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NEWS & ARTICLES
Chiquita eyes Ethiopian banana potential
Representatives of the US-based multinational recently visited the fruit production hotspot of Arbaminch, located 505km south of Addis Ababa, according to reports in national publication Capital Ethiopia.
Somali gov't to wage Mogadishu offensive "with U.S. help in weeks": officer
MOGADISHU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Somali government will begin within weeks the much anticipated major onslaught to retake the Somali capital Mogadishu from Islamist groups with help from the U. S. military, a Somali military officer said Wednesday.
Uganda: Varsity girl stabs lover to death
A KENYAN student of Kampala International University (KIU) is held at Kabalagala Police station for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death. Jane Nyiha, a second-year student of bachelor’s of public administration, is accused of stabbing David Musunga Ivita in the throat, causing him to bleed to death.
US envoy racing against time to conclude Darfur peace process
March 10, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The US special envoy to Sudan Scott Gration said today that it is imperative that a peace deal be reached in the war ravaged region of Darfur prior to the April elections and suggested that the crisis there has shifted attention from the South ahead of the 2011 referendum.
Sudan summons UNAMID over last week ambush
March 10, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese government expressed today its irritation over humanitarian assessment mission conducted last week by the hybrid operation in South Darfur saying the peacekeepers didn’t observe its advice.
Ugandan rebels seek refuge in Sudan's Darfur
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ugandan rebels notorious for mutilating their victims and abducting children have found a safe haven in Sudan's western Darfur region, an anti-genocide group said in a report that Khartoum dismissed as a lie.
NATO extends anti-piracy operation off Somalia until end 2012
Appathurai told reporters on Wednesday the decision was based on "the assessment that this mission is making demonstrable contribution to increased safety for shipping and reduced success rates for pirates."
Call for common African food market
afrol News, 10 March - At the African agriculture summit in Abuja, the proposal of creating a common Africa market of strategic food and agricultural commodities achieved much attention. A scheme that could boost African agriculture was presented.
Fights between Islamists and Somali gov't kills 17
Resident Ahmed Ali said the fighting began when al-Shabab insurgents attacked government positions in the north of the city. He said the insurgents briefly overran the government positions but were then pushed back.
UNHCR: Eritreans by far largest refugee group in Israel
Harel said large numbers of Eritreans entering Israel had first been noticed in 2007, when hundreds arrived between January and April of that year. Before that, there were fewer than a few hundred.
Most Political Parties Fail To Make Use of Newspapers’ Space: Press Agency
Addis Ababa, March 9, 2010 (Addis Ababa) - The Ethiopian Press Agency said political parties have failed to use newspaper’s space allotted to them to introduce their political program.
Africom commander says U.S. supports Somali government to retake Mogadishu
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A senior U.S. military commander said on Tuesday the United States would support the Somali transitional government to retake the national capital Mogadishu.
Islamist commander gunned down in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A senior Islamist military commander close to Sheikh Dahir Aweys, a radical insurgent leader in Somalia was on Tuesday shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Somali capital Mogadishu, insurgent officials confirmed.
Half of Somalia food aid is diverted, U.N. report says
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new Security Council report.
East Africa new frontier for oil exploration
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) – East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil exploration and major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for black gold, industry experts said.
Somali Shabab 'ready to fight' US
Ali Mahmoud Rajhi, a spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabab group, has told Al Jazeera that the group is not afraid of United States involvement in the battle against them.
South Sudan closes door on possible reschedule of referendum
March 9, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese First Vice President and the president of South Sudan Salva Kiir suggested today that he will not accept any compromise on the holding of the 2011 referendum after several countries in the region proposed delaying it until the situation is ripe for it.
Fighting for Southern Sudan's future
The fight for Southern Sudan's future as an independent state or as a part of Sudan has started. But this time, contrasting the brutal Sudanese war, the battle is fought in democratic manners at polling stations.
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