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• Kenya: Over 3,000 people flee as crack squad sent to end clashes
  2007-11-26 00:23:45 - (SomaliNet) Some 3,000 Kenyan have fled their homes after officers from the crack Rapid Deployment Unit were sent to quell violence in Mt Elgon. Abdul Mwasera, Western provincial commissioner sa
  
• Kenya: African Development Bank awards Kenya $ 240 million
  2007-11-26 00:06:51 - (SomaliNet) In what is expected to help Kenya finance a road project and improve water supplies, the African Development Bank (AfDB) awarded the East African nation a loan and grant worth $246-million
  
• Kenya: Helicopter pilot eats leaves, drinks own urine to survive for 8 days
  2007-11-26 00:04:11 - (SomaliNet) After crashing in the depths of the Kenyan jungle, a helicopter pilot said on Friday that he was forced to drink his own urine and eat leaves to survive for eight days and nights. A
  
• Burundi: Rebels seizes police officers, want to exchange with their fighters
  2007-11-25 23:50:24 - (SomaliNet) Burundi\'s last active guerrilla rebels are holding two police officers they want exchanged for their fighters detained in prisons across the country, a rebel spokesperson said on Friday.
  
• Sudan: Chinese peacekeepers not welcome in Sudan-Darfur rebels
  2007-11-25 23:38:22 - (SomaliNet) The freshly arrived Chinese peacekeepers are not welcome and would be considered as Khartoum\'s allies in Sudan\'s war-ravaged western region, a major Darfur rebel group said on Sunday.
  
• Uganda: Commonwealth names New Secretary General
  2007-11-24 10:44:55 - (SomaliNet) The Commonwealth has named Kamlesh Sharma as its new Secretary General. He replaces Newzealander Don Mckinnon who steps down next April after a four-year term. Sharma has been India\'
  
• Uganda: Queen Elizabeth II\'s leaves Uganda
  2007-11-24 10:38:04 - (SomaliNet) Queen Elizabeth II\'s 3-day state visit to Uganda has ended. She left the country Friday afternoon after visitng visiting Kitante Primary school where she met pupils and teachers.-New
  
• Uganda: Queen of England arrives in Uganda for a three-day state visit
  2007-11-21 10:28:06 - (SomaliNet) BRITAIN’S Queen Elizabeth II has arrived in Uganda for a three-day state visit ahead of the Commonwealth summit (CHOGM) opening on Friday. Her majesty is accompanied by her husband,
  
• Sudan: UN chief urges implementation of south Sudan peace
  2007-11-20 09:39:26 - (SomaliNet) The Sudanese government and ex- southern rebels wereon Monday urged by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to stand by a peace agreement that ended two decades of war and warned against talk
  
• Sudan: Rebels claim seizure of army base
  2007-11-20 09:33:58 - (SomaliNet) After repelling an attack by government soldiers, Darfur rebels said on Tuesday they had seized a Sudanese army base. However, a spokesperson for Sudan\'s armed forces dismissed the re
  

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