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• Rwanda: Earthquake kills 21 people in southern Rwanda
  2008-02-05 03:06:15 - (SomaliNet) A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook southern Rwanda on Sunday killing at least 21 people and seriously injuring 200 others, police and the US Geological Survey said. \"Twenty one people a
  
• UN chief throws weight behind Kenya peace drive
  2008-02-01 03:58:35 - (SomaliNet) U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Kenya on Friday to provide heavyweight diplomatic clout for efforts to end a month of post-election turmoil in which more than 850 people have
  
• Kenya: Opposition MP killed by cop
  2008-02-01 00:35:33 - (SomaliNet) In the volatile Rift Valley, another Kenyan opposition Member of Parliamnet (MP) was shot and killed outside a hotel, police said on Thursday. Police spokesperson Eric Kiraithe said D
  
• Kenya: Kofi Annan suspends talks after shooting of MP
  2008-02-01 00:32:17 - (SomaliNet) After the fatal shooting of an opposition lawmaker in the west of Kenya, Kofi Annan on Thursday suspended crisis talks between representatives of Kenya\'s president and opposition leader.
  
• Tanzania: President Kikwete voted new African Union chairman
  2008-02-01 00:27:31 - (SomaliNet) Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete won the rotating chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on Thursday, succeeding Ghana\'s president John Kufuor. The 53-nation organisation is holdin
  
• Kenya: African leaders call for peace drive in Kenya
  2008-02-01 00:24:38 - (SomaliNet) Calling for urgent action to stop the killing, African leaders voiced a chorus of alarm on Thursday about Kenya\'s rapid decline from regional peacemaker to the continent\'s biggest concern.
  
• Uganda: Death toll from collapsing building hits 10
  2008-02-01 00:00:38 - (SomaliNet) The death toll from the rubble of a collapsed three-storey building in the Ugandan capital has reached 10 as rescuers recovered another body from scene, police said on Thursday. Polic
  
• Kenya: Police ordered to \'shoot to kill\'- commander
  2008-01-30 05:47:13 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to stem weeks of clashes sparked by disputed elections , Kenyan police have been ordered to shoot to kill looters, arsonists, people carrying weapons or blocking roads, a commande
  
• Kenya: Over 40 Ugandan warriors killed in Kenya –Ugandan army officer
  2008-01-29 00:22:03 - (SomaliNet) Over 40 Jie Karimojong warriors were last Thursday killed in a futile cattle raid in Turkana district, Kenya. Uganda’s commanding officer of the UPDF 3rd Division, Col. Patrick Kanki
  
• Uganda: LRA rebel chief has two days to quit DRC base
  2008-01-29 00:16:07 - (SomaliNet) Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi chiefs of Defence forces have asked their Congolese counterpart to eject the LRA rebels from their hideout in Garamba National Park by Thursday. According
  

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