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1.	Mali: Migrant rights updates
	Author: edited by William Minter	Date Written: 6 August 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: Southern Region	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: Mali, migrant rights, updates, Libya, Morocco, Algeria,
	Summary & Comment: Almost every African country may be simultaneously a destination country, a sending country, or one with migrants stranded in the middle. This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains two reports by Kidane and Lenoir, one on the deportees in Mali, and the other on the formation of the Pan African Network in Defense of Migrant Rights, which held its inaugural . . . [expand]
2.	La Maison Blanche ouverte à l’Afrique de demain
	Author: Jean-Louis Pourtet à Washington	Date Written: 4 August 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: RFI
	Secondary Category: Youth & Children	Source URL: http://www.rfi.fr/afrique
	Key Words: la Maison Blanche, l’Afrique de demain,
	Summary & Comment: A l’occasion du cinquantenaire des indépendances africaines le président américain invite 120 jeunes Africains à la Maison Blanche. DN
3.	Causes and effects of human trafficking
	Author: Ade Adenekan	Date Written: 10 July 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: Pan African Reconciliation Centre Journal
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://pafrec.org
	Key Words: human trafficking, causes, effects, slavery,
	Summary & Comment: Trafficking in persons is a serious threat to human security and economic development. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children are forced by ever-worsening environmental, economic, and social circumstances into situations of labor and sexual exploitation both within and outside the African continent every year. To bring this to a halt the . . . [expand]
4.	World Cup: African teams performance boils down to leadership
	Author: Luís Samacumbi	Date Written: 7 July 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: Luis Samacumbi
	Secondary Category: AU/NEPAD	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org
	Key Words: World Cup, leadership, identification, motivation.
	Summary & Comment: "Once things start working at the top they tend to filter downwards as there is a respect for institutions and what they stand for. Maybe the coming generation will give us the answer by bringing a new blend of leadership that connects with our people. Africa should realize that a coach is a leader; he requires skills and mastery of his subjec . . . [expand]
5.	Book notes - 2010 list
	Author: edited by William Minter.	Date Written: 6 July 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: books, notes, African publishers,
	Summary & Comment: This AfricaFocus contains a diverse selection of recent books likely to be of interest and new to AfricaFocus readers. You will find new books by Africa’s distinguished elders, selected new books from Africa World Press, HSRC Press, and Aflame Books, mystery novels, and books on topical themes. DN
6.	AEFJN: Forum d’action N° 53
	Author: various, Newsletter N° 53	Date Written: 30 June 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: Reseau Foi et Justice Afrique Europe
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://aefjn@aefjn.org
	Key Words: AEFJN, Forum d’action, armes,
	Summary & Comment: Le FORUM d’Action n° 53. Les thèmes - armes, santé, responsabilité moral, le changement climatique - sont mis en évidence d’après les orientations du Plan d’Action d’AEFJN. P. Albert Perrier, Spiritain
7.	AEFJN Forum for action N° 53
	Author: various, Newsletter Number 53	Date Written: 30 June 2010
	Primary Category: Africa General	Document Origin: Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.aefjn.org
	Key Words: AEFJN, forum for action,
	Summary & Comment: The articles of the new Forum for Action number 53 are presented according to the priorities of the AEFJN Plan of Action; namely, arms, health, corporae responsibility, and climate change. F Albert Perrier, Spiritan

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Pambazuka News :Pan-African Postcard

1. It’s a new day, the sun is shining, we’ve made it!
   Following the approval of Kenya’s new constitution, L. Muthoni Wanyeki discusses the constitutional referendum voting process, the road to the new constitution, and what must happen next to ensure the new constitution is observed.
2. The new media face of the peace movement
   The peace movement in US may no longer be demonstrating on the streets, writes but it isn’t dead, it has simply moved online. Horace Campbell looks at how a new generation of activists is harnessing electronic networks to democratise information and expose attempts by government and corporate interests to control public narrative about war, with reference to 'the game-changing effects of WikiLeaks'.
3. Beware, they're waiting to subvert the constitution
   The official outcome of Kenya’s constitutional referendum will not be known until 6 August, but Muthoni Wanyeki outlines three scenarios for what could happen once the final results are announced.
4. No woman should die giving life, no man should watch women die
   - http://www.flickr.com/photos/hdptcar/2530914336/The recent AU Summit in Kampala has brought to light the shocking lack of readily available health services for women in Africa, endangering women’s well-being and resulting in tragically high numbers of women dying in childbirth, writes Irungu Houghton. Houghton brings the devastating statistics into focus, and scrutinises both government and society in the facilitation of a failure in the battle for gender equality and the right to reliable health care for all on the continent.
5. As campaigns end, there's a smell of a ‘Yes’ vote in the air
   With less than one week to go before Kenya’s constitutional referendum, Muthoni Wanyeki has the sense that the country is going to give the proposed constitution the go-ahead. Despite an initial dip, over the past month support for the document has risen to ‘well over the 50 per cent plus one mark required for it to pass,’ Wanyeki writes.