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• Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwandan official in Germany
  2008-11-11 02:20:03 - (SomaliNet) Thousands of angry residents of the Rwandan capital Kigali have taken to the streets to protest against the arrest of a high-ranking Rwandan functionary in Germany. Earlier, the Rwan
  
• Tanzania: 4 tourists killed in Kilimanjaro plane crash
  2008-11-10 00:51:04 - (SomaliNet) In an incident that the pilot seriously injured, an aircraft crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania killing four tourists. Kilimanjaro regional police commander Lucas Ngh\'oboko said
  
• Sudan: Gov’t rejects Darfur rebel\'s calls for one-on-one negotiations
  2008-11-10 00:42:19 - (SomaliNet) In what creates a stalemate in the early stages of a new peace push, Sudan on Sunday rejected a Darfur rebel group\'s calls for one-on-one negotiations. On Friday, the powerful rebel J
  
• Rwanda: Senior gov’t official arrested in Germany
  2008-11-10 00:36:53 - (SomaliNet) A senior Rwandan government official has been arrested in Germany. Rose Kabuye, a close associate of President Paul Kagame was detained after France issued an international warrant for her
  
• Kenya: Landslides kill 10 in western Kenya-police
  2008-11-10 00:29:44 - (SomaliNet) At least ten people in western Kenya were killed by a landslide triggered by torrential rains on Saturday, police said. According to police, another 20 were injured in the accident th
  
• Ethiopia tightens security in capital as police arrests dozen rebels
  2008-11-07 07:28:30 - (SomaliNet) After police said they had arrested more than a dozen leaders of the rebel Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and accused them of plotting terrorist attacks, Ethiopia tightened security in the c
  
• Ethiopia: Rebel leader shot dead-authorities
  2008-11-07 07:24:57 - (SomaliNet) Authorities said on Friday that an Ethiopian rebel leader blamed for blasts in Addis Ababa was lured into a farmer\'s house in the rural west and then shot dead. Ethiopian Prime Minist
  
• Ethiopia: Gov’t warns citizens of possible terrorist attack in Ethiopia
  2008-11-05 03:03:01 - (SomaliNet) Ethiopia warned its citizens on Wednesday of a possible plot to carry out terrorist acts in the Horn of Africa country. \"The National Intelligence Security Service has received credib
  
• Kenya: Obama victory fires up Kenya
  2008-11-05 01:43:29 - (SomaliNet) As the Illinois senator they see as one of their own became the first black U.S. president, Kenyans in Barack Obama\'s ancestral homeland sang and danced with joy on Wednesday. As hun
  
• Sudan: Sudanese journalists launch 24-hour hunger strike
  2008-11-05 01:41:51 - (SomaliNet) In protest against Sudan\'s strict censorship measures, Sudanese journalists launched a 24-hour hunger strike and three independent newspapers began a three-day work stoppage. Accordi
  

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