Roundup of Recent Non-Sudan Items
Links to various items from, in almost all cases, the past day:
(See also, most recently, last night's batch.)
"Poor nations must control booming cities - U.N." (by Reuters' Daniel Wallis)
"Health, environment threatened by future urban growth" (IRIN; related)
"Canadian Red Cross expands campaign against malaria in Africa" ("official" IFRC story)
"Experts Say Global Warming Likely to Affect Africa Most Severely" (by VOA's Scott Bobb)
"Merkel promises to put Africa on G8 agenda" (AFP)
"Merkel tells U2's Bono she'll push for Africa aid at G8 summit" (DPA; related)
"Italy urges united Africa aid" (SAPA/AFP)
"Treatment numbers growing, but universal access elusive" (IRIN PlusNews)
"WHO: More People With HIV/AIDS Getting Treatment" (by VOA's Lisa Schlein; related)
"HIV drugs 'still denied to many'" (BBC; related)
"AIDS ravages poor children needlessly - UN" (by Reuters' Laura MacInnis; related)
"Access to HIV therapy grew significantly in 2006, but significant obstacles remain to approaching universal access to HIV services" (UNICEF press release; related)
"Somali capital rocked by fresh clashes" (SAPA/AFP)
"Somali Interim Parliament Fires 31 Lawmakers" (VOA)
"Somali parliament fires 30 lawmakers for absenteeism" (AP; related)
"Training community workers to sustain pastoralist livelihoods" (IRIN; concerning Ethiopia)
"Campaign to free Ethiopia hostages" (by the BBC's Amber Henshaw)
"Kenya to Begin Shuttle Diplomacy Between Rivals Eritrea and Ethiopia" (by VOA's Alisha Ryu)
"Uganda police clash with opposition" (by Reuters' Tim Cocks)
"Ugandan police fire at protesters" (BBC; related)
"Ugandan police disperse opposition protesters with tear gas" (DPA; related)
"4 charged with murder after deaths in Ugandan protest" (AP)
"Three charged in Uganda over killing during riots" (DPA; related)
"Algeria bombings probably not suicide attacks, minister says" (DPA)
"One Algiers bomb 'remote controlled': interior minister" (AFP; related)
"Algeria militants urged to disarm" (BBC)
"Algerians rally against terror following deadly blasts" (AFP; related)
"Algerians march, stage rallies to denounce attacks" (by Reuters' Lamine Chikhi; related)
"Al-Qaida winning recruits in Algeria" (AP)
"20 nabbed over Moroccan blasts" (AFP)
"Bombers 'did not have clear targets'" (also AFP; related)
"UN's Ban to renew call for Western Sahara talks" (Reuters)
"War-torn Saharans reunited after 30-year wait" (by Reuters' Tom Pfeiffer)
"Niger school pupils kill soldier - ministry" (also Reuters)
"New G.-Bissau PM names opposition-dominated government" (AFP)
"Guinea-Bissau government named, reflecting alliance" (by Reuters' Alberto Dabo; related)
"Rival groups start dismantling buffer" (IRIN; concerning Ivory Coast)
"Security Concerns Arise as Ivory Coast Dismantles Buffer Zone" (by VOA's Kari Barber; semi-related)
"I. Coast on track for elections this year: South Africa" (AFP; semi-related)
"Local fishermen struggle to survive amidst foreign trawlers" (IRIN; concerning Sierra Leone)
"Scaling up Child Survival in Sierra Leone" (UNICEF press release)
"At least 18 dead in Ghana mine collapse" (SAPA/AFP)
"Cameroon police kill 7 armed bandits - state radio" (Reuters)
"Extremists kill 13 in northern Nigeria" (by Reuters' Daniel Flynn)
"Nigerian Police Say 13 Killed in Attack on Police Station" (VOA; related)
"Islamists attack Nigeria police" (BBC; related)
"Gunmen kill 13 in attack on Nigerian police station" (AFP; related)
"12 Nigerian police killed ahead of vote" (AP; related)
"Heavily armed gunmen kill at least 13 people in northern Nigeria" (DPA; related)
"Nigerian police killed in dawn raid" (Al Jazeera; related)
"Nigerian vice president to stand in presidential poll" (by Reuters' Tom Ashby)
"Nigerian opposition seeks poll delay over abuses" (also Reuters; related)
"Nigerian Election Official: Presidential Poll Will Proceed as Scheduled" (by VOA's Nico Colombant; related)
"Nigerian Electoral Body Says VP to Be on Presidential Ballot" (also VOA; related)
"Opposition Party Spokesman Reacts to Nigeria Court Ruling" (by VOA's Peter Clottey; related)
"Abubakar to contest Nigeria poll" (BBC; related)
"International fears ahead of Nigeria presidential vote" (AFP; related)
"Nigerian VP set take part in presidential election" (also AFP; related)
"Nigeria fears violent presidential vote" (also AFP; related)
"Nigerian opposition candidates disagree over election boycott" (DPA; related)
"Nigerian vice president set to contest weekend election" (also DPA; related)
"Nigeria: Vice President Is on Ballot" (AP; related)
"Nigeria Opposition Protests Looming Vote" (also AP; related)
"Nigeria’s Top Court Says Officials Illegally Excluded Candidate" (by Lydia Polgreen of the "New York Times")
"Nigeria opposition leader gets OK to run: Court allows Abubakar to compete in Saturday's presidential election" (by Robyn Dixon of the "Los Angeles Times"; related)
"Frustrated Nigerian candidate sees hope in revolt" (by Reuters' Estelle Shirbon)
"Observers reject many Nigerian poll results" (also Reuters; related)
"Nigeria's Chaotic Election Process Fuels Pessimism" (by VOA's Nico Colombant; related)
"Low-Level Voting Irregularities Mar Nigeria Election" (by VOA's Howard Lesser; related)
"Election unease in central Nigeria" (BBC; related)
"Nigeria bans political rallies amid protests" (SABC; related)
"Nigerian states face poll rerun" (by Dino Mahtani and William Wallis of the "Financial Times"; related)
"Polls Marred by Violence, Fraud" (HRW press release; related)
"Obasanjo says elections going relatively well - FT" (Reuters)
"Christian Boy Escapes from Muslim Kidnappers" (Compass Direct; also concerning Nigeria)
"Africans who seek new lives in Australia" (BBC; concerning DR Congo)
"South Africa wants an extension of UN peacekeeping mission in DR Congo" (DPA)
"SA uses its clout to persuade UN on DRC issue" (SAPA; related)
"Bemba journo released from prison" (SAPA/AFP; also concerning DR Congo)
"Burundi, Rwanda, DRC renew their cooperation after 14 years" (AFP, reprinted on ReliefWeb)
"Kilimanjaro's ice set to linger" (BBC)
"Mauritius turns wildlife clock back 400 years" (by Reuters' Ed Harris)
"Malawi Orphans Stone Journalists Covering Madonna" (VOA)
"Madonna visits adoption orphanage" (BBC; related)
"Malawian toddler Madonna wants to adopt visits his old orphanage" (AP; related)
"Orphans stone journalists as Madonna arrives" (SAPA/AFP; related)
"Stone-throwing fracas mars Madonna's Malawi visit" (Reuters; related)
"Being a 'Good Pupil' Can Be Bad for You" (IPS; also concerning Malawi)
"Sixty cases of MDR-TB detected in Swaziland" (SAPA/AFP)
"Zimbabwe targets aid groups as crackdown expands" (Reuters)
"Zimbabwe Orders All NGOs to Re-Register" (VOA; related)
"Zimbabwe to deregister NGOs" (Al Jazeera; related)
"Zimbabwe NGOs fear clampdown, SA reports 'some progress'" (DPA; related)
"Mugabe clamps down on aid groups" (by Jen Redshaw of the UK's "Times"; related)
"On the spot: aid groups fearful of Mugabe" (also by Jen Redshaw; related)
"Mugabe delists aid agencies 'over pro-imperialist bias'" (also "Times"; related)
"Alleging Foreign Influence, Harare Moves To Revoke NGO Registrations" (VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe"; related)
"US State Department Human Rights Report Raises Hackles In Harare" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe"; semi-related)
"Zimbabwe mediation at 'pre-dialogue' stage: South Africa" (AFP)
"There's some movement on Zimbabwe: Pahad" (SAPA; related)
"SA receives MDC draft on resolving Zimbabwe crisis" (SABC; related)
"Zimbabweans Face Another Bleak Independence Day" (by VOA's Tendai Maphosa)
"Weary Zimbabweans prepare for bleak 27th independence anniversary" (AP; semi-related)
"Mugabe: Blair wants me out" (AFP; semi-related)
"Zimbabwean exiles can't vote in 2008 polls: Electoral Commission" (DPA)
"Denmark urges SADC to pressure Mugabe to quit" (AFP)
"Mugabe critic in 'prophetic role'" (BBC; concerning Pius Ncube)
"Zimbabwe's turbulent archbishop" (also BBC; related)
"Anti-Mugabe archbishop accepts he may lose his life" (SAPA/AFP; related)
"Academic Organizers Suspended By Zimbabwe University Authorities" (VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"Zimbabwe Tennis Star Cara Black Reported Emigrating To South Africa" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"Southern African Civil Society Groups Mobilize Around Zimbabwe Crisis" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"State agents to blame for violence in Zim, says group" (ZimOnline, reprinted on ReliefWeb; related)
"South Africa's luxury Blue Train to be privatized: report" (DPA)
"The warm and the wily in race to lead ANC" (by Alec Russell of the "Financial Times")
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