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U.S. Agency Commits U.S.$15 Million for Land, Education and Trade Reforms(AllAfrica.com)(Liberia) The Liberian government signed a grant agreement Tuesday with theMillennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), awarding U.S.$15 million to the country for

what is called a threshold program grant.

Health Personnel Lined Up for Blood Collection Training(Business Daily - Nairobi)(Kenya) A $2 million initiative seeking to improve laboratory services in Sub-SaharanAfrica has been launched under PEPFAR to reduce exposure to HIV and relateddiseases among medical personnel.

Kenya's constitutional vote on sharia courts pits Muslims against Christians(Washington Post)(Kenya) The U.S. ambassador to Kenya has publicly urged Kenyans to vote in favor ofthe proposed constitution, including the kadhis courts, arguing that passage is key tokeeping Kenya stable.

Rwandan president cleared to run for re-election(AFP)(Rwanda) President Paul Kagame will face three challengers in Rwanda's August 9presidential elections, the electoral commission announced Wednesday.

Entrepreneur Urges Washington to Include South African Apparels in AGOA(Voiceof America)(South Africa) The chief executive officer of the South Africa based TRUBOK, anapparel manufacturing company, has called on the U.S. government to open its vast

market to high quality garments produced in her country.

Eni, Snamprogetti to Pay Total $365 Million to Settle Bribery Charges (Wall StreetJournal)(Nigeria) Italy's Eni and its former Dutch unit Snamprogetti will pay a total $365million to settle charges by the U.S. SEC and Justice Department in an alleged scheme inwhich bribes were funneled to Nigerian government officials.
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Serbia sends first peacekeeping team to Africa(Xinhua)(Chad and Central African Republic) A Serbian medical team, which departed for Chadand the Central African Republic on Wednesday, represents the first time that Serbiahas participated independently in a United Nations peacekeeping mission, according to

a Government of Serbia statement.

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Darfur: UN-African Union mediator welcomes steps towards peace Aid shortfalls could deprive 32 million African children of an education UN

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WHEN/WHERE: Friday, July 9, 1:00 p.m., U.S. Institute of Peace

WHAT: Measuring Progress in Stabilizing War-Torn SocietiesWHO: Colonel John Agoglia, Discussant, Director, Counterinsurgency Training Center Afghanistan; Michael Dziedzic, Moderator, Senior Program Officer, U.S. Institute ofPeace; Barbara Sotirin, Discussant, Deputy Director for Global Security Affairs, TheJoint Staff; John McNamara, Discussant, Director, Office of Planning, Office of theCoordinator for Reconstruction and StabilizationInfo:http://www.usip.org/events/measuring-progress-in-stabilizing-war-torn-societies----------------------------------------------------------------------------------FULL ARTICLE TEXT

U.S. Agency Commits U.S.$15 Million for Land, Education and Trade Reforms(AllAfrica.com)

MONROVIA, Liberia The Liberian government signed a grant agreement Tuesdaywith the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), awarding U.S.$15 million to thecountry for what is called a threshold program grant.

The MCC is an independent U.S. government agency that assists countries deemed tobe effectively pursuing economic and political reform. It provides grants to countriesdemonstrating a commitment to good governance, economic freedom and investments

in their citizens. The grant for Liberia is for a three-year 'threshold program' focused onland rights and access, girls' primary education and trade policy.

"These areas represent key constraints to economic growth, identified by Liberiansthemselves as part of their own national development strategy," said Cassandra Butts,MCC senior advisor. She said the U.S. and Liberia partner on a number of fronts,including promoting democracy and good governance, and she thanked President Ellen
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Johnson Sirleaf for supporting the program, calling the Liberian leader "a beacon ofoptimism for Liberians and a model of progress for all Africa."

Through the threshold program, the MCC provides limited support to countries thatare on course to meeting its stringent eligibility criteria, which are required to qualify

for the next level of assistance, a five-year, large-scale compact.

The MCC signing event, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inMonrovia, was graced by a large U.S congressional delegation, most of whom lookeddelighted to be part of the occasion.

The chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, DonaldPayne (Democract-New Jersey), who spoke on behalf of the delegation, congratulatedJohnson Sirleaf and the people of Liberia for meeting the "strict criteria which warrantsthe threshold agreement," and he highlighted the importance of the specific areas the

grant money covers.

The delegation includes members of the House Democracy Partnership, chaired by Rep.David Price (Democrat-NC), which supports the development of democraticgovernments around the world.

Since the end of Liberia's civil war in 2003, land disputes have been a source of ongoingtension with worrisome potential to disrupt post-conflict peace. Payne welcomed theLiberian government's decision to prioritize land rights and access, warning that "untilthe land issue is resolved, we cannot have real true development."

Payne also endorsed the importance of girls' education and cited the president's ferventcommitment to female education, quipping that Johnson Sirleaf told him girls in Liberiaare now saying to the boys: "Don't tell me what to do, our president is a woman."

The U.S ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas Greenfield, admonished the Sirleafadministration to press forward with the MCC program towards the Compact stage,where she said the "true reward comes to those countries that actually cross thethreshold."

She cited the case of Ghana, Liberia's west African neighbor, which is receiving U.S.$547 million from the MCC. "It's that kind of money that could make a real difference. Itcould build miles of roads, bring electricity to thousands of people, and make a realdifference in the lives of so many Liberians," she said.

Out of the 19 MCC compacts signed to date, 12 are with African countries.


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The ambassador acknowledged that the path to an MCC Compact is not easy, stressingthat the MCC's byword is "accountability." She said the threshold program reflects U.S.confidence in and commitment to all that Liberia has achieved in five years. "Liberianow enjoys a free press, opened political debate, transparent budget, and ever-improving management of natural resources," she said.

For her part, Johnson Sirleaf thanked the congressional delegation for coming to Liberiaand the Obama administration for continuing the MCC program, which was created bythe United States Congress in January 2004 at the urging of former U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush.

She reiterated the importance of the grant's focus areas. Regarding land ownership,Sirleaf said she would like to see disputes resolved in a reasonable, rational and legalmanner, adding that land redistribution may be a part of the resolution process.

The president also spoke of the establishment of the Liberian Education Trust (LET) thatis providing scholarships for girls in order to breach the gender gap and is fundedprimarily by private institutions in the United States.

But there is more to be done, she said. "The problem is bigger than that, retaining themin school is the issue." While there may be many girls at the primary level now, she said,by the time they reach upper classes, they begin to drop out, due to poverty or sexualabuse. She said the MCC program will help her government tackle those problems.

Addressing the third MCC area, she said transitioning from a reliance on aid to

economic growth built around trade is "our trade policy and Africa's long termambition," adding that Liberia is committed to using its extensive natural resources tosustain its own development efforts.--------------------Health Personnel Lined Up for Blood Collection Training(Business Daily - Nairobi)

A $2 million initiative seeking to improve laboratory services in Sub-Saharan Africa hasbeen launched.

Becton and Dickinson (BD), a USA based biomedical technology company and PEPFAR(US President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief) launched the programme late lastmonth.

The project focuses on safer methods of drawing blood to reduce exposure to HIV andrelated diseases among medical personnel.


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It is carried out in collaboration with Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and NationalAids and Sexually Transmitted Infections Control Programme (Nascop) in Nyanza,Nairobi, Central and Rift Valley.

Training will be conducted at provincial and district hospitals.

BD's senior director for global health in pre-analytical systems, Renuka Gadde, talkedwith Business Daily.

What is the driving force behind the safe blood collection initiative in Africa?

BD has been carrying out safe blood collection campaigns globally for years. Theinitiative being piloted in Kenya came as a result of signing of a Memorandum ofUnderstanding between BD and PEPFAR to strengthen laboratory systems in five sub-Saharan Africa countries.

The pilot is being carried out in the local hospitals that were identified by the Ministryof Health, CDC and Nascop, the main organisations we are working with.

Vacutainer is safe equipment for drawing blood and has been in the global market since1948.

It is safer than the ordinary syringe both in terms of reducing chances for the healthworker contracting diseases while drawing specimen and the quality of the specimen ismaintained.

The device has two syringes, making it easier for the medical personnel to transferblood into a test tube as it goes directly to the vacuum tube from the patient.

This is important as cases of the medical staff injecting themselves while transferringthe specimen are reduced at the same time lowering chances of contamination.

How is it financed?

The total value of the initiative is $2 million and it is expected to run for three years.

BD has injected $1 million into the initiative being in terms of funds, human resourcesand curriculum to train local staff and worth of equipment to be used in the initiative.

Other funds are mainly from PEPFAR and other supporting organisations.

What can be said of the blood collection technology in Kenya?


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It could be harsh if I said that there is no safe blood collection in Kenya. There is highpotential for safe blood collection locally and even the new technology for bloodcollection is present in the country.

All that needs to be done is invest in training more medical personnel to embrace the

new technology and improve on safer use of the technology.

We are quite impressed that the initiative to train on safe blood collection has picked upwell and we are expecting more positive results.

At the end of the three-year initiative, what is the partnership hoping to achieve?

The core purpose of the initiative is to promote safer blood collection through newtechnology at the same time train medical personnel on safer handling of the blooddrawing technology.

At the lapse of the three years, achievements will be gauged on how best the safer bloodcollection mission has been achieved, to what extent has the risk of exposing medicalpersonnel to infection has the initiative been able to achieve and, of course, if the it hasenhanced accurate diagnosis by reducing instances of specimen contamination.

Our aim was to train few medical personnel who we expect should train others in theirrespective work stations.

The training should not stop after the initiative's term ends because through the support

of the Ministry of Health, the trained medical staff will be take over the role of trainersat their work stations.--------------------Kenya's constitutional vote on sharia courts pits Muslims against Christians(Washington Post)

NAIROBI -- For 13 years, Judge Mudhar Ahmed has worked in relative obscurity,issuing Muslim marriage certificates, divorcing Muslim couples and weighing in onMuslim inheritance disputes. Now, he's facing an issue unlike any he has seen. He hasone word to describe it: "Islamophobia."

Ahmed is the head of Nairobi's Kadhis Court, one of 17 judicial bodies that administersharia, or Islamic law, to Kenya's Muslim minority. The courts were enshrined in thenation's constitution decades ago, but Christian leaders are seeking to remove themfrom a proposed new constitution, scheduled for a referendum Aug. 4. They argue thatKenya is a secular state and that Muslims should not receive special privileges.


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Muslim leaders say the maneuvers are part of an agenda to deny their communityrights and undermine their beliefs. "They are creating hatred between Muslims andChristians," said Ahmed, his soft voice hardening.

The tussle portends a larger collision between Islam and Christianity in Kenya, a vital

U.S. ally in a region where Washington is quietly fighting the growth of Islamicradicalism. Many Kenyans are concerned that the tensions, if not contained, coulddeepen political fissures and spawn the sort of communal upheaval that left more than1,000 people dead in 2008 after elections.

In this predominantly Christian nation, Christians are worried about a Muslimcommunity that is growing in numbers and influence, and they have been vocallybacked by U.S.-based Christian groups. Muslims are wary of the rising power offundamentalist Christian organizations backed by American Christians.

The 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania frayed relationsbetween Christians and Muslims. Those links have further eroded in the decade sincethe Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as concerns about Islamic radicalization and terrorismgrew in this East African country.

Many Kenyans today fear that the civil war in neighboring Somalia, where the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militia is seeking to overthrow the U.S.-backed government,could spread into Kenya. A massive influx of Somali refugees, almost all Muslim, hasspawned xenophobia and extended misconceptions of Islam.

"The kadhis courts issue is a red herring," said Rashid Abdi, a Nairobi-based analystwith the International Crisis Group. "They feed into historical prejudices on both sidesand misperceptions which has increased in the last 10 years."

Centuries of tradition

The kadhis courts have existed in Kenya for centuries. Under Kenya's constitution, theirjurisdiction is limited to matters concerning personal law, such as marriages, divorcesand inheritances for Muslims, who form 10 percent of Kenya's population. The courtsdo not hear criminal matters and have far less power than Kenya's higher courts.

For decades, the courts operated without controversy, under the radar of most Kenyans.

But after the Sept. 11 attacks, church leaders grew concerned that the courts could breedextremism. In 2004, a group of churches filed a court case to remove the kadhis courtsfrom the current constitution, but it languished for years in the judicial system. SomeChristian leaders worry that the courts could be used to justify an expansion of sharialaw in Kenya.


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The proposed constitution is part of an effort to create a fairer balance of power amongKenya's ethnic groups. It was that perceived imbalance that led to much of the 2008violence. While religion did not play a significant role in the violence, it is nowdominating the debate on the upcoming vote.

The U.S. ambassador to Kenya has publicly urged Kenyans to vote in favor of theproposed constitution, including the kadhis courts, arguing that passage is key tokeeping Kenya stable. But on Web sites and in opinion pieces, conservative U.S.Christian groups have denounced the proposed constitution. They are opposed to thekadhis courts provision, and they see other aspects of the constitution as being pro-abortion. Some have organized petition drives against the courts.

The American Center for Law and Justice, founded by evangelical Pat Robertson,opened an office in Nairobi this year to oppose the new constitution. On its Web site,

the group says that the "high number of Muslims in the slums and a significant increasein the number of Somalis" have brought the kadhis courts issue into "sharp focus."

"There are those who believe there is an overall Islamic agenda geared towards theIslamisation of the country," the group says.

Last month, Kenya's high court ruled that the kadhis courts provision should beremoved from the draft constitution. That decision is being appealed. Some seniorpoliticians have railed against removing the courts from the draft constitution, partlybecause Muslims have become a powerful voting bloc.

'We want unity'

On June 13, explosions ripped through a park in Nairobi during a demonstrationagainst the constitution, killing five people and injuring dozens. No one assertedresponsibility, but the assault deepened the suspicion among Christian groups.

"We want unity in Kenya, but not a unity that will compromise us," said Bishop JosephMethu, a senior evangelical Christian leader. Christian leaders say they fear that if thecourts are enshrined in the constitution, "sooner or later, you will find an enclave wherethey will say we are predominantly Muslim and Islamic laws rule here," said OliverKisaka, deputy general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Kenya. "Youhave created space for the creation of a nation within a nation."

As evidence, the Christian leaders point to an incident in April in which a group ofMuslim clerics in the northeastern town of Mandera, near the Somalia border, imposeda ban on public broadcasts of films and soccer ahead of the World Cup.


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Muslim leaders say the kadhis courts protect their community's rights and culturalvalues.

"A good constitution is gauged by the extent to which it protects minorities," saidAbdalla Murshid, a Muslim lawyer and community leader.

Other Muslim leaders said the courts would stem Islamic radicalism in Kenya. Judges,not mosque imams, would regulate the uses of sharia law. Muslims would feel a deepersense of national identity.

Kadhis courts are an entity that binds "Muslims to the Kenyan state," said Hassan OleNaado, head of the Kenyan Muslim Youth Alliance. "It is for the best interests of Kenyato have such courts."

A recent public debate about the courts at a hotel in Nairobi quickly degenerated into a

Muslim-vs.-Christian fight.

A Muslim woman named Fatima said that removing the courts from the constitutionwould make it too easy for Christian members of parliament to get rid of themaltogether.

"That's what we want," muttered a man in the audience.

Then a Christian said: "Who are the Muslims? Are they Kenyan or non-Kenyan? If theyare Kenyan, they should be satisfied with only one court."

"The Christian clergy have a problem with Islam," said Hussein Mahad, a sheik fromthe northeastern town of Garissa. "But we are here to stay. We are not going anywhere."

Afterward, he declared: "This is a Christian agenda to keep Islam contained. They thinkwe are all terrorists."--------------------Rwandan president cleared to run for re-election (AFP)

KIGALI, Rwanda President Paul Kagame will face three challengers in Rwanda'sAugust 9 presidential elections, the electoral commission announced Wednesday.

Social Democratic Party candidate and Deputy Parliament Speaker Jean DamasceneNtawukuriryayo, the Liberal Party's Prosper Higiro and Alvera Mukabaramba of theProgress and Harmony Party -- the only woman candidate -- will challenge Kagame inthe ballot.


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Kagame, who has led the central African country since the end of the 1994 genocide, isthe favourite to win the vote.

Rights groups have accused Kagame of stifling any form of dissent in recent months,while the US blamed Rwandan authorities of taking "worrying actions" to restrict

freedom of expression ahead of the presidential poll.

"They are the four (candidates) who were cleared because they fulfilled the legalrequirements," said Charles Munyaneza, the electoral commission's secretary.

Opposition leader Victoire Ingabire who tried to register her party for the election wasbriefly detained on charges of denying genocide and collaborating with a terroristgroup.

Another opposition candidate who intended to run for the top seat was arrested last

month and charged with a terrorism offence and his trial alongside nine co-accused isunder way.--------------------Entrepreneur Urges Washington to Include South African Apparels in AGOA (Voiceof America)

The chief executive officer of the South Africa based TRUBOK, an apparelmanufacturing company, has called on the U.S. government to open its vast market tohigh quality garments produced in her country.

Doreen Vilakazi, who will participate in the upcoming Africa Growth and OpportunityAct (AGOA) conference, scheduled in August, said her revamped apparelmanufacturing company is producing quality garments that will rival products fromany part of the world.

Vilakazi said, since taking over the affairs of apparel manufacturing companyTRUBOK, her focus has been on the manufacturing of clothes, emphasizing quality forthe local South African market, as well as the international market including the UnitedStates and Europe.

AGOA, which is a U.S. Trade Act, significantly enhances access to Americas market for39 sub-Saharan African countries.

The ninth annual AGOA forum is scheduled to take place in two parts: August 2-3 inWashington, D.C. and August 5-6 in Kansas City, Missouri. The theme of the conferenceis "AGOA at 10, New Strategies for a Changing World."


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CEO Vilakazi said South Africa wants to be part of the countries currently benefitingfrom AGOA.

AGOA is critical to the South African manufacturers. We are going to Washington tonegotiate with the powers there to make sure that South Africa is part of the countries

that are benefiting from AGOA. It is very critical and we really want to say that to theUSA government that we will like to be part of it as South Africa, Vilakazi said.

Initially, the U.S. act originally covered an eight-year period from October 2000 toSeptember 2008, but amendments signed into law by former President George W. Bushin July, 2004 further extend AGOA to 2015.

Recently, Florie Liser, U.S. Assistant Trade Representative to Africa, has urgedAmerican apparel buyers, especially from the big players like Walmart and Target, tosource at least one percent of their apparel from Africa.

CEO Vilakazi said there is a need for the big American apparel buyers to considerbuying high quality garments from her company.

We will like those companies that are big (such as Walmart) to source at least onepercent because I can tell you now that TRUBOK is supporting so many families inSouth Africa. We are employing 1300 people and one person in South Africa willsupport about five to 10 people, Vilakazi said.--------------------Eni, Snamprogetti to Pay Total $365 Million to Settle Bribery Charges (Wall Street

Journal)

WASHINGTON Italian oil and gas company Eni SpA and its former Dutch unitSnamprogetti Netherlands BV will pay a total $365 million to settle charges by the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department in an alleged schemein which more than $180 million in bribes were funneled to Nigerian governmentofficials in an effort to obtain contracts to build a liquefied natural-gas plant.

Eni and Snamprogetti consented to the settlement and court orders to jointly pay $125million to settle the charges.

Meanwhile, the Justice Department filed criminal charges against Snamprogetti, whichled to the company's agreement to pay $240 million in criminal penalties to avoidprosecution.

The Justice Department said Wednesday it would drop charges in two years ifSnamprogetti, its current parent company Saipem SpA and its former owner Eni abideby agreed-upon terms.


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Snamprogetti was part of a joint venture that received contracts to build liquefiednatural-gas facilities in Nigeria.

"The monetary penalties and enforcement actions that have resulted from this

investigation should send a clear message to companies and their employees that usingforeign bribery as a means of winning contracts abroad will be punished," a JusticeDepartment assistant attorney general, Mythili Raman, said in a statement.

Since the allegations, the companies have made "substantial enhancements" to theiranticorruption compliance programs, according to a statement on Saipem's website.

"Saipem SpA and its subsidiaries are committed to continuous improvements to theirinternal compliance program and policies," the statement read.

The settlement brings the total paid to settle cases related to the bribery scheme to morethan $1.28 billion from a joint venture of companies that also included Technip SA, KBRInc. and its former parent Halliburton Co.

Last month, Technip agreed to pay $240 million to settle a similar SEC complaint.

Eni and Snamprogetti join a growing list of foreign companies hit with substantial finesfor allegedly violating antibribery laws in third-world countries.--------------------Serbia sends first peacekeeping team to Africa (Xinhua)

BELGRADE - A Serbian medical team, which departed for Chad and the CentralAfrican Republic on Wednesday, represents the first time that Serbia has participatedindependently in a United Nations peacekeeping mission, according to a Governmentof Serbia statement.

The 14-member medical team from the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army willbe replacing the Norwegian contingent of the MINURCAT peacekeeping mission. Thedeployment of a Serbian team of "blue helmets" came at the request of the UN.Individual Serbian peacekeepers had been involved with work at field hospital prior tothe departure of the Norwegians.

The task of the Serbian team will be to continue to care and treat mission personnel,along with the local population.

Currently, Serbia has individuals from the Ministry of Defense participating ininternational peacekeeping missions in the Congo, Liberia and Cote d'ivoire. TheSerbian parliament recently agreed to send peacekeepers to Lebanon and Cyprus.


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Darfur: UN-African Union mediator welcomes steps towards peace

7 July The joint African Union-United Nations mediator working to help resolve theconflict in Sudans war-torn Darfur region has welcomed progress made in negotiationsbetween the Government and a key rebel group.

Aid shortfalls could deprive 32 million African children of an education UN7 July The United Nations agency tasked with promoting universal education todaywarned that a lack of adequate funding is undermining efforts by African countries tohave an estimated 32 million children who are currently out of school back intoclassrooms.

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