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• Ethiopia: Second opposition party pulls out of polls citing intimidation
  2008-04-17 07:38:17 - (SomaliNet) Accusing Ethiopia’s ruling party of intimidating its agents during the first round of voting, a second opposition party in Ethiopia pulled out of ongoing council and parliamentary electio
  
• Rwanda: Canada to train Rwandan doctors in child health skills
  2008-04-17 03:20:36 - (SomaliNet) Rwandan doctors are set to acquire specialized training in child health through support from aCanadian health support organisation Healthy Kids International (HKI) Sources in Kigali say
  
• Uganda: 14 killed as warriors, gov’t soldiers clash
  2008-04-17 03:04:21 - (SomaliNet) In an incident that left at least 13 warriors and one soldier dead, heavy gun fire rocked Kathire trading centre in Uganda’s Kaabong District on Tuesday morning as Jie warriors clashed wit
  
• Uganda: LRA chief appoints lead negotiator after failing to sign final peace deal
  2008-04-17 02:57:54 - (SomaliNet) Uganda’s LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony has now appointed James Obita as his lead negotiator after failing to sign the final peace deal and sacking his chief negotiator. The LRA chief
  
• Uganda: Norway grants $1m for training of over 800 Ugandan women
  2008-04-17 02:53:20 - (SomaliNet) Norway has granted $1m for the training of over 800 Ugandan women under the strengthening of women entrepreneurs project. Charles Ocici, the head of Enterprise Uganda, a business men
  
• Kenya: Death toll from Gang protest climbs to 19
  2008-04-17 02:46:52 - (SomaliNet) In a crisis that presented Kenya’s new coalition cabinet with its first major challenge, four more people died during a second day of nationwide rioting in Kenya on Tuesday, bringing the o
  
• Sudan: Three independent newspapers stopped from printing
  2008-04-16 02:12:52 - (SomaliNet) In what critics say violates the Sudan’s constitution, Sudanese security authorities stopped three independent newspapers from printing on Tuesday, stepping up a censorship campaign.
  
• Kenya: Police kills two as Mungiki gang take to the streets again
  2008-04-16 01:59:00 - (SomaliNet) In an incident that presents a serious challenge to Kenya’s new coalition government on only its second day. the police in Kenya shot dead two people when Kenya\'s dreaded Mungiki gan
  
• Ethiopia: Gov’t blames rebels backed by Eritrea for deadly city blasts
  2008-04-16 01:50:15 - (SomaliNet) After two bombs killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in the capital on Tuesday, Ethiopia blamed rebels backed by arch-foe Eritrea. The attacks in Ethiopian capital late o
  
• Tanzania: 20 students suspended over drug abuse
  2008-04-16 01:40:28 - (SomaliNet) Some 24 students from the University of Dar es Salaam management were on Tuesday suspended for allegedly smoking marijuana and engineering riotous activities at Mabibo Hostel in February t
  

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