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| Somalia Politics | Society Somali Islamists to protect aid workers afrol News - Somali's new opposition leader, Mr Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has vowed to protect aid workers in troubled African state today. Somali has been plagued by a series of kidnappings, attacks and killings of both local and international aid workers in recent weeks. |
| Sudan Politics | Human rights Displaced Abyei residents fear renewed clashes in Sudan afrol News - Thousands of Sudanese civilians uprooted by clashes between government troops and allied militiamen two months ago, in disputed oil-rich town of Abyei in South Sudan, are still unable to return to their homes. |
| Somalia Society | Human rights | Politics Pirates abduct 20 Philippines in Somali waters afrol News - Somali pirates seized a Japanese freighter cargo ship boarding 20 Philippines off Somalia coast sailing to Gulf of Aden, Philippines officials said today. |
| Djibouti | Ethiopia Economy - Development Ethio-Djibouti railway may get rehabilitation afrol News - A Dubai-based company, which already has great interests in the Djibouti port, is eying possibilities to invest into the rehabilitation of the Ethio-Djibouti railway, connecting Addis Ababa with Djibouti and representing landlocked Ethiopia's main import-export lifeline. |
| Sudan Politics UN concerned about safety of peacekeepers in Darfur afrol News - The African Union-UN joint mission yesterday condemned an attack on one security officer by Sudanese military in EI Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. Concerns are rising over the troops' security after President Omar al-Bashir was charged with genocide. |
| Sudan Politics | Human rights AU biased, Darfur rebels complain afrol News - Sudanese rebels have accused African Union of biasness following its statement on Monday saying it will urge UN Security Council to suspend warrant of arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. |
| Ethiopia Society | Agriculture - Nutrition Ethiopia needs urgent funding to avert severe food crisis afrol News - UN World Food Programme has appealed for US $222 million to avert a major food crisis in Ethiopia, where millions are struggling to cope due to severe drought and hiking food prices that struck East African country in recent months. |
| Eritrea Politics | Media Eritrea President wants "media war" afrol News - President Isaias Afewerki, who in 2001 had exterminated all free media in Eritrea, now wants to recruit the remaining state media to wage an increased propaganda "war" internationally. The campaign is to legitimise the continued lack of elections. |
| Sudan Politics | Human rights Sudan requests AU aid to stop Bashir's arrest afrol News - Sudan has appealed to African ministers who met today in Ethiopia to slam International Criminal Court's plan to prosecute president Omar Hassan al-Bashir over war crimes he allegedly committed or instigated in Darfur. |
| Sudan | World Politics | Human rights ICC adamant to prosecute Sudanese president afrol News - International Criminal Court is adamant that Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir should be prosecuted for genocide, in spite of United Nation's warning to the court, to consider possible impact of its investigations. |
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» Sudan ready to mend relations with Chad
» Renewed clashes claim 6 lives in Somalia
» African leaders attempt to free Sudanese president
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