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• Sudan: First VP condemns rebel attack on capital, postpones SPLM convention
  2008-05-12 02:01:37 - (SomaliNet) First Vice-President and President of Government of southern Sudan strongly condemned Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attack against the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, and an
  
• Sudan: Authorities arrest prominent Islamist leader after rebel attacks
  2008-05-12 01:57:08 - (SomaliNet) After rebel JEM attack on Sudanese capital Khartoum, Sudanese authorities have arrested Islamist leader Hassan Abdallah al-Truabi and at least four top members of his party, the Popular Co
  
• Sudan: JEM rebel leader makes first media statements
  2008-05-12 01:53:29 - (SomaliNet) Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of Darfur rebel group, Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) made his first statements to the media since Saturday when his fighters made launched an offensive in
  
• Uganda: 3 journalists deny sedition charges
  2008-05-12 01:15:06 - (SomaliNet)Being charged for articles in their magazine that accused the military of rights abuses and graft, three Ugandan journalists denied sedition charges in court on Friday. On April 26, se
  
• South Sudan: Over 25 aid workers attacked in the past two months
  2008-05-12 01:08:29 - (SomaliNet) Some 25 attacks on aid workers in south Sudan\'s capital Juba in the past two months, aid officials said on said late last week. The aid workers say this has forced staff to relocate a
  
• Eritrea: Gov’t denies Djibouti war claim
  2008-05-09 07:50:51 - (SomaliNet) Eritrea has denied that it has any problems with Djibouti, which accuses it of amassing troops on their border. Djibouti, earlier this week, appealed to the UN Security Council to in
  
• Ugandan rebels have one more chance to discuss peace with gov’t
  2008-05-09 07:15:15 - (SomaliNet) Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony is expected to meet this Saturday with chief peace mediator and South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar. On April 10, ta
  
• Sudan: Darfur rebels plotting to attack capital, other major cities –gov’t
  2008-05-09 07:08:56 - (SomaliNet)Darfur rebel group are plotting to attack Sudan’s capital and other major cities, Sudanese authorities have announced saying they have received a tip. Late Thursday, the Sudanese arm
  
• Kenya: Gunmen kill UN official in northern Kenya
  2008-05-09 06:42:40 - (SomaliNet)Police and a UN official said on Thursday that gunmen have killed a World Food Programme official working in northern Kenya. Silence Shirara, a Zimbabwe national, was the head of the W
  
• Kenya launches new strategy to fight increasing crime
  2008-05-09 06:25:50 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to fight surging crime in the east African nation, the Kenya authorities on Thursday launched a witness-protection programme. A source said the programme was launched nearly
  

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