A search is underway for two peacekeepers missing after an ambush on a joint African Union-United Nations patrol in an area of Darfur that has been the scene of recent clashes.
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Sudan: Fighters Ambush Darfur Peacekeepers
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Sudan: Fighters Ambush Darfur Peacekeepers
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Zimbabwe: Mugabe Gives Go Ahead to Media Reforms
Sunday, March 7th, 2010IN an open rebuke to Media, Information and Publicity secretary George Charamba who has been frustrating the licensing of new players in the newspaper publishing sector, President Robert Mugabe has told the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to get on with its mandate of opening up the media space.
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe Gives Go Ahead to Media Reforms
Sudan: Darfur Clashes Disrupt Aid
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Weeks of fighting in parts of Darfur have raised concern over the plight of civilians, as insecurity has prompted humanitarian agencies to suspend activities in some areas.
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Sudan: Darfur Clashes Disrupt Aid
Sudan: As Govt, Darfur Rebels Sign Ceasefire, Ban Calls for Definitive Peace Pact
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties in the deadly conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region to agree on a definitive political settlement following the signing of a cessation of hostilities accord between the Government and a major rebel group.
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Sudan: As Govt, Darfur Rebels Sign Ceasefire, Ban Calls for Definitive Peace Pact
Nigeria: Hoddle Hops Into Abuja Today for Eagles
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010FORMER England Manager, Glenn Hoddle, most favoured to pick the job of tinkering the Eagles to the World Cup in South Africa would jet into the country today where he would put finishing touches to his contractual agreements with members of the interview panel.
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Nigeria: Hoddle Hops Into Abuja Today for Eagles
Uganda: Museveni’s Old Plane Sold for U.S.$10 Million
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010THE old presidential jet, the Gulfstream IV SP, purchased 10 years ago at sh60b, has been sold for sh20b, MPs heard yesterday.
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Uganda: Museveni’s Old Plane Sold for U.S.$10 Million
Uganda: Sebaggala Quits DP
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Kampala mayor, Ntege Sebaggala has quit the Democratic Party citing irregularities in the just concluded party elections where he lost to Nobert Mao.
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Uganda: Sebaggala Quits DP
Sudan: Darfur Rebel Group Reaches Peace Deal With Govt
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010A major Darfur rebel group has reached a “framework agreement” with the Sudanese government, according to news agencies and the United States government.
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Sudan: Darfur Rebel Group Reaches Peace Deal With Govt
Ethiopia: Electoral Board Begins Funding Participating Parties
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) made two rounds of payments last week to parties that are running in the May 2010 election.
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Ethiopia: Electoral Board Begins Funding Participating Parties
Sudan: UN-African Union Mission, Sudan Commit to Prison Reform
Sunday, February 21st, 2010The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region and the Sudanese Government on Sunday signed an agreement to improve prison management and inmates’ living conditions.
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