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• Kenya prepares to seal power-sharing deal
  2008-03-07 03:15:41 - (SomaliNet) One week after Kenya’s rival politicians agreed to form a coalition government to end the crisis over disputed elections that turned neighbour on neighbour, leaving more than 1 000 dead, K
  
• Uganda: LRA rebel leader to sign peace deal in March
  2008-03-07 02:52:39 - (SomaliNet) A mediator of peace talks between the Ugandan government and the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group said on Thursday that leader Joseph Kony will emerge from hiding in March to sign a
  
• Sudan: Authorities re-impose daily censorship of newspapers-journalists
  2008-03-07 02:44:59 - (SomaliNet) After newspapers published reports accusing the Sudanese government of backing Chadian rebels, Sudanese authorities have reimposed daily censorship of newspapers, journalists and a securit
  
• Kenya: 9 people killed in fresh violence in Rift Valley province
  2008-03-07 02:38:46 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan police commander and a local official said at least nine people were killed and more than 100 houses torched on Thursday in fresh violence in Kenya\'s Rift Valley province. \"T
  
• Sudan: \'Japan considers helping war-torn Darfur\'-official
  2008-03-06 06:25:06 - (SomaliNet) As an incentive for the Sudanese government in Khartoum to take action to end the Darfur conflict and support a fragile north-south peace deal, Japan is considering offering debt relief to
  
• Sudan: Four Arabs killed as they carry dead body of EU soldier
  2008-03-06 06:17:44 - (SomaliNet) A Sudanese army spokesperson said on Thursday that four Arab nomads were killed trying to carry the body of a man believed to be an EU peacekeeper in western Sudan when a grenade on the co
  
• Kenya: 15 killed in fresh tribal battles in Rift Valley -police
  2008-03-04 01:21:42 - (SomaliNet) Raiders attacked overnight a village in Kenya\'s Rift Valley, which has been widely affected by post-electoral violence killing at least 15 people and wounding several others, police said o
  
• Uganda: ICC warrants for Ugandan LRA rebels still stand- prosecutor
  2008-03-04 00:46:11 - (SomaliNet) The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor rejected Monday a demand by Ugandan rebels to have indictments against them lifted before they sign a final peace agreement. Meanwhile,
  
• East Africa: Tz tribunal frees Rwandan ex-official on genocide trial after six years in jail
  2008-03-04 00:42:07 - (SomaliNet) The Tanzania-based tribunal trying key genocide suspects has freed a Rwandan former councillor, Vincent Rutaganira after he served six years behind bars, a court official said on Monday.
  
• Kenya: President Kibaki to meet opposition leader over power deal
  2008-03-04 00:26:09 - (SomaliNet) As the first step towards the formation of a new coalition Government, Kenyan president Kibaki is set to meet ODM leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday. Kibaki and Odinga are likely to disc
  

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