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• Sudan: Peace deal needed urgently- international body
  2007-07-27 12:36:01 - (SomaliNet) The International Crisis Group said yesterday that Sudan risks descent into civil war again unless the world community acts to implement a north-south peace deal. The international t
  
• Eritrea: Eritrea inks two economic deals with China
  2007-07-25 08:35:51 - (SomaliNet) Eritrean government in Asmara said on Tuesday that it signed two economic agreements with China on expanding the Red Sea state\'s universities and unspecified technical co-operation.
  
• Ethiopia: Ogaden rebels want UN to investigate aid claims
  2007-07-25 08:31:50 - (SomaliNet) After the Ethiopian government was accused of blocking food aid to their remote eastern region Ethiopia\'s, Ogaden rebels at the beginning of this week called for a UN investigation. A
  
• Uganda: 20 killed in two accidents, 16 die on spot
  2007-07-23 13:49:19 - (SomaliNet) Sixteen traders dealing in kasese, a local gin, died on the spot when their lorry overturned near a Ugandan town of Mityana on Saturday night. According to reports, eleven others wer
  
• Ethiopia: Freed Ethiopia’s opposition leader defiant
  2007-07-23 13:30:37 - (SomaliNet) Just hours after being pardoned and released from a life sentence in jail, Ethiopia`s opposition leader hit out at the Ethiopian government. According to a news source, opposition le
  
• Somalia: Pirates holding Danish ship want $1,5m
  2007-07-23 13:05:45 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan maritime official said on Saturday Pirates holding a Danish freighter off the Somali coast are demanding a $1,5-million ransom for the release of the ship and its crew. Accor
  
• Ethiopia: Ogaden rebels want UN to probe gov’t over aid blocking
  2007-07-23 12:48:23 - (SomaliNet) After the Ethiopian government was accused of blocking food aid to their remote eastern region, Ethiopia\'s Ogaden rebels called for a UN investigation on Monday. Meanwhile, the Ogade
  
• Sudan: Justice ministry bans reporting on alleged coup plot
  2007-07-21 12:44:26 - (SomaliNet)Sudan\'s justice ministry has banned all media reporting on the case of 17 people accused of trying to overthrow the government, the latest in a string of such restrictions. Local paper
  
• Sudan: UK’s Brown, France’s Sarkozy ready to go to Darfur
  2007-07-21 12:43:11 - (SomaliNet) The leaders of France and Britain said Friday that they would be prepared to go to Darfur to push for peace. \"People are dying and people are suffering and it must stop,\" said French
  
• Tanzania: Only active volcano erupts
  2007-07-21 12:38:02 - (SomaliNet) A Kenyan official said Friday that Tanzania\'s only active volcano, Oldonyo Lengai, has erupted, spewing smoke and ash into the country\'s northern skies and causing a brief panic among resi
  

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