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• Sudan: 200 gunmen ambush peacekeepers, kill 7 – says UN
  2008-07-10 03:28:42 - (SomaliNet) UN officials said on Wednesday Some 200 gunmen on horseback and in SUVs ambushed peacekeepers from a joint UN-African Union force in Sudan\'s Darfur region, killing seven in fierce gunbattl
  
• Uganda: Oil revenue to develop economy- Ugandan president
  2008-07-09 06:30:42 - (SomaliNet) Revenue from Uganda’s oil will be used to develop infrastructure and other sectors of the economy such as agriculture, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has said. The Ugandan leader
  
• Sudan: Army accuses Ethiopia of attacking military camp
  2008-07-09 06:26:19 - (SomaliNet) Sudan\'s army accused Ethiopian troops on Tuesday of attacking a military camp in northern Sudan and killing about 19 people. However, a senior Ethiopian official refuted the allegati
  
• Uganda: President openly hints on seeking fourth term in 2011
  2008-07-07 07:26:00 - (SomaliNet) In what would give him a fourth consecutive term as elected president, Ugandan incumbent Yoweri Museveni Kaguta has confirmed that he will contest in the 2011 presidential race. The U
  
• Uganda: Pan African Parliament presses President Museveni to condemn Mugabe’s re-election
  2008-07-07 07:19:50 - (SomaliNet) Legislators of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) want Ugandan President Museveni to come out openly and condemn Zimbabwe leader, Robert Mugabe’s June 27 re-election which was viewed as unfa
  
• Kenya refuses to recognize Zimbabwean gov’t- Foreign Affairs Minister
  2008-07-07 07:13:01 - (SomaliNet) Kenya has joined African countries that have refused to recognize Robert Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Wetangula said in remarks published in the local medi
  
• Uganda: King of Swaziland in Uganda for a four-day state visit
  2008-07-07 03:13:44 - (SomaliNet) King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland arrived in Uganda yesterday for a four-day state visit. The king was accompanied by his ritual wife, Inkhosikati LaMotsa, who is the UNDP
  
• South Sudan orders Ugandan troops to leave its territory
  2008-07-01 04:38:41 - (SomaliNet) The government of South Sudan on Monday ordered Ugandan troops hunting LRA rebels to leave its territory. The decision was intended to avoid past mistakes, saying the UPDF abducted a
  
• Rwanda: President Kagame suspends police chief, two top aides
  2008-07-01 04:17:36 - (SomaliNet) Without elaborating on the reasons behind the move, A Rwandan minister was quoted on Monday as saying Rwandan President Paul Kagame has suspended the country\'s police chief and two of his
  
• Kenya pledges to help Zimbabwe in power sharing
  2008-07-01 04:13:48 - (SomaliNet) Kenya on Sunday offered to help the warring political factions in Zimbabwe reach a negotiated settlement that would provide a power sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and opposit
  

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