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• Sudan: Gov’t appoints Hilal to key position
  2008-01-21 06:56:59 - (SomaliNet) In a move which could undermine peace efforts and anger the international community, Sudan has appointed Musa Hilal, a man Washington accuses of co-ordinating Darfur\'s marauding militias,
  
• Kenya: Three hacked to death in Kenyan town
  2008-01-21 06:28:34 - (SomaliNet) As mediators prepared a fresh bid to break the deadlock that followed President Mwai Kibaki\'s re-election, three people were hacked to death in ethnic clashes in Nairobi slums, police said
  
• South Sudan: Two Ugandans killed in fire accident in Juba
  2008-01-18 06:05:17 - (SomaliNet) Two Ugandans died of severe burns on Wednesday night when their house was razed by a fire in Juba’s upscale residence of Hai Niem, South Sudan. The deceased were identified as Robert
  
• Kenya: Kenyan police kills 7 people- Opposition accuses
  2008-01-18 06:00:52 - (SomaliNet) The opposition in Kenya accused the force of killing seven protesters as the police yesterday battled demonstrators in opposition strongholds with live bullets and tear gas for a second co
  
• Kenya: Opposition protests enters second day
  2008-01-18 04:40:15 - (SomaliNet) In a second day of unrest over President Mwai Kibaki`s disputed re-election, Kenyan police clashed with opposition members yesterday. In opposition strongholds in the capital and the
  
• Kenya: European Union parliament urges freeze of aid to Kenya
  2008-01-17 23:08:35 - (SomaliNet) The European Union should freeze budgetary aid to Kenya until the crisis over President Mai Kibaki\'s disputed re-election is solved, the European Parliament said on Thursday. The depu
  
• Kenya: Children face looted, burned schools
  2008-01-17 23:01:47 - (SomaliNet) When Nelly Chepchumba returned to school this week, she found charred walls where her classroom used to be and two corpses half-buried in the garden. A place of learning had been con
  
• Sudan: Main Darfur rebel faction rejects talks-rebels
  2008-01-17 01:53:23 - (SomaliNet) Where as the United Nations and African Union envoys have persuaded one Darfur rebel group to attend preliminary unity talks, the main faction involved in the fighting has rejected the mee
  
• Ethiopia: Roadside bomb kills Ethiopian soldier, wounds two others in Somalia
  2008-01-17 01:45:42 - (SomaliNet) In what witnesses say prompted Ethiopians to open fire and killed a Somali civilian, a roadside explosion on Wednesday killed an Ethiopian soldier and wounded two others in the Somali capi
  
• Sudan: South Africa urges quick deployment of AU/UN troops in Darfur
  2008-01-17 01:33:30 - (SomaliNet) The South African government has urged countries who have pledged troops for the African Union/United Nations peace-keeping operation in Sudan\'s Darfur region to speed up their deploymen
  

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