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• Sudan: 21 soldiers killed in fierce fighting with southern forces
  2008-05-23 01:28:05 - (SomaliNet) Sudanese army sources said on Wednesday that twenty-one Sudanese army soldiers have been killed in fierce fighting with southern forces in the contested oil-rich town of Abyei,. The
  
• Uganda: 30 Ugandans arrested in the aftermath of the violence in South Africa
  2008-05-23 01:22:44 - (SomaliNet) Uganda’s High Commissioner to South Africa Kweronda Ruhemba and the chairman of the Ugandan community there, Muhammed Mutepi said on Thursday that at least 30 Ugandans have been arrested i
  
• Ethiopia: UN says six million children threatened by drought in Ethiopia
  2008-05-21 04:22:16 - (SomaliNet) The United Nations children\'s agency warned on Tuesday that a severe drought in Ethiopia threatens up to six million children. \"Up to six million children under five years of age are
  
• Sudan: U.N concerned about fresh fighting in Khartoum
  2008-05-21 04:05:39 - (SomaliNet) The renewed hostilities in Sudan’s Abyei between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Sudan People\'s Liberation Army attracted concern from the United Nations on Tuesday. Special Representa
  
• Uganda: President Museveni tells Congolese forces to withdraw from disputed border
  2008-05-21 03:52:15 - (SomaliNet) Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said Congolese forces should withdraw from the disputed border area at Vurra in Uganda’s West Nile region. The Ugandan leader said it was not ri
  
• Sudan: Gov’t refuses Chad\'s interference in Sudan
  2008-05-21 03:01:10 - (SomaliNet) A statement from Sudan\'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday said Sudanese government refused Chad\'s interference in Sudan\'s internal affairs. The statement came after officials of
  
• Sudan: Army and southern Sudanese forces engage in heavy fighting- aid workers
  2008-05-21 02:57:28 - (SomaliNet) Aid workers said Sudan’s army and southern Sudanese forces engaged in heavy fighting in the disputed oil-rich town of Abyei on Tuesday. The fighting, which erupted last week after a
  
• Uganda: Army captures 12 armed Congolese rebels
  2008-05-20 09:02:40 - (SomaliNet) Ugandan an army spokesperson said on Monday that Uganda\'s army captured 12 armed insurgents from renegade Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda\'s group as they crossed into western Uganda
  
• Burundi: Gov’t, rebels fail to agree ceasefire
  2008-05-19 07:38:30 - (SomaliNet) After two days of talks, amid fresh clashes between the rival camps south of the capital, the Burundi government and rebel forces failed to reach agreement Sunday on reviving a ceasefire.
  
• Chad-Sudan tensions will cease soon- new AU chief
  2008-05-19 07:35:03 - (SomaliNet) After holding talks in both countries, the new head of the African Union said on Sunday he was optimistic tensions between Chad and Sudan would ease. Last week, Sudan cut diplomatic r
  

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