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| Chad | Sudan Politics | Society Chad accused of supporting rebel attacks in Darfur afrol News - Sudan and Chad are in another bitter row after Sudanese government accused Chad of ferrying supplies to the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels in its recent attack in South Darfur town. Chad has however denied the allegations. |
| Sudan Human rights | Society | Politics Sudanese spy slapped with 17 year jail term afrol News - A Sudanese criminal court has sentenced a man to 17 years in prison for allegedly spying for the International Criminal Court in a probe on Darfur war crimes, the state run news agency has reported. |
| Somalia Society | Politics | Human rights Islamists seize Baidoa for the first time afrol News - Somali Islamic rebels loyal to the Al-Shabaab militia have seized Baidoa late Monday after a brief clash with government militiamen, just a day after Ethiopian troops completed their withdrawal out of Somalia. |
| Sudan Politics | Society | Human rights UN denounces renewed clashes in Darfur afrol News - The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has lashed on the continuing military actions in Northern Darfur saying it threatens civilian lives and derails the already shaky peace efforts. |
| Ethiopia | Somalia Politics Ethiopia completes Somalia pullout afrol News - Ethiopia has completed full withdrawal of its troops from Somalia after a two year intervention to fight opposition Islamists fighters. The Ethiopian troops completely departed from Mogadishu on 15 January, but pulled back to Baidoa. |
| Somalia Society | Politics | Human rights 10 killed in rebel-government clashes in Somalia afrol News - Islamic insurgents and Somali forces clashes in the capital Mogadishu have killed at least 10 people as rebels advance into areas controlled by the United Nations mission, a government official has reported. |
| Eritrea Human rights | Society Three Eritrean Christians die in military camps afrol News - Three Christian believers are reported to have died in Eritrea after an alleged torture in the past four months in the notorious military confinement, Christian rights organisation has said. |
| Ethiopia | Somalia Politics | Society | Human rights Ethiopia's last troops leave Somalia afrol News - Ethiopian troops have fully vacated the Horn of African state today, amid fears by locals of intensified fighting between government forces and Islamic hardliners, a local government official said. |
| Eritrea | Guinea Politics | Society UN orders Eritrea's withdrawal from disputed Djibouti border afrol News - The UN Security Council has ordered Eritrea to withdraw its forces from a disputed border region with Djibouti. The border dispute that burst into fighting in June 2008, killed at least 35 people and left dozens wounded. |
| Sudan Gender - Women | Human rights | Society | Politics Dafur women saved from attempted abduction afrol News - A group of Darfuris women was saved from the hands of bandits who are believed to have been on a mission to take them hostages or possible war slaves. |
» Ethiopia pulls out of main posts in Somalia
» US launches American chamber of commerce in Ethiopia
» Somalis rejoice after Al-shabab’s defeat
» AU ministers to forge greater economic bonds
» Ethiopia adopts a bill to restrict aid agencies
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