deadline looms for Nigeria’s ex-governors
DEVELOPMENT: IMF calls for clearer Africa aid timetable
HEALTH AND HIV/Aids: New microbicide trials in South Africa
EDUCATION: Will e-learning make teachers redundant?
LGBTI: Namibia’s Gay Week set to attract straight community
ENVIRONMENT: East Africa bans plastic bags
LAND & LAND RIGHTS: Land returned in World Heritage site
MEDIA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Leading Congolese journalist gunned down
NEWS FROM THE DIASPORA: Barring Winnie Mandela form Canada
INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY: Zimbabwe’s exiles turn to the Web
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