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PeaceLink Africa - Newsletter "News From Africa"

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Articles published since 18 August 2006

Uganda
PREPARING TO START A NEW LIFE
An uneasy calm has returned to most parts of northern Uganda, 20
years after the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) launched its war against
the Ugandan government.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10768.html

Uganda
GOV'T AND REBELS SURE OF AN END TO 20-YEAR CONFLICT
Both the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) were
upbeat on Monday about a peaceful end to their 20-year-old war that
has killed thousands and displaced almost two million people in the
north of the country.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10766.html

Zambia
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND WESTERN MEDICINE
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10767.html

South Africa
''CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS'' OVER ARVS
South Africa could face "a grave constitutional crisis" that could
leave judges considering whether they should "continue on the bench",
the Durban High Court said on Monday August 28/06 . A court ordered
government to speed up treatment of prisoners at Westville prison. A
Government spokesman said the issue was whether a court should be able
to determine an aspect of government policy.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10764.html

Peace Efforts
ALL SET FOR THE 7TH NAIROBI INTERNATIONAL PEACE RALLY
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10765.html

Sudan
GOVERNMENT TROOP BUILD-UP IN DARFUR SIGNALS LOOMING HUMAN RIGHTS
CRISIS
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10763.html

AU/NEPAD
MEDIA AND THE NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT: WHICH WAY FOR
THE AFRICAN MEDIA?
On seeing the ubiquitous TV images of ... the horrors of hurricane
Katrina in the US, some bloggers and phone-in enthusiasts in Africa
confessed that they initially thought that this was another
catastrophe taking place on the continent.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10762.html

Sudan
A CRISIS WITHIN A CRISIS
"Over the past few months, humanitarian organizations in Darfur have
become the focus of armed attacks, forcing a suspension of
humanitarian activities in certain areas. ACT-Caritas water committees
continued to work during the suspensions, providing clean water to
their communities. But if the pattern of violence is sustained, will
they be able to cope?"
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10761.html

Africa
OVER ONE MILLION RECEIVE TREATMENT
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10760.html

Ethiopia
COUNTING THE COST OF THE FLOODS
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10759.html

Zimbabwe
SHAKY START TO NEW CURRENCY
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10758.html

DRC
RUN-OFF CALLED AS DRC POLLS FAIL TO SEPARATE KABILA AND BEMBA
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10757.html

Cote d' Ivoire
UN CONDEMNS NATION'S PRISON CONDITIONS
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday
issued a scathing report on the country's penitentiary system, saying
people were being held in overcrowded, unsanitary, crumbling prisons,
with severe malnutrition a leading cause of death.
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_10756.html