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• ZAMBIA: NO TRAVEL ALERTS FOLLOWING DEADLY DIESEASE
  2008-10-07 03:35:46 - (SomaliNet) Zambian authorities and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have mounted investigations into the unknown disease that has so far claimed four lives in South Africa. On Monday, Zambia\'
  
• Chad: Armed robberies force aid agency out of Chad
  2008-10-03 06:42:27 - (SomaliNet) The aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF - Medecins Sans Frontieres) has shut down two offices in eastern Chad and evacuated its staff after armed robberies, the charity said on Thursda
  
• Algeria: Floods kill 29 in Algeria’s oasis town of Ghardaia
  2008-10-03 01:06:29 - (SomaliNet) The government of Algeria said on Thursday that floods have killed at least 29 people in the North African nation’s oasis town of Ghardaia in the Sahara. According to the official APS
  
• Algeria: Al-Qaeda\'s North Africa wing suspected to be behind deadly suicide bombing
  2008-10-01 12:54:14 - (SomaliNet) According to a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday, Al-Qaeda\'s north Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday. On Sunday, a car bomb expl
  
• Malawi: 3 people killed after being forced to drink potion
  2008-10-01 12:48:41 - (SomaliNet) Police said on Wednesday that three people died in Malawi after they were forced by a herbalist and a mob of villagers to drink a potion meant to cleanse them of witchcraft. \"The thre
  
• Press Release: (Correction) - Shortlisted Nominees announced for the African Banker Awards 2008
  2008-10-01 02:48:30 - (SomaliNet) The shortlisted companies and individuals for the African Banker Awards 2008 have been announced. The unique ceremony, organised in partnership with BusinessinAfrica Events, will rec
  
• Algeria: 3 killed, 6 wounded in suicide attack near Algerian capital
  2008-09-29 05:20:17 - (SomaliNet) At least three people were killed and six others were wounded in a suicide attack near the Algerian capital, APS news agency quoted security officials as saying on Monday. According
  
• Cameroon: One killed as gunmen raid coastal city
  2008-09-29 05:03:32 - (SomaliNet) One person was killed when gunmen in speedboats raided a coastal city in south-west Cameroon, and robbing four banks. The incident was at least the third sea-borne raid in less than
  
• Central African Republic: 15 killed as petrol tanker explodes
  2008-09-29 03:43:17 - (SomaliNet) At least 15 people were killed and dozens badly burnt in the Central African Republic when a petrol tanker that had overturned exploded as villagers tried to salvage fuel from it. Me
  
• DRC: Army and rebel militia clash in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
  2008-09-29 03:40:36 - (SomaliNet) A spokesperson for renegade officer Laurent Nkunda\'s group said fresh fighting broke out on Sunday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and rebel militia. \"The FAR
  

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