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• Southern Africa: Malawi, Zambia seeking $4mln to demarcate border
  2008-10-15 07:53:04 - (SomaliNet) A senior Malawian official said on Wednesday that Southern African neighbours Malawi and Zambia are seeking four million dollars from donors to demarcate 400 kilometres of their common bor
  
• Zimbabwe: Opposition leader hopeful deal will be reached soon
  2008-10-15 07:47:30 - (SomaliNet) An agreement could be reached on Wednesday in talks on saving a month-old power-sharing deal with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said.
  
• DRC: Intense fighting displace about 50 000 people -UN
  2008-10-15 04:35:32 - (SomaliNet) The UN said on Tuesday that intense fighting between the Congolese army and Ugandan rebels have forced about 50 000 people to flee their homes in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of t
  
• Rwanda: Rwandan war crimes trial begins in The Hague
  2008-10-14 02:34:41 - (SomaliNet) The trial of a Rwandan suspected war criminal began at a court in The Hague on Monday. The man, an ethnic Hutu, is accused of involvement in killings of Tutsis in 1994. He allegedly
  
• Zimbabawe: President Mugabe swears in ZANU-PF vice presidents
  2008-10-14 02:17:25 - (SomaliNet) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two ZANU-PF officials as vice presidents. Under the terms of a power sharing agreement, the vice presidential posts should be held by
  
• Burkina Faso hosts female circumcision conference
  2008-10-14 02:13:09 - (SomaliNet) A three-day conference on combating female circumcision is going on in the West African country Burkina Faso.The participants include president\'s wives from seven African countries.
  
• Nigeria: Gunmen free 5 Filipino captives-official
  2008-10-14 02:10:24 - (SomaliNet) A Nigerian official said on Monday that five Filipino seamen kidnapped in Nigeria\'s oil-rich Niger Delta earlier in October have been released by their captors. The official said gunm
  
• Zimbabawe risks deeper international isolation-ex finance minister
  2008-10-14 01:58:04 - (SomaliNet) If Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal collapses, the Southern African nation risks falling into deeper international isolation, Simba Makoni, a former finance minister and the third place cand
  
• Nigeria: Senior official not guilty over $40 million embezzling
  2008-10-10 03:31:04 - (SomaliNet) In a corruption case being closely watched by militants in the restive region, a senior official from Nigeria\'s oil-producing Niger Delta pleaded not guilty on Thursday to embezzling $40 m
  
• Africa: AU chairman urges world not to cut aid to Africa
  2008-10-10 03:26:37 - (SomaliNet) The chairman of the African Union (AU) urged the world on Thursday not to row back on aid to the world\'s poorest continent due to the financial crisis. \"Our appeal to our development
  

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