Evelyn Lirri (Daily Monitor)-- African heads of state yesterday adopted eight new resolutions on addressing maternal and child deaths across the continent including renewing an earlier commitment made in Abuja in 2001.
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(Irũngũ Houghton)-- When the East African caravan set out for Kampala from Nairobi on 3 July, little did they imagine they would capture the attention of thousands of men and women across East Africa and elsewhere in Africa. As they travelled the thousands of kilometres through Arusha, Mwanza, Kigali, Kabale, Masaka, Mbarara and Kampala, the testimonies they heard in towns, villages, dispensaries and hospitals has brought urgency to the horrific statistics.
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(AU Monitor)-- Women living and working in non-urban areas from 16 countries across Africa finished their two day conference held in Entebbe, Uganda between 21-22 July 2010 as part of the on going civil society consultations prior to the 15th ordinary summit of the heads of State and government of the African Union scheduled to begin on 25 July.
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(Public notice)--Events that are taking place at the 15th ordinary session of the African Union summit in Kampala, Uganda between 20-27 July 2010.
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