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Articles published since 15 May 2008

Kenya
PROPOSED TRUTH COMMISSION BILL SERIOUSLY FLAWED
Kenya's draft bill to establish a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation
Commission is flawed and should be amended, Human Rights Watch said
today. Human Rights Watch urged parliament to revise the bill before
it becomes law. 
Tue 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11038.html

Southern Africa/Zimbabwe
MDC ALLEGES MILITARY PLOT TO ASSASSINATE TSVANGIRAI
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11035.html

Johannesburg, South Africa
MORE DEATHS AS SOUTH AFRICA XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ESCALATE
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11036.html

Northern Africa
NORTH-SOUTH CLASHES RESURGE IN ABYEI
Khartoum, Sudan, 
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11037.html

Kampala, Uganda
UGANDA'S LRA ABDUCTS AT LEAST 100 CHILDREN
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11034.html

Uganda
UGANDAN GOVERNMENT BACKS OFF CUSTOMARY LAND
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11030.html

Kenya 
KENYAN PREMIER SUPPORTS AMNESTY OVER POST-POLL VIOLENCE 
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11031.html

Southern Africa
MDC LAUNCHES RUNOFF CAMPAIGN WITHOUT TSVANGIRAI 
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11032.html

Johannesburg, South Africa
DEATHS TOLL HITS 12 IN SOUTH AFRICA XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS 
Tue, 20 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11033.html

Zimbabwe
POLICE BAN TSVANGIRAI HOMECOMING RALLY IN BULAWAYO 
By Phillip Emase
Sat, 17 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11026.html

Kenya 
CABINET REJECTS GRAND OPPOSITION PLAN 
By Phillip Emase
May 16, 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11025.html

Burundi 
COFFEE FARMERS RECEIVE 44% PRICE RAISE 
By Phillip Emase
May 16, 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11024.html

Kenya
THE POLITICS OF IDPS
As the government embarks on a process to resettle the internal
refugees uprooted from their homes by post-election violence, human
rights activists are calling for a more humane approach.
Friday, 16 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11020.html


Burundi
LAST REBEL GROUP ACCEPTS PEACE DEAL
Friday, 16 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11021.html

Kenya 
ELECTORAL CHIEF SAYS KIBAKI REJECTED PROPOSALS FOR FAIR POLL
Friday, 16 May 2008
http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_11022.html