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SOMALIA: Ethiopian troops out 'early next year'
Ethiopian troops backing the transitional government in Somalia are to withdraw early next year...
SomaliaSUDAN/ANGOLA: Large states exploit farm potential
Angola and Sudan have each unveiled ambitious plans to boost agricultural production on a scale...
SudanERITREA: Washington warns Asmara on border dispute
Washington yesterday issued an unequivocal warning to Eritrea that it would face "appropriate...
EritreaUS/UN/IRAQ: Moscow hints it may back new US mandate
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday suggested that Moscow might support an extension...
United StatesIRAQ/US: Military agreement unravelling
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday stated that "the clock is ticking" on approval of a...
IraqSUDAN: Interests favour avoiding war, despite new arms
On October 15 Southern Sudan's minister of finance, Kuol Athian, revealed that military spending...
SudanRUSSIA/GEORGIA: Face-to-face talks did not materialise
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana today said that the EU "will do everything possible" to...
RussiaBALKANS: Serbia gains ICJ point but loses elsewhere
As Belgrade celebrated the UN General Assembly's approval yesterday of referral of Kosovo's...
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