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• DR Congo: Leaders from 10 African nations condemn armed conflicts in DR Congo
  2008-10-30 02:17:57 - (SomaliNet) According to reports from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, leaders from 10 African countries on Thursday condemned the fresh armed conflicts in the eastern region of the Demo
  
• Algeria: Limited changes to be made to constitution – President
  2008-10-30 02:13:47 - (SomaliNet) Limited changes will be made to Algeria\'s constitution in the coming judicial year, Algeria\'s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced on Wednesday. The Algerian leader in a speech to
  
• DRC: Fresh fighting in eastern Congo displaces thousands- Oxfam
  2008-10-30 02:02:28 - (SomaliNet) The fresh fighting in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) has displaced tens of thousands more people from their homes, the international aid agency Oxfam said on W
  
• Zambia: Acting president confident of victory, warns against opposition violence
  2008-10-30 01:57:32 - (SomaliNet) On the eve of Zambia’s election, the southern African nation’s acting president said on Wednesday he was confident of victory and warned against opposition violence. \"According to my
  
• Ivory Coast: Two injured as UN helicopter crashes in Ivory Coast
  2008-10-30 01:54:16 - (SomaliNet) A statement from UNOCI, the UN force in Ivory Coast said two people were hurt when a UN helicopter came down in Ivory Coast on Tuesday near the border with Liberia. The statement said
  
• Congo Congolese rebels closing in on provincial capital of Goma
  2008-10-29 03:37:00 - (SomaliNet) Despite being attacked by United Nations peacekeepers in helicopters, Congolese rebels are closing in relentlessly on the provincial capital of Goma. Congolese government troops scram
  
• Niger: Court fines Niger €15 000 in slavery case
  2008-10-29 03:34:47 - (SomaliNet) In a landmark ruling with implications across the region, West African judges on Monday fined the state of Niger the equivalent of €15 000 for failing to protect a woman sold into slavery.
  
• South African women mobilize against Zimbabwe abuses
  2008-10-29 03:33:19 - (SomaliNet) South African women\'s organisations on Tuesday began mobilising to pressure Kgalema Motlanthe\'s government to act against continuing police brutality against women, after the detention of
  
• Zimbabawe: Ruling party ‘not serious\'-says opposition MDC
  2008-10-29 03:32:48 - (SomaliNet) President Robert Mugabe\'s ruling Zanu-PF is not ready to enter into a \"genuine\" co-operative government under a power-sharing deal, Zimbabwe\'s opposition MDC said on Tuesday. Tendai
  
• Egypt: Sunni Islam\'s highest authority approves woman\'s right to fight back
  2008-10-29 03:30:35 - (SomaliNet) Sunni Islam\'s highest authority has approved a woman\'s right to fight back if her husband uses violence against her. The declaration by Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atrash, who heads Al-Azha
  

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