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• Tanzania: Imported HIV drug threatening lives of patients
  2007-07-11 10:16:41 - (SomaliNet) Tanzanian government investigation has revealed that an imported HIV/AIDS life-prolonging drugs-EMTRI 30-40, still in circulation, is threatening the lives of people living with HIV.
  
• Tanzania: Dar es Salaam exporters granted free entry into Switzerland
  2007-07-11 09:26:00 - (SomaliNet) In the latest move that will benefit many Tanzanian exporters, the Swiss government has taken a firm decision of getting rid of all tariffs and quotas earlier standing on the way of Tanzan
  
• Eritrea: International media watchdog attacks Eritrea over press freedom
  2007-07-11 08:57:21 - (SomaliNet) Joining other press freedom groups that have heaped criticism on Eritrea, an international media watchdog slammed Eritrea on Tuesday for being the top jailer of journalists in Africa.
  
• Sudan: Seasonal floods kill 15-Interior Minister
  2007-07-10 13:55:09 - (SomaliNet) A Sudanese interior minister was quoted on Tuesday as saying seasonal floods have killed at least 15 people in Sudan and made \"thousands\" more homeless. Sudanese local newspapers quot
  
• Sudan: Army deadline to move troops to north- UN
  2007-07-10 13:43:51 - (SomaliNet) The United Nations said Sudan’s northern army has missed a deadline to move its troops to the north under a peace deal and are still paying illegal militias based in the south. A Jan
  
• Ethiopia: Prosecutors demand death penalty for 38 opposition
  2007-07-10 13:39:52 - (SomaliNet) “Since they have been found guilty on all counts, they should be punished with the highest penalty,” prosecutor Abraham Tetemke told the court, which adjourned for a week to consider the
  
• Kenya: WFP needs Sh2billion to feed refugees
  2007-07-10 13:14:58 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to help avert a malnutrition crisis Kenya’s refugee camps, a United Nations agency has appealed for Sh2 billion. Penny Ferguson, World Food Programme (WFP) spokesperson said
  
• Kenya: Gov’t to bring tribal leaders in peace talks next week
  2007-07-10 13:13:42 - (SomaliNet) According to the latest information from the Kenyan authorities, the government will next week bring together Samburu and East Pokot leaders to discuss how peace can be restored in the reg
  
• Kenya: Authorities arrest 13 in poaching crackdown
  2007-07-09 11:35:54 - (SomaliNet) In a new crackdown on wildlife poaching and the game meat trade, Kenyan authorities arrested 13 people over the weekend. Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said its rangers detained seven T
  
• Kenya: Town council bans smoking in public places
  2007-07-06 11:39:19 - (SomaliNet) In the latest crackdown on smokers, the Mombasa municipal council has banned cigarette smoking in public places to protect non-smokers and prevent littering. The council’s environmen
  

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