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• Nigeria: 3 killed, dozens injured as 4-storey building collapses
  2008-07-30 07:20:10 - (SomaliNet) A four-storey shopping centre under construction collapsed on Tuesday in the Nigerian capital Abuja killing at least three people and injuring several others, police said. Emergency
  
• Zimbabwe: 10 billion dollars will be one dollar as Zim devalues currency
  2008-07-30 07:16:06 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwe’s central bank governor said on Wednesday that the Southern Africa nation will be knocking 10 zeroes off its hyper-inflated currency next month, making 10 billion dollars one doll
  
• Nigeria: 30 Nigerian separatists plead not guilty to treason
  2008-07-30 01:04:37 - (SomaliNet) After agitating for a separate state for the Igbo people, thirty Nigerian separatists have pleaded not guilty to treason, court officials said on Tuesday. A news source said the suspe
  
• UN food agency says extending West Africa operations
  2008-07-30 01:00:57 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to feed an extra 1,4-million people in the region hit hard by rising food prices, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday it is expanding operations in West Africa.
  
• Nigeria: 28 killed in separate bus accidents in northern Nigeria
  2008-07-30 00:57:24 - (SomaliNet) At least 28 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in northern Nigeria, newspaper reports said on Tuesday. According to This Day newspaper, sixteen people died on Monday alo
  
• Libya, South Africa seek to block ICC Bashir indictment
  2008-07-30 00:53:48 - (SomaliNet) Libya and South Africa are trying to block the International Criminal Court from indicting Sudan\'s leader, Bashir for genocide, The pair of African countries want the UN Security Cou
  
• DRC: \' 0ver 2000 rape cases\' reported in DRC-report
  2008-07-30 00:48:48 - (SomaliNet) Highlighting the failure of a UN-backed deal to deliver peace in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a report said on Tuesday that more than 2 200 rape cases were recorded last month alone
  
• Angola: 16 killed in car collision
  2008-07-28 07:25:08 - (SomaliNet) At least 16 people have been killed in a collision between an army truck and a taxi in southeastern Angola, the state-run newspaper Jornal de Angola reported on Monday. According to
  
• Egypt: Only one defendant guilty of failing to help in the 2006 ferry sinking
  2008-07-28 02:21:12 - (SomaliNet) With only one person found guilty of failing to help in the 2006 ferry sinking which claimed 1 000 lives, five of six defendants in Egypt\'s worst maritime disaster were acquitted on Sunday
  
• Zimbabawe: Swaziland invites President Mugabe for royal celebration
  2008-07-28 02:16:56 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been invited by Swaziland to attend a royal day of celebration marking 40 years of independence from Britain and King Mswati III\'s 40th birthday, med
  

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