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• DRC: Rebel leader threatens war unless gov’t agrees to talks
  2008-11-05 02:02:21 - (SomaliNet) Unless the government agreed to talks on the country\'s future, Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda threatened on Tuesday to take his eastern guerrilla war westwards to the capital Kinsha
  
• Indonesia: Bomb attackers threaten two embassies in Indonesia
  2008-11-05 00:02:17 - (SomaliNet) Ahead of the execution of three of the perpetrators of the 2002 Bali bomb attacks in Indonesia, there is increasing unrest. After receiving a text message threatening attacks on the
  
• DRC: UN warns of humanitarian disaster in DRC
  2008-11-04 08:04:19 - (SomaliNet) The first UN aid convoy has arrived in rebel-controlled North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people have fled the fighting, many o
  
• Southern Africa: Cholera kills some 40 people, mostly children
  2008-11-04 07:04:43 - (SomaliNet) Health officials said on Monday that about 40 people, mostly children, have died from cholera in Mozambique\'s central Manica province, and nine people have died from an outbreak of the di
  
• Zimbabawe: Botswana President calls for Zimbabwean presidential rerun
  2008-11-04 06:55:04 - (SomaliNet) As \"one viable way forward\" to get Zimbabawe out of its political crisis, Botswana President Ian Khama on Monday called for an internationally supervised rerun of the presidential poll in
  
• Zambia: I have not lost this election, says opposition contestant Sata
  2008-11-04 06:50:35 - (SomaliNet) Michael Sata, Zambia\'s opposition leader on Tuesday again rejected ruling party Rupiah Banda\'s victory in last week\'s presidential by-election, setting the stage for a protracted political
  
• Nigeria: Gunmen abduct prominent Nigerian doctor
  2008-11-04 06:47:39 - (SomaliNet) Police said on Tuesday that gunmen have kidnapped a prominent Nigerian doctor from his home in the southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra. \"Dr Tochukwu Mbachu, the Anambra state chair
  
• Nigeria: Gunmen abduct prominent Nigerian doctor kidnapped
  2008-11-04 06:45:59 - (SomaliNet) Police said on Tuesday that gunmen have kidnapped a prominent Nigerian doctor from his home in the southeastern Nigerian state of Anambra. \"Dr Tochukwu Mbachu, the Anambra state chair
  
• Egypt: Egypt briefly opens Gaza crossing
  2008-11-04 06:33:01 - (SomaliNet) A border official said Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to allow students and people needing medical attention to leave the besieged Palestinian territory. Adel
  
• Zambia: Opposition to challenge results in court, wants recount
  2008-11-03 07:21:33 - (SomaliNet) Patriotic Front, Zambia\'s opposition said it would go to court on Tuesday to demand a recount of a presidential ballot in which centrist politician Rupiah Banda was elected by a narrow mar
  

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