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• Mauritania: Two journalists arrested in drugs libel case- Watchdog
  2008-07-23 03:43:44 - (SomaliNet) An international press watchdog said on Tuesday that Mauritanian authorities have arrested two journalists accused of libelling judges whom they reported had accepted bribes to release sus
  
• Nigeria: Gunmen attack Cameroon patrol on border
  2008-07-23 03:40:44 - (SomaliNet) A military source and a spokesman for the militant group said on Tuesday that Nigerian gunmen opposed to their country\'s handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon attacked a Cameroonia
  
• Zimbabawe: Gov’t, opposition agreement not enough-MDC leader i
  2008-07-22 07:23:07 - (SomaliNet) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday that an agreement to hold talks with Zimbabwe\'s ruling party will not necessarily guarantee an end to the country\'s political crisis.
  
• Mali: Gov’t, Taureg nomads agree to end hostilities
  2008-07-22 07:18:44 - (SomaliNet) In talks brokered by Algeria, Mali\'s government and Tuareg nomads fighting for greater autonomy have agreed to end their conflict. \"We have arrived at a series of decisions, including
  
• Libya: 3 foreign workers arrested as Libyan officials net 1, 5 kilos of heroin
  2008-07-22 07:14:48 - (SomaliNet) Libyan interior ministry said on Tuesday that Libyan officials seized 1, 5 kilograms of heroin in Tripoli and arrested three foreign workers, while more than one ton of hashish has been fo
  
• Zimbabwe: European Union widen sanctions against Zimbabwe
  2008-07-22 07:10:17 - (SomaliNet) Adding over 30 more people to a list of individuals from Zimbabwe under a visa ban and asset freeze, EU foreign ministers widened sanctions against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, officials confirmed
  
• DRC: Peace deal \"meaningless\" says leading human rights group
  2008-07-22 07:01:43 - (SomaliNet) A leading human rights group has said a six-month-old peace deal in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is \"meaningless\" because it has failed to protect civilians against rape and mu
  
• Mali: Armed men attack police HQs, kidnap three gendarmes
  2008-07-21 03:41:48 - (SomaliNet) A military source said on Saturday that armed men attacked a police headquarters in northern Mali, kidnapping three gendarmes. The overnight raid on the gendarmerie at Tessalit came a
  
• Africa: Obama’s support in Africa swells
  2008-07-21 03:36:50 - (SomaliNet) Nigerian supporters of Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama have joined forces to lobby their relatives and friends in the United States to vote for him in November\'s presidential e
  
• Niger: Public smokers to face 3 month jail
  2008-07-21 03:34:05 - (SomaliNet) The government said on Friday that smokers in the desert state of Niger who break newly enforced anti-smoking laws by lighting up in public or at work, faces punishments of up to three mon
  

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