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• Ethiopia: Somali Premier arrives in Ethiopian capital for peace talks
  2007-10-18 10:24:47 - (SomaliNet) As Somalia grapples with a power struggle pitting him and President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Wednesday flew to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa , for
  
• Kenya: Special envoy pleads for Sudan dialogue
  2007-10-18 07:13:42 - (SomaliNet) Kenyan special envoy to Sudan has pleaded with the country’s government and ex-southern rebels to start dialogue aimed at ending a crisis that threatens the landmark peace agreement.
  
• Sudan: Armed men kill 3 WFP drivers in Darfur
  2007-10-17 09:17:35 - (SomaliNet) The U.N. agency said on Wednesday that armed men shot dead three World Food Programme (WFP) drivers in the southern Darfur region of Sudan. \"WFP is deeply saddened and shocked by the
  
• Eritrea: Country ranked last in Worldwide Press Freedom Survey
  2007-10-17 08:40:09 - (SomaliNet) Eritrea is the worst among 169 countries; a new survey on press freedom ranks the isolated nation. The Horn of Africa country gained the dubious distinction after four reporters were
  
• Uganda: President Museveni to industrialize northern Uganda
  2007-10-17 08:33:33 - (SomaliNet) The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has vowed to turn around northern Uganda\'s fortunes by advocating industrialisation in the region despite resistance from some of the local leaders.
  
• Uganda: WFP drops food after heavy floods in 35 years
  2007-10-17 07:28:20 - (SomaliNet) After Uganda suffered its worst flooding in 35 years, the United Nations\' World Food Programme has been forced to air drop food for the first time in Uganda. The WFP said in a stateme
  
• Kenya: Election watchdog probes buying out of voter cards
  2007-10-17 07:13:23 - (SomaliNet) As Kenyansprepare to go to presidential, parliamentary and council elections later in the year, Kenya\'s election watchdog said on Wednesday it was investigating complaints that voters\' r
  
• Sudan: President reshuffles cabinet to ease tension with southern ex-rebels
  2007-10-17 07:08:00 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to ease tensions with southern former rebels who pulled out of the unity government last week, an official said on Wednesday, Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has reshuffled his
  
• Sudan: Ex- rebels meet Sudanese president over peace deal
  2007-10-17 00:37:52 - (SomaliNet) For the first time since recalling their ministers from government over Khartoum\'s failure to implement a north-south peace deal, former southern Sudanese rebels met with President Omar al
  
• Sudan: President Bashir to meet south leaders to end dispute
  2007-10-16 10:32:16 - (SomaliNet) Days after they withdrew their ministers from government and triggered the country\'s worst political crisis since a peace deal was signed in 2005, Sudan’s president agreed to meet former s
  

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