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• Uganda-Somalia: UN donates to peacekeeping troops in Somalia
  2007-08-02 12:54:26 - (SomaliNet) The African Union/AMISOM troops in Somalia have received military equipments that include landmine detectors, bulletproof jackets and other apparatuses that are used for demolishing landmi
  
• Sudan: Southern Sudan commemorates SPLA leader’s death
  2007-08-02 12:51:20 - (SomaliNet) The second anniversary of Sudan Peoples Liberation Army leader John Garang’s death was marked on Monday in the South Sudan capital, Juba. He died in a helicopter crash. Garang
  
• Ethiopia: Spy recalls mission saving Ethiopian Jews
  2007-08-02 12:48:09 - (SomaliNet) While other Israeli spies spent the early 1980s stalking Arab foes through Europe, Gad Shimron was deep in Africa on a secret mission to save lives. Thousands of Ethiopian Jews had fl
  
• Uganda: Floods displace thousands in capital city
  2007-08-02 12:46:30 - (SomaliNet) After an evening downpour, thousands people were on Tuesday left homeless caused floods in Ugandan capital Kampala. The Kawempe division LC3 chairman, Nasser Takuba said the heavy ra
  
• Ethiopia: Rebel group accuse gov’t troops of killing local aid workers
  2007-08-02 12:44:26 - (SomaliNet) In a retaliatory move, an Ethiopian rebel group accused government troops on Wednesday of killing two local aid workers in the restive Ogaden region. Government soldiers killed the he
  
• Sudan: Senior opposition politician arrested again
  2007-08-02 12:37:11 - (SomaliNet) A security source said yesterday that Sudanese security arrested a senior political opposition figure for a second time in relation to an attempt to overthrow the government last month.
  
• Sudan: New Darfur deployment must be immediate and fully resourced to protect human rights
  2007-08-02 08:27:04 - AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 1 August 2007 Sudan: New Darfur deployment must be immediate and fully resourced to protect human rights Amnesty International today welcomed last night\'s un
  
• Eritrea: Gov’t sending missiles to Somalia – UN
  2007-07-30 10:40:50 - (SomaliNet) According to a UN monitoring group on consistent violations of an arms embargo, huge quantities of arms are reaching Islamic insurgents in Somalia such as surface-to-air missiles from Erit
  
• Sudan: Gov’t accused by official of genocide
  2007-07-30 10:32:19 - (SomaliNet) A senior official with Sudan\'s former southern rebels has accused Khartoum of genocide and ethnic cleansing in the troubled region of Darfur, local press reported at the weekend. Paga
  
• Sudan: Darfur rebels should attend meeting in Tanzania-AU envoy
  2007-07-27 12:40:28 - (SomaliNet) All Sudan’s Darfur\' rebels were on Thursday urged by an African Union (AU) envoy to attend a meeting in Tanzania next week aimed at ending chaos in their region. The AU\'s special env
  

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