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• Kenya: Political rivals seek to end bloodshed
  2008-02-08 06:09:43 - (SomaliNet) Kenya\'s political rivals tried to inject some momentum on Friday into slow-moving peace talks brokered by former UN head Kofi Annan aimed at ending weeks of bloodshed. Four people wer
  
• Uganda: Opposition warns government over land
  2008-02-06 06:05:29 - (SomaliNet) The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has asked the Ugandan government to formulate a national land policy before the Land Amendment Bill is passed in Parliament. Addressi
  
• East Africa: Tanzania to supply petroleum to Uganda
  2008-02-06 05:59:36 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to salvage the impending oil shortage that has resulted from the post-election violence in Kenya, the Ugandan government is in the process of procuring petroleum products from Tan
  
• East Africa: EAC may send peace-keeping force to Kenya
  2008-02-06 05:56:31 - (SomaliNet) The East African Community (EAC) is considering sending a peace-keeping force to Kenya as one of the options in case the situation deteriorates. “Currently, there are negotiations wit
  
• Uganda: LRA rebels demand for 35% cabinet positions
  2008-02-06 05:48:59 - (SomaliNet) Upon signing of the final peace agreement, Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) want 35% of cabinet positions for people of north and north-eastern Uganda. The LRA also want 35% re
  
• Kenya: Finnish embassy gets terror threats-envoy
  2008-02-06 05:19:49 - (SomaliNet) Finnish Ambassador Heli Sirve, said Wednesday that the Finnish embassy in Kenya has received terror threats. Sirve said the three threats, received on Saturday by email, said that sev
  
• Kenya: Ramaphosa denies bias in Kenyan crisis
  2008-02-05 03:26:39 - (SomaliNet) After resumption of peace talks amid concerns of renewed violence and unsubstantiated allegations of bias on the South African\'s part, Cyril Ramaphosa was due to leave Kenya on Monday.
  
• Sudan: Khartoum agrees operating rules of Darfur
  2008-02-05 03:23:24 - (SomaliNet) Sudan and the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force have agreed the terms under which the 26 000-strong force will deploy in western Darfur, officials said on Monday, removing a major
  
• Kenya: Talks resume after deadly chaos at the weekend
  2008-02-05 03:16:55 - (SomaliNet) After weekend clashes left at least 70 dead mainly in the country\'s western region, the Kofi Annan-led talks to end Kenya\'s escalating political crisis were set to resume on Monday.
  
• Kenya: Police vows to confront armed youth gangs in western Kenya
  2008-02-05 03:13:58 - (SomaliNet) After clashes at the weekend, Kenyan police vowed on Monday to confront armed youth gangs in volatile western Kenya. \"They are still roaming in the countryside armed with bows and arr
  

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