Links to various items from, in almost all cases, the past day:
(See also, most recently, last night's batch.)
"Conditional cash transfers might be premature, says paper" (IRIN)
"Spend more on health, less on wars, African countries urged" (DPA)
"AU official raps Africa over slow progress on health" (Reuters; related)
"Africa's health systems at 'crisis levels'" (SAPA; related)
"AU: Africa can improve health" (also SAPA; related)
"Africa's health: Rely less on donors, conference told" (also SAPA; related)
"Eliminating the 'disease of the poorest of the poor'" (IRIN; concerning lymphatic filariasis)
"Africa 'needs regional networks to fight warming'" (by Reuters' Daniel Wallis)
"Climate change will impede development, warn experts" (IRIN; related)
"Africa is continent most vulnerable to impact of the climate change, say officials" (AP; related)
"Death toll from Mogadishu clashes tops 1,000" (by Reuters' Sahal Abdulle)
"Somalis, Aid Groups Count Casualties in Recent Violence" (by VOA's Cathy Majtenyi; related)
"Mogadishu clashes 'killed 1,000'" (BBC; related)
"More than 1,000 killed in attack on Mogadishu, report says" (DPA; related)
"Report: 1,000 People Killed in Somalia" (AP; related)
"Somali clan says 1,086 killed" (Al Jazeera; related)
"Somalia clan elders count their dead" (SAPA/AFP; related)
"Eritrea dismisses US charge it destabilises Somalia" (by Reuters' Jack Kimball)
"Ethiopia Acknowledges Holding 41 Foreign Terrorist Suspects" (VOA)
"Ethiopia admits terror detentions" (by the BBC's Amber Henshaw; related)
"Ethiopia acknowledges terror detainees" (AP; related)
"Ethiopia admits detaining more than 40 suspected terrorists" (DPA; related)
"Terrorism a 'danger to national security'" (SAPA/AFP; related)
"CPJ Concerned About Journalists Still in Detention" (by VOA's James Butty; also concerning Ethiopia)
"Kenyan Constitutional Review Talks Finally Begin" (by VOA's Peter Clottey)
"Kenya restarts charter review ahead of 2007 poll" (Reuters; related)
"Controversy Over Orange Symbol" (by VOA's Peter Clottey; also concerning Kenya)
"Extremist stands trial in France" (SAPA/AFP; concerning Algeria)
"Four suspected bombers killed in Casablanca" (Reuters)
"One Officer, Three Suspected Terrorists Killed in Morocco" (VOA; related)
"'Bombers' die in Casablanca raid" (BBC; related)
"Terror suspects killed in Morocco" (AP; related)
"Two bombers kill themselves, a third shot dead by Moroccan police" (AFP; related)
"Three suicide bombers, policeman die in Moroccan chase" (DPA; related)
"Suicide blasts rock Casablanca" (Al Jazeera; related)
"Moroccan bus crash kills 12, hurts 43" (Reuters)
"Mauritania readmitted to African Union" (AFP)
"Guinea-Bissau President Appoints New PM" (VOA)
"Guinea-Bissau's president appoints new prime minister" (AP; related)
"Guinea-Bissau president appoints consensus premier" (Reuters; related)
"Guinea-Bissau leader names new prime minister to end impasse" (AFP, reprinted on ReliefWeb; related)
"U.N. reviews Ivory Coast force, says no cut yet" (by Reuters' Loucoumane Coulibaly)
"In Cameroon, a tabloid director faces criminal charges" (CPJ press release)
"Ransom demanded for two Turks kidnapped in Nigeria" (AFP)
"Nigerian Opposition Party Hopeful VP Will Be Cleared for Elections" (by VOA's Peter Clottey)
"Nigerian opposition presidential candidates to meet over polls" (AFP)
"Unity calls from Nigeria opposition" (Al Jazeera; related)
"DR Congo ex-rebel Bemba flies for treatment in Portugal" (by Reuters' Joe Bavier)
"DR Congo Senate says ex-rebel Bemba can go to Portugal" (by Reuters' Lubunga Bya'Ombe [from earlier]; related)
"Bemba allowed to leave DR Congo" (BBC; related)
"Bemba of DR Congo Allowed to Leave for Portugal" (DPA; related)
"Official: Ex-warlord free to leave DR Congo to seek medical care abroad" (AP; related)
"Bemba 'free to leave' DR Congo" (Al Jazeera; related)
"Witness testifies she was raped 4 times" (AP; concerning Rwanda and Canada)
"UN suspends exhibit on Rwanda genocide, over Armenian killings" (DPA)
"Objections Lead U.N. to Delay Genocide Exhibit" (by Warren Hoge of the "New York Times"; related)
"After devastating cyclones, UNICEF and partners step in to help Madagascar" ("official" UNICEF story)
"'Our holiday in hell'" (South Africa's "Cape Argus"; concerning Mozambique)
"Waste Not, Want Not" (IPS; concerning Malawi)
"Divers search for bodies in Lake Malawi" (SAPA/AFP)
"Zimbabwe soldier charged with killing suspected border jumper" (DPA)
"Zimbabwean Government Taxed Over Levying Duties in Hard Currency" (VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"Save Zimbabwe Campaign Calls Prayer Meeting Saturday in Bulawayo" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"US Rejects Zimbabwe Terror Allegations, Deplores Continuing Political Violence" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"Zimbabwe Ruling Party Could Foil South African Mediation, Analysts Caution" (also VOA's "Studio 7 for Zimbabwe")
"S. Africa finmin eyes black empowerment review" (Reuters)
"Black empowerment 'needs review'" (BBC; related)
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