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1.	Somalia: Militants sneer at African Union
	Author: Abdulkadir Khalif	Date Written: 29 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Daily Nation, Kenya
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke
	Key Words: Somalia, Al-Shabaab, African Union, militancy,
	Summary & Comment: Sheikh Ali Dhere, the spokesman of al Shabaab whose radical Islamic group vehemently opposes the transitional government in Somalia, sneered at the outcome of the African Union summit. He doesn’t believe that Amisom received the level of troop support necessary to keep the peace in Somalia. He also accuses Amisom of shelling innocent people. DH
2.	Tanzania: Man to die for killing Albino girl
	Author: Sheilla Sezzy	Date Written: 27 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The Citizen
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz
	Key Words: Tanzania, Albino, persecution, death,
	Summary & Comment: On-going persecution of albino people in Tanzania has now led to a conviction for the killing of an albino girl. Cultural beliefs and practises have ostracised the albino population for many years. DH
3.	Somalia: AU ministers agree to ’Take On’ Al Shabaab
	Author: Charles Kazooba	Date Written: 26 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The East African
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke
	Key Words: Somalia, African Union, peace keeping,
	Summary & Comment: In advance of the AU summit, AU ministers agree to change the mandate of the AMISOM troops in Somalia in an effort to tackle the Al-Shabaab militia. United States and Britain could add their support in the form of "logistics" following Al-Shabaab’s bombings in Kampala. DH
4.	Uganda: First war crimes trial
	Author: Bill Oketch	Date Written: 21 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Institute for War & Peace Reporting
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://iwpr.net/
	Key Words: Uganda, war crimes, LRA, ICC,
	Summary & Comment: Ex-LRA commander, Thomas Kwoyelo, is to be tried in a Kampala court for kidnap and intent to murder in a precedent-setting case. But there is uncertainty over new legislation that makes this trial possible. President Museveni has signed the controversial ICC bill. DH
5.	Uganda: Rwandan refugees forced to leave
	Author: RLP Press Release, Kampala	Date Written: 15 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Refugee Law Project , Makerere University
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.refugeelawproject.org
	Key Words: Uganda, Rwanda, refugees, conflict,
	Summary & Comment: The International Refugee Rights Initiative and the Refugee Law Project together condemn the forced removal of Rwanda refugees from camps to send them back to Rwanda. RLP claims that the Ugandan government is in breach of its own Citizenship and Immigration Act. Those returning to Rwanda still fear persecution there. DH
6.	Uganda: Time to pull out of Somalia?
	Author: Kakungulu-Mayambala	Date Written: 14 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: Daily Monitor, Uganda
	Secondary Category: AU/NEPAD	Source URL: http://www.monitor.co.ug/
	Key Words: Uganda, Somalia, Al Shabaab, terrorism,
	Summary & Comment: Following atrocities in Kampala days after committing more troops to Somalia, Uganda debates whether all troops should be withdrawn. With Al Shabaab now threatening Burundi, who also have troops in Somalia, the African Union seriously needs to consider its role in there. DH
7.	Tanzania: Zanzibar prepares for elections
	Author: Ray Naluyaga	Date Written: 11 July 2010
	Primary Category: Eastern Region	Document Origin: The Citizen
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/
	Key Words: Tanzania, Zanzibar, CUF, elections,
	Summary & Comment: As Zanzibari President Karume finishes his second and final term in office, Zanzibar looks forward to the October elections. Vice President Shein’s nomination is welcomed as many look forward to a period of lasting peace and national unity between the Isles. DH

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1. KENYA: Claim Disputed that Trade Measures "Aid" Counterfeiters
   A major pharmaceutical company in Kenya alleges that special trade measures to make medicines available in poor countries create "loopholes" for counterfeit medicines to enter the market – a claim that health rights advocates refute.
2. HEALTH: Uganda Authority Finding Less Counterfeit Drugs
   Uganda's National Drug Authority (NDA) says the failure rate among samples of medicines tested at their laboratories has fallen by 15 percent from the early 2000s. This serves as a possible indication of a drop in the availability of counterfeit medicines in the East African country.
3. Boycott Cedes Power To Burundi's Ruling Party
   The coalition of 11 major opposition parties which boycotted July 23 national assembly elections will also boycott elections to the senate on July 28. The Alliance of Democrats for Change, as the coalition is known, claims that two previous polls - to elect Burundi's district administrators and the president - were characterised by "massive fraud".
4. KENYA: Jury Still Out on Traditional Birth Attendants
   The government of Kenya has been encouraging women to deliver in hospital. Home deliveries by traditional birth attendants are considered to be a major contributor to maternal deaths.
5. SOUTHERN AFRICA: Youth Vulnerable to Violence
   James Banda, 27, is an unemployed youth although he occasionally is hired to act as a bus conductor at Lusaka's Kulima Tower Bus Station. He may not have a permanent job, but it is easy to find him. Anyone looking for him just has to go to the bus station and ask. Everyone knows who he is. Banda, or ‘ba-Jay' as people call him, is a young man who commands a lot of respect from his friends – he is a thug for hire.