Contents: To Our Readers / Lennart Wohlgemuth -- Commentaries: Perspectives on the crisis in Darfur / Øystein H. Rolandsen -- The US and EU – Undermining regional economic integration in Africa / Margaret C. Lee -- Challenges to regional integration: The case of SADC / Henning Melber -- Research: Poverty and prosperity in contemporary African Christianity / Päivi Hasu -- State recuperation, resource mobilisation and conflict / Lars Buur -- Governance, culture and resistance in Zimbabwe / Björn Lindgren -- Banda’s hegemony in Malawi: Politics in song and dance / Reuben M. Chirambo -- Researching young Africans: An emerging field among Nordic scholars / Catrine Christiansen -- Conference reports: Conferences and meetings -- Report from conference on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights -- Publishing: Recent publications