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Articles published since 4 August 2006

Sudan
DARFUR NEEDS A UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE THAT CAN PROVIDE SECURITY FOR
CIVILIANS
Only a renewed and determined engagement by the UN and the
international community can offer hope for an end to the people's
suffering.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10755.html

Sudan
SAVING DARFUR
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10660.html

Algeria
ALGERIA'S AMNESIA DECREE
Algeria: New Amnesty Law Will Ensure Atrocities Go Unpunished
In Algeria, the good news is that citizens no longer live in fear of
being butchered by Islamist militants at makeshift roadblocks, or of
being "disappeared" by hooded policemen who break down their front
doors. The national treasury, heavily indebted when the violence was
raging a decade ago, is now awash with petrodollars.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10661.html

Zimbabwe
SCHOOL FEE HIKE PROTESTORS RELEASED
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10676.html

Somalia
 EKING OUT A LIVING IN MOGADISHU
For Zehera Ali, the rain of bullets that showered Mogadishu when the
Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) seized control of the city in June was
just another episode of life in the war-ravaged city.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10754.html

Kenya-Somalia
 MORE REFUGEES ARRIVING
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10753.html

AIDS CONFERENCE: TIME TO TAKE STOCK
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10752.html

Africa
LOSS OF TEXTILE MARKET COSTS AFRICAN JOBS
The expiry of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) has led to the
closure of several textile factories in Africa and with it job
losses.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10751.html

Migrating to Europe
AFRICAN MIGRANT WORKERS FACE TOUGH CONDITIONS
It has not been a bed of roses for African labourers who leave their
countries in search of greener pastures in Europe. But it is time a
lasting solution to their plight was found.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10750.html

War on HIV/Aids
CONTROVERSY MARS SEARCH FOR AIDS CURE IN AFRICA
Pseudo-science and money mania have clouded past efforts aimed at
coming up with an Aids cure.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10749.html

Health and medicine
SECOND TIME LUCKY?
After the first vaccine trials failed to yield the desired results,
scientists did not give up and are currently involved in more
clinical trials.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10748.html