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• Kenya: Truck crash kills 72 people, mostly Ugandan soldiers
  2007-08-28 00:44:28 - (SomaliNet) A Huge truck crashed into a concrete barrier in the east of Kenya killing seventy-two people, mostly Ugandan soldiers, and another 41 injured, many seriously, a spokesperson said on Monday
  
• Uganda: Army releases two Congolese soldiers captured last month
  2007-08-27 07:43:54 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to help ease tensions between the two nations over a disputed border, the Ugandan army has released two Congolese soldiers it had captured this month, allegedly for crossing into
  
• Sudan: AU envoy urges Darfur factions to give dialogue a chance
  2007-08-27 07:12:27 - (SomaliNet) All parties to Darfur’s 4-1/2-year-old conflict were yesterday urged by African Union envoy Salim Ahmed Salim to commit to a ceasefire to support peace talks due to begin in October.
  
• Sudan: Gov’t permits medical care for jailed opposition leader-daughter
  2007-08-27 07:03:41 - (SomaliNet) After more than 40 days in detention without charge, jailed opposition leader Mubarak al-Fadil Sudan granted urgently needed medical attention,his daughter of said on Sunday. The h
  
• Eritrea: Current situation in refugee camp deplorable-UNHCR official
  2007-08-27 06:55:53 - (SomaliNet) Annette Rehrl, the public information officer and spokesperson for the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan said that the \"current situation in Kilo 26, one of the 12 refugee c
  
• Uganda: Road accident killed 72 in Eastern Uganda
  2007-08-27 06:52:13 - (SomaliNet) A road accident in eastern Uganda has killed at least 72 people, including 57 soldiers, have been killed in an army spokesperson said on Monday. Spokesperson Felix Kulaigye told said
  
• Sudan: Expulsion of diplomat condemned by Canada
  2007-08-27 06:25:30 - (SomaliNet) After the Sudanese government expelled Ottawa\'s charge d\'affaires, Canada has no intention of apologizing for one of its diplomats, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said on Sunday.
  
• Kenya: Police arrested gang leader
  2007-08-25 07:28:37 - (SomaliNet) A suspected leader of Kenyan gang blamed for a string of shootings and beheadings this year was arrested by police, family members said on Wednesday. Njoroge Kamunya, who is in his mi
  
• Uganda: Military to step up border security amid influx
  2007-08-25 07:24:53 - (SomaliNet) After unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday forced 10 000 civilians to cross over to Uganda, the Ugandan military said on Thursday that it was stepping up security on its s
  
• Ethiopian: Thousands displaced by volcano – study
  2007-08-23 12:40:09 - (SomaliNet) Authorities said in an official report on its impact on Tuesday, a volcano that erupted earlier this month in remote northern Ethiopia killed five people and drove more than 2 000 from the
  

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