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• Burkina Faso: 30 illegal gold miners killed in Burkina Faso
  2008-08-11 07:28:14 - (SomaliNet) A mine collapsed following heavy rain in Burkina Faso killing more than have died and others are missing. Maximin Savadogo, state environmental director for Noumbiel province, said th
  
• Zimbabwe: President Mugabe warns MDC not to be \"used by the enemy.\"
  2008-08-11 07:23:19 - (SomaliNet) Warning the opposition MDC not to be \"used by the enemy,\" Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Monday his country \"was not for sale\" and \"will never be a colony again\". \"Let\'s not
  
• Zimbabwe: Political rivals set to resume power-sharing talks on Monday
  2008-08-11 07:18:25 - (SomaliNet) After marathon negotiations the previous day ended with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe \"confident\" a deal was within reach, Zimbabwe\'s political rivals are set to resume power-sharing
  
• Cameroon: 60-year old diplomat stabbed to death at his home in London
  2008-08-11 07:13:41 - (SomaliNet) Police said on Monday that Cameroon diplomat has been stabbed to death at his home in London. According to police reports, Kitts Mbeboh, 60, was found at his home in Greenford, west L
  
• Al Qaida North Africa wing claims responsibility for Algeria suicide bomb
  2008-08-07 05:31:11 - (SomaliNet) According to a statement posted on the internet on Wednesday, Al Qaida\'s North Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday. On Sunday, a car bomb expl
  
• Egypt: Police discovers 20 underground tunnels near border with Gaza
  2008-08-07 05:22:08 - (SomaliNet) Police have discovered 20 underground tunnels and seized thousands of gallons of fuel being smuggled under the Egypt-Gaza border, senior Egyptian security official says. The Egyptian
  
• Mauritania: Soldiers announce new junta headed by General Mohamed Aziz
  2008-08-07 01:25:16 - (SomaliNet) Soldiers in Mauritania have overthrown the government and have announced a new junta, which will be led by the head of the country\'s presidential guard. A brief announcement read over
  
• Nigeria: EX- governor charged with looting treasury
  2008-08-07 01:18:58 - (SomaliNet) A former governor of the northern Nigerian state of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, has been charged with looting the treasury, court officials said on Wednesday. News sources say Haruna was a
  
• South Africa joins in condemning Mauritania military coup
  2008-08-07 01:15:29 - (SomaliNet) South Africa’s department of foreign affairs said South Africa joined the international community on Wednesday in condemning the military coup in Mauritania. South Africa noted the mi
  
• Malawi: 24 killed, 26 injured in motor accident in northern Malawi
  2008-08-06 06:06:43 - (SomaliNet) Police in Malawi said on Tuesday that at least twenty-four people were killed and another 26 injured when a five-ton lorry overturned in northern Malawi. \"The cause of the accident wa
  

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