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• Kenya: High Court judge may be charged with stabbing motorist
  2008-10-20 04:23:09 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan High Court judge may be charged with stabbing a motorist in the stomach during a road rage incident in Nairobi, local media reported on Monday. Justice G.B.M. Kariuki was dri
  
• Uganda: France Telecom to launch Orange brand soon
  2008-10-20 02:59:47 - (SomaliNet) France Telecom said it acquired a majority stake in a Ugandan mobile phone operator and will launch services under its Orange brand in the coming months. However, a France Telecom spo
  
• Sudan: Kidnappers capture 9 Chinese oil workers in central Sudan
  2008-10-20 02:11:52 - (SomaliNet) In the third such incident over the past year in central Sudan, Kidnappers have snatched nine Chinese oil workers in the oil-producing region, the Sudanese government and diplomats said on
  
• Sudan: UN official says violence displaces some 50,000 people in Darfur
  2008-10-20 02:06:44 - (SomaliNet) A United Nations official said on Saturday that an increase in violence in northern Darfur last month has displaced around 50,000 people, many of whom could be short of food and water.
  
• Uganda: Community bans female circumcision
  2008-10-15 08:05:17 - (SomaliNet) A local Ugandan official said on Wednesday that a community in eastern Uganda that has practiced female genital mutilation \"since time immemorial\" has banned the ritual. Chairperson o
  
• Sudan: Sudanese newspaper editor freed after 3 days in prison
  2008-10-15 04:47:37 - (SomaliNet) After spending three days in prison over an article criticizing high salaries in south Sudan\'s legal ministry, a Sudanese newspaper editor said on Tuesday he had been freed. Nhial Bol
  
• Sudan: Resigned Sudanese officials back to support peace campaigns
  2008-10-15 04:44:04 - (SomaliNet) Eighteen Sudanese officials who withdrew from posts in Darfur in protest at a violent government raid said on Tuesday they had returned to work to campaign for peace in the region. Th
  
• Sudan: International community errors prolonged Darfur conflict- UN official
  2008-10-15 04:13:32 - (SomaliNet) Mistakes by the international community have prolonged the conflict and that there is no immediate prospect for peace, the commander of the UN-led peacekeeping force in Darfur says. G
  
• Ethiopia decries Human Rights Watch\'s advice to lawmakers
  2008-10-15 03:48:18 - (SomaliNet) Ethiopia on Tuesday condemned Human Rights Watch\'s call on Ethiopia\'s lawmakers to reject a draft law that would give government more control in the affairs of foreign aid groups. Hum
  
• Eats Africa: Kenyan police intercepts 65 Ethiopian illegal migrants
  2008-10-15 03:39:32 - (SomaliNet) As part of a major smuggling operation, Kenyan police intercepted 65 Ethiopian illegal migrants who were headed for South Africa, a senior officer said. Reports say Kenyan police inte
  

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