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• Chad: Rebels accuse President Deby of rejecting dialogue
  2008-06-23 06:50:26 - (SomaliNet) Chadian rebels accused President Idriss Deby on Sunday of rejecting their calls for genuine dialogue. The Chadian rebels said this left them with no choice but to maintain their mili
  
• Zimbabwe: Presidential run-off elections won’t be free and fair, says Rice
  2008-06-21 05:46:47 - (SomaliNet)US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said actions by Zimbabwe’s government have ensured that presidential run-off elections next week will not be free and fair. Rice was speaking
  
• Nigeria: President orders armed forces to tighten security in Niger Delta
  2008-06-21 05:40:56 - (SomaliNet) In an effort to edge oil security in Nigeria, President Umaru Yar\'Adua has ordered the country\'s armed forces to tighten security in the Niger Delta and hunt down militants behind an attac
  
• Zimbabwe: Police arrests 390 opposition since elections in March
  2008-06-21 05:38:02 - (SomaliNet) Blaming the opposition for most of the trouble, Zimbabwe\'s police have arrested 390 opposition supporters and 156 members of the ruling party over violence since elections in March, the po
  
• Zimbabwe: MDC party says leader Tsvangirai may pull out of run-off
  2008-06-20 04:51:37 - (SomaliNet) A spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Friday that Zimbabwe\'s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is considering pulling out of the June 27 presidential run-off e
  
• Zimbabwe: \'Biti facing death penalty\'- Zimbabwe authorities
  2008-06-20 01:30:37 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwe authorities have filed court papers accusing opposition number two Tendai Biti of subverting the government, adding that he faces the death penalty, an AFP journalist saw on Thurs
  
• Morocco: Three men jailed for factory fire factory that killed 55
  2008-06-20 01:28:03 - (SomaliNet)Moroccan official media reported on Thursday that a court has jailed three men for between two and four years for a fire at a Casablanca mattress factory that killed 55 people in one of the
  
• Nigerian: Rebels attack Royal Dutch Shell\'s Bonga oilfield
  2008-06-20 01:24:47 - (SomaliNet) In what forced the energy giant to shut down production, Nigerian rebels attacked Royal Dutch Shell\'s Bonga oilfield off the coast of Nigeria on Thursday. Earlier, the most powerful m
  
• DRC: Pope Benedict, President Kabila meet over Congo’s security
  2008-06-20 01:07:53 - (SomaliNet) A report has said Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday met Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, for talks at the Vatican which focused on the central African country\'s security s
  
• South Africa: Durban International airport re-opened after few hours closure
  2008-06-19 05:50:37 - (SomaliNet) Durban International Airport was re-opened on Wednesday afternoon, hours after an aircraft skidded off a runway while landing, leading to closure of the airport, Comair Limited said.
  

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