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• Ethiopia: Opposition will continue with peaceful struggle-top leader
  2007-07-18 09:04:53 - (SomaliNet) The opposition party will continue its peaceful struggle in Ethiopia, a top leader of Ethiopia’s main opposition party has said. Chairman of the International Chapter of the Coalition
  
• Eritrea: Sudanese army officials, former rebels sign military deal
  2007-07-18 08:39:05 - (SomaliNet) Eritrean state media said on Wednesday that Sudanese army commanders and former rebel leaders from the east of the country have signed a military deal in Asmara, bolstering a peace agreeme
  
• Uganda: Troops to remain in Somalia after mandate expires-official
  2007-07-18 08:37:04 - (SomaliNet) Even though their mandate expires on Thursday, Ugandan peacekeepers in the Somalia’s violent capital Mogadishu will remain in the city, an official said on Wednesday. Ali Kirunda-Kive
  
• East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania in earthquake panic
  2007-07-18 07:55:11 - (SomaliNet) In the latest development that is causing panic to Tanzania and Kenya; American geological experts have downplayed chances of recent tremors in Kenya and Tanzania leading to a major earthq
  
• Uganda: Ex- health ministry officials in trail
  2007-07-17 12:14:36 - (SomaliNet) In a controversial court trila, a former health minister went on trial in Kampala on Monday on charges of having embezzled millions of dollars in grants meant for the purchase of children\'
  
• Ethiopia: Gov’t consider opposition pardon bid
  2007-07-17 11:52:56 - (SomaliNet) A senior Ethiopian official said on Tuesday the Ethiopian government is looking into pardon requests filed by dozens of opposition members, whose heavy jail terms drew a barrage of interna
  
• Congo: 14 constituents return to the ballot
  2007-07-16 13:05:52 - (SomaliNet) Voting was under way on Sunday across 14 constituencies in Congo where balloting could not take place in the first round in June due to chaos and logistical glitches. \"Voting is carry
  
• Sudan says has reservations about UN-AU Darfur force’s mandate
  2007-07-16 13:02:50 - (SomaliNet) In the latest development regarding the proposal for an hybrid Sudan peacekeeping force, Sudan said Sunday it had reservations about the mandate given to a 26,000-strong UN-African Union D
  
• Kenya: 47 –year-old woman found beheaded
  2007-07-16 12:53:43 - (SomaliNet) As police continued a crackdown on an illegal sect blamed for a string of murders and decapitations in Kenya, they said a 47-year-old woman was found beheaded and chopped up in central Ken
  
• Eritrea: Five Sudanese rebel factions form new alliance
  2007-07-16 12:20:33 - (SomaliNet) In a bid to present a united front for peace negotiations with the Sudanese government in Khartoum, five Darfur rebel factions formed a new alliance on Saturday in Eritrea capital Asmara.
  

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