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Ethiopia Ethiopia welcomes Somalia peace agreementWednesday, June 11, 2008 10:01:00 AM EAT APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia, which has thousands of troops in Somalia, on Tuesday welcomed the Somalia parties peace agreement reached in Djibouti on Monday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ethiopia fully welcomes this latest agreement, which also provides for the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia in the coming four months. Ethiopia said it will withdraw its troops as soon as the United Nations deploys the required peacekeeping troops. \"It was Ethiopia\’s desire to see such peace accord among the Somali\’s. Ethiopia fully accepts this agreement and will do its best for the peace in Somalia,\" the ministry said.... Source: apanews-en - http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article66262 Ethiopia says its army is ready for any attack from EritreaThursday, June 5, 2008 6:48:00 AM EAT APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The Ethiopian ministry of defense said on Wednesday that the army had taken the necessary military preparation to defend the country from \"any attack\" by Eritrea. Presenting a nine-moth performance report, the ministry said that its activities this year focused on capacity building aimed at boosting the overall capability of the country’s defense forces. Relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea remain tense following disagreement on the demarcation of the border between the two countries. A United Nations peacekeeping mission is stationed in the disputed border zone.... Source: apanews-en—http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=backend&id_rubrique=2
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Kenya Kenyans vote in by-electionsWednesday, June 11, 2008 11:28:00 AM EAT Nairobi - Five by-elections got under way on Wednesday in Kenya, in a first major test for the fragile coalition government formed after the deadly electoral violence that rocked the country almost six months ago. An AFP correspondent in the Kilgoris constituency, west of the capital Nairobi, said voting started shortly after 8.00am (05.00GMT). Kenya's anti-riot police - the feared General Service Unit - was heavily deployed around polling stations, but no tension was visible. Kilgoris is seen as a potential flashpoint, with tension still running high between rival tribes during the campaign.... Source: Star -http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_East%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=87&art_id=nw20080611085901612C212226 New Registry System On the WayTuesday, June 10, 2008 11:54:00 AM EAT While launching the process in Nairobi on Monday, Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang' said the new system, to speed up foolproof identification of individuals, would in the long run address challenges posed by such acts as terrorism and human trafficking. It would also help to prevent and Source: allafrica—
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Sudan At least 33 killed in Sudanese airliner blazeWednesday, June 11, 2008 10:58:00 AM EAT Doctors and officials said the local mortuary had received 28 bodies by 3 a.m. on Wednesday and witnesses said they saw rescue teams remove five more bodies from the charred wreckage of the plane after daybreak. The Civil Aviation Authority said it had counted 113 survivors but that other people had left the site of the incident and gone straight home without informing the authorities. Presidential adviser Ghazi Salahaddin said that 50 to 60 people were unaccounted for. In the confusion during the night other officials gave contradictory figures.... Source: thestar – http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_mi_ea/sudan_plane_crash
UN Continues Struggle With Peacekeeping in DarfurWednesday, June 11, 2008 7:03:00 AM EAT By Derek Kilner Nairobi 10 June 2008 The U.N. Security Council is confronting growing concern about the credibility of its peace mission in the western Sudan's Darfur region. As Derek Kilner... Source: globalsecurity - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/06/mil-080610-voa05.htm Sudan seeks Interpol's helpTuesday, June 10, 2008 3:55:00 PM EAT By Mohammed Ali Saeed Khartoum - Sudan is to ask Interpol to arrest 20 Darfur rebel leaders accused of involvement in an unprecedented attack on the capital in May, the official SUNA news agency reported on Tuesday. "The government began procedures to retrieve 20 of the leaders of the Justice and Equality Movement through Interpol," SUNA quoted Justice Minister Abdul Basit Sabdarat as saying. He named JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim as well as JEM negotiator Ahmed Tugod, spokesperson Ahmed Hussein and deputy chief of staff Suleiman Sandal as some of those sought for the May 10 attack on Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman.... Source- Star- http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Central%20Africa&set_id=1&click_id=136&art_id=nw20080610135905573C223035
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Uganda Uganda Rebels Plead Against Use of Military ForceWednesday, June 11, 2008 5:31:00 AM EAT The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are pleading with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni not to use military force against them because they are ready to return to the stalled peace talks. Museveni’s government in conjunction with the ... Source: voanews - http://www.voanews.com/english/africa/2008-06-11-voa1.cfm?rss=africa Uganda begins deploying army along Sudan, DR Congo bordersTuesday, June 10, 2008 11:59:00 PM EAT APA-Kampala (Uganda) The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has begun deploying along the borders with Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) following reports that the rebel of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) were ... Source: apanews-en - http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article66224 Kinshasa, Kampala discuss efforts to demarcate common borderWednesday, June 11, 2008 11:37:00 AM EAT Delegations from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and Uganda are holding discussions with a view to paving the way for the demarcation of their common border following a series of border skirmishes, according to official sources. "The Joint DR Congo-Uganda Technical Commission on the borders has began its meeting with a view to harmonizing the budget of the planned border demarcation exercise," the two sides in a statement Tuesday, adding that the session will end on June 14. The meeting, which is taking place within the framework of the standing....... Source: xinhuanet_en - http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/11/content_8347938.htm Activist Wants LRA Denied ArmsTuesday, June 10, 2008 10:24:00 AM EAT (Kampala) 9 June 2008 Posted to the web 10 June 2008 Charles Ariko And Angela Ndagano Kampala THE LRA insurgency in northern Uganda could be history if arms dealers stopped supplying the rebels with arms, according to the executive director the Pan African Movement. Grace Kabayo, who did not Source: allafrica—http://allafrica.com/stories/200806100002.html
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Somalia Somali opposition to sack their leader for signing peace deal
Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:21:00 AM EAT MOGADISHU, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Somali opposition group will next week sack their leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who on Monday signed a peace deal with the Somali transitional government in Djibouti, Transitional Federal Government and the Opposition Alliance... Source : xinhuanet_en - http://rss.xinhuanet.com/newsc/english/2008-06/11/content_8343200.htm At least three killed in police station raid in Mogadishu Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:00:00 AM EAT APA Mogadishu (Somalia) Islamist insurgents on Tuesday evening attacked a police station in Somalia’s capital, a day after the Transitional Federal Government and the Opposition Alliance Source: apanews-en - http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article66237 Somalia: 'Alliance' divided over Djibouti peace accord Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:52:00 PM EAT SOMALIA: "Alliance" divided over Djibouti peace accord NAIROBI, 10 June 2008 (IRIN) - Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and a faction of an Eritrea-based opposition alliance who have been holding talks in Djibouti, have signed an Source: globalsecurity - http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/06/mil-080610-irin02.htm Somali Islamist rejects ceasefireA top Somali Islamist leader has rejected a UN-brokered, three-month ceasefire deal signed by Somalia's government and an opposition bloc. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys promised to continue fighting until all foreign troops left the country. Source: BBC - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7445743.stm
AU welcomes new peace agreement in SomaliaTuesday, June 10, 2008 4:22:00 PM EAT Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has welcomed the agreement reached Monday by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the opposition Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), at the peace and security negotiations that started in Djibouti early this month. In a statement Tuesday, the AU Commission said the "agreement marks a significant step in the effort aimed at promoting an all-inclusive political process and bringing about lasting peace and stability" in the Horn of Africa country. The inter-Somali talks, held under the auspices of the United....... Source: reliefWeb—http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7FGD67?OpenDocument Inter-Somali talks end with agreement for withdrawal of Ethiopian troopsTuesday, June 10, 2008 1:59:00 PM EAT APA-Djibouti (Djibouti) The Somali parties at the peace talks in Djibouti on Monday reached an agreement including a key point on the withdrawal of Ethiopian peacekeeping troops backing the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Mogadishu, sources said here. The Somali Prime Minister Nur Hussein representing the TFG and Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), signed the document, after intense diplomatic efforts under the leadership of the United Nations and Djiboutian authorities. The withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia, which was....... Source:apanews-en—http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?article66157
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Djibouti Two dead in Djibouti, Eritrea border clash-witnessWednesday, June 11, 2008 11:17:00 AM EAT By Omar Hassan DJIBOUTI, June 11 (Reuters) - Two Djiboutian soldiers were killed and 17 wounded after troops from the tiny Red Sea state clashed with neighbouring Eritrea along their common border, a Reuters witness said. Eritrean and Djiboutian soldiers began exchanging fire on Tuesday afternoon after several months of tensions. Fighting continued on Wednesday, Djibouti's Ministry of Defence said. Eritrean officials declined to comment. The two countries clashed in the remote Horn of Africa region in the 1990s. A Reuters witness at a French hospital in Djibouti said helicopters had ferried in dead and wounded soldiers.... Source: alertnet - http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11629180.htm
Djibouti says clashes with Eritrean troops at borderTuesday, June 10, 2008 11:16:00 PM EAT DJIBOUTI, June 10 (Reuters) - Djiboutian soldiers clashed with Eritrean troops for the first time in a nearly two-month old standoff, Djiboutian state media reported on Tuesday. The Eritrean government was not immediately available for Source: alertnet -
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