• Rwanda-Uganda: Rights Workers Urge Kigali "To Look to the Future"
• Group Alleges Fresh Killings in Plateau
• Rabat seeking better ties with Algiers
• US investments in Algeria hit $1.5 billion
• Judge Garzon statements, 'unfounded' says Morocco's Islamist party
• SOUTHERN AFRICA:
  In Death's Face There's a Ray of Hope
• RWANDA: No Relief in Sight for Victims of Power Cuts
• Zambia: Refugees dig in heels against repatriation
• Zambia: Mwanawasa pardons 27 coup plotters
• South Africa to return to US arms market
• EU Freezes Sh4.7b Aid Over Scandal

• Sudanese Media Center reports 9 government soldiers, 29 rebels killed when latter attacked relief convoy in Darfur.
• UN’s Sudan envoy urges Security Council backing for steps to ease Darfur crisis
• U.S. Public Backs Force Against Sudan 'Genocide'
• 'Mercenaries' face Zimbabwe court
• Zimbabwe's court upholds paper's closure
• First sentences against Jangaweid members, Inter- Sudanese peace negotiations extended
• Kenya: State Shelves Media Bill
• Kenya: Poison Fears Delay Relief Food Distribution
• Kampala: Army Contests Unicef Child Abductee Estimates
• Chinese premier vows to enhance trade links with Namibia

Kenya: State Forms Team to Address Plight of Orphans:The Government has formed a national steering committee to address the growing numbers and plight of orphans and other vulnerable children. The committee's main task will be to spearhead the National Rapid Assessment Analysis and Action Planning Process for orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV/Aids.

Eritrea: Hundreds of Thousands of Children Living in Extreme Poverty: UNICEF said in a humanitarian update that an estimated 425,000 children under 14 years of age were affected, mostly in families that were largely dependent on and headed by women.