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U.N. food agency begins helping Niger
Aug 25 2006 7:18PM (CT)
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - The U.N. food agency inaugurated a program Friday to help feed hundreds of thousands of people in Niger as the impoverished West African nation struggles to recover from severe shortages.
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Sen. Barack Obama meets Kenyan president
Aug 25 2006 5:56PM (CT)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama met Kenya's president and survivors of a terrorist bombing and was greeted by cheering crowds wherever he went Friday on his first visit to his father's native land since he was elected.
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Somali port gets first use in 11 years
Aug 25 2006 3:33PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Several hundred people Friday greeted the first ship to dock at the main port in Somalia's capital in 11 years, the latest sign the city's Islamic fundamentalist rulers are trying to restore confidence after more than a decade of anarchy.
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Uganda agrees to conditional cease-fire
Aug 25 2006 1:42PM (CT)
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Uganda has agreed to a conditional truce with rebels to end a 19-year insurgency in the north of the country that has left thousands dead, officials said Friday.
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Islamic militia expands in Somalia
Aug 25 2006 12:55PM (CT)
BELET WEYNE, Somalia (AP) - An Islamic militia that controls most of southern Somalia is now expanding into the center of this Horn of Africa country, imposing order after years of anarchy but also sparking worries of an emerging Taliban-style regime.
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