Nigerian MP: Lawmakers Offered Bribe
to Change Constitution
Opposition elements are
mobilizing to challenge proposed change in country's
constitution
Former Ivory Coast President Launches
New Bid
Henri Konan Bedie, has launched a new bid to
reclaim the presidency in possible elections later this year
Oxfam: Pledges to Africa Have Not
Materialized
Oxfam says there has been some
advancement on aid and debt relief, but trade imbalances and arms
dealing issues have not been adequately addressed
Suspects in Arms Case Held
Incommunicado, Central Figure Linked to Zimbabwe Police
Authorities hold suspects in the murky case incommunicado, while
those familiar with the alleged ringleader say the former Rhodesian
soldier was closer to police than to the opposition
UN Moves Sudanese Refugees Away from
Chad-Sudan Border
UNHCR spokeswoman says first
group of about 3,000 Sudanese refugees will be relocated from Am Nabok
later this month
African Union Extends Darfur Mission
Through September
Decision will give AU more
time to break impasse over whether UN should take over peacekeeping
mission
16,000 Sudanese Refugees to be Moved
Further Inland in Chad
UNHCR says lack of water,
insecurity among reasons for relocation
Military Model Proposed to Combat
Infectious Disease
U.S. Defense laboratories have
tools to track diseases like avian flu virus and help control
spreading
Global Measles Deaths Plunge by Nearly
Half Over Past Six Years
WHO and
UNICEF report deaths fell from 871,000 in 1999 to 454,000 in
2004
WHO Presents Plan to Contain Bird Flu
Spread
World Health Organization warns millions of
people could die if H5N1 virus in birds mutates into form that could
spread easily among humans
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