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• Egypt: Head-on collision kills 11 in central Egypt
  2008-08-04 07:10:53 - (SomaliNet) At least 11 people were killed and 19 injured in central Egypt amidst a head-on collision between a minibus and a truck, police officials said at the end of last week. The crash took
  
• Angola: Fears of unfair votes looms as parliamentary campaign begins
  2008-08-04 07:05:24 - (SomaliNet) With concerns already being raised that the vote will not be fair, campaigning for Angola\'s first parliamentary elections since the end of a nearly three-decade civil war officially begins
  
• Exiled Egyptian sociologist sentenced to two years in jail for damaging Egypt\'s reputation
  2008-08-04 04:55:34 - (SomaliNet) Egyptian sociologist Saadeddin Ibrahim was sentenced to two years in jail in absentia by a Cairo court on Saturday on charges of damaging Egypt\'s reputation. Ibrahim’s wife said her h
  
• South Africa: Ruling party leader Zuma appears in court to win graft case dismissal
  2008-08-04 04:49:41 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to win the dismissal of a graft case that could end his chances of becoming South Africa’s president next year, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma a
  
• Zimbabwe: Police discovers second bomb at Zimbabwean police station
  2008-08-04 04:42:02 - (SomaliNet) A second bomb was discovered by police on Saturday at Harare\'s central police station The bomb that refused to detonate destroyed 13 offices and a kitchen on the first floor, the bomb
  
• Africa must \'Stop blaming the west for Africa\'s woes\'- Kenyan official
  2008-07-31 01:45:14 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan High Commissioner Tom Amolo has said Africa should stop blaming the West for her woes and implement means of delivering good governance to the citizen of the continent. The Ke
  
• Tunisia: President Ben Ali says will run for re-election next year
  2008-07-31 01:40:06 - (SomaliNet) In a move that would extend his two-decade-long stay in power until 2014, Tunisia’s President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali said on Wednesday he would run for re-election next year. \"I tell
  
• Morocco: King Mohammad urges Algeria to normalise relations
  2008-07-31 01:36:01 - (SomaliNet) Saying the closed Morocco-Algeria border was a \"collective sanction\" for Moroccan and Algerian people, Morocco’s King Mohammad on Wednesday called on Algeria to normalise ties between the
  
• Libya resumes oil shipments to Switzerland
  2008-07-31 01:27:48 - (SomaliNet) The Swiss Petroleum Association said on Wednesday that Libya has resumed oil shipments to Switzerland. The development brings to an end Egypt’s embargo against the Alpine nation to pr
  
• Zimbabawe: Ruling party, opposition talks to resume on Sunday- Mbeki
  2008-07-31 01:18:33 - (SomaliNet) South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday talks between Zimbabwe\'s ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC aimed at resolving the country\'s political crisis will resume on
  

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