Preliminary meetings are under way for
a summit of African leaders in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, a little more
than a week after the city was shocked by twin suicide bombings that killed
76 people. The bombings have placed Somalia at the top of an agenda nominally
dedicated to improving health care for Africa's infants and pregnant women.
The theme of this week's gathering is
about saving the lives of women in childbirth. One in 16 women in sub-Saharan
Africa dies while giving birth, compared to one in 4,000 in the developed
world.
But with memories still fresh of the
