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COTE
D'IVOIRE'S NEW DISARMAMENT DEADLINE,
SUDAN - THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDS
ON DARFUR CRIMES, AND
LIBERIA - FOUR MONTHS TO ELECTIONS
 Parties
in the Cote D'Ivoire crisis agree to disarm by
the 20th of August or face AU and UN sanctions.
We examine the prospects of this new deadline
being obeyed.
And more ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair, campaigning strongly to place
African poverty and Africa's needs on the agenda of
the leaders of the G8, we ask the deputy head of the
UN Development Programme, Zephirin Diabre, what Africa
could really expect from the G8 Summit: "I
don't think we as Africans should spend our time expecting
others to come and solve our problems. It is a good
thing if our issues are being taken upfront by our partners.
But it goes without saying that the main responsibilities
for finding the solutions remain in the African."
And,
what about Africa's private sector: Former Nigerian
Minister for Industries and Chairman of the NEPAD Business
Group, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, says African businesses
are being ignored in the continent's development: "Ignoring
the private sector is a serious mistake. Political boundaries
have been established but business has no boundaries,
it goes where it increases its value."
Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen?
Why was the UN unable to prevent the killings
or stop the massacres? What lessons have been
learned? 
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