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• South Africa: Bush fires kill 13 people in KwaZulu-Natal province
  2008-09-02 03:04:19 - (SomaliNet) Officials said on Monday that runaway bush fires and wind in South Africa\'s KwaZulu-Natal province have killed 13 people, at the same time the Western and Eastern Cape were hit by rain, fl
  
• Nigeria: President Yar\'Adua receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia
  2008-09-01 08:59:23 - (SomaliNet) A source in the presidency said on Sunday that Nigerian President Umaru Yar\'Adua is receiving medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, reviving concern over his health and ability to govern.
  
• Nigeria: Gunmen demand $12 mln ransom for Israeli hostage in Nigeria
  2008-08-30 03:23:12 - (SomaliNet) An Israeli embassy source said on Friday that gunmen in Nigeria have demanded $12 million for the release of an Israeli expatriate kidnapped earlier this week at his home in the southern o
  
• Cameroon: 10 killed as fuel tanker explodes in northern Cameroon
  2008-08-30 03:19:12 - (SomaliNet) At least 10 people died and several others severely burnt when a tanker truck carrying fuel overturned and exploded in northern Cameroon, police said on Friday. Nigeria’s state radio
  
• Tunisia: Tunisian President resuffles cabinet
  2008-08-30 02:36:53 - (SomaliNet) Tapping half-a-dozen new ministers for youth, economics, agriculture and cultural portfolios, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali partially reshuffled his cabinet, his prime ministe
  
• Mauritania: France to impose sanctions over detained president
  2008-08-30 02:34:01 - (SomaliNet) After it failed to release ousted president Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, France said on Thursday it was ready to impose sanctions against members of Mauritania\'s new ruling junta.
  
• Zimbabwean power-sharing talks would resume Friday-SA
  2008-08-30 02:30:41 - (SomaliNet) Although Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe\'s top negotiator said there was no need for further negotiations South Africa said Zimbabwean power-sharing talks would resume on Friday. M
  
• Lybia: Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
  2008-08-30 02:24:36 - (SomaliNet) Lebanon issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over the disappearance 30 years ago of a senior Shi\'a cleric after a visit to Libya, officials said. Investigatin
  
• DRC: 4 dead, several wounded as rebels, gov’t troops clash in eastern Congo
  2008-08-30 01:31:56 - (SomaliNet) At least four people were killed and several wounded on Thursday as rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the army fought one of their fiercest battles in eastern Congo in 2
  
• Nigeria: Militants say know whereabouts of kidnapped Israeli
  2008-08-29 00:19:39 - (SomaliNet) Accusing an Israeli news outlet of branding them as \"terrorists,\" Nigerian militants said on Thursday they knew where an Israeli kidnapped by gunmen was being held but withdrew their offer
  

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