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Health Policy Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: National and International Perspectives Health policy development is a fundamental weakness of resource sapped governments in Africa. This article provides an overview of key issues and a potential roadmap for future action. Hope Rekindled Among the Desperate in Zimbabwe Hope has been resuscitated among long-suffering Zimbabweans after a power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, was announced late on Sept. 11. Rwanda: Call to Indict French Leaders for Genocide It is unlikely that former prime ministers Dominique de Villepin or Alain Juppé, or anyone else on the commission's list of French genocide suspects, will be extradited to Rwanda. Fighting African Poverty, Village by Village Innovative Millennium Villages Project in Bonsaaso, a cluster of poor and remote settlements in Ghana's Ashanti Region, focuses on achieving Millennium goals. Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu Between April and December 2007, the Home Office sent 1,999 asylum seekers back to their original countries. Some of the Somali nationals were sent to Mogadishu, the most dangerous city in the world.