Somaliland forces based in the village of Kalshale in Buhodle region of East Somaliland came under a were surprise attack by SSC militia from three different sides in the early mornings on Monday. The fighting erupted early hours after morning prayers and has continued for four hours before the fighting stopped.

Nuh Taani, Somaliland armed forces chief General told local media in Hargeisa the SSC militia were heavily-armed however the army was ready and responded with heavy artillery and machine guns.

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The top military command of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army on Thursday said repelled forces loyal to General George Athor from Fangak County, Jonglei State, following a clash between the two armed forces on Wednesday and Thursday in the area.

Dok James Puok, spokesman of the rebel group in an interview with Sudan Tribune from Juba claimed Wednesday that their forces captured Fangak County from SPLA forces after launching an attack on their operational outposts in three different locations.

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With the announcement of final voting results, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan said Monday that his government would accept the choice of the long-embattled region of southern Sudan to separate from the north, setting the stage for the creation of the world’s newest country this summer.

According to the final count, announced in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, 98.83 percent of the more than 3.8 million registered voters in southern Sudan chose to separate from the north. In many parts of the country the vote was over 99 percent.

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Authorities in Mauritania claimed Wednesday that the sub-Saharan country’s security forces have foiled a planned terror attack on its capital Nouakchott by killing three al-Qaeda militants in a gunfight in the outskirts of the city.

Officials said the militant’s vehicle blew up after its occupants engaged in a gun-battle with the security forces early on Wednesday morning. The three militants were killed in the explosion, which also left several troops injured.

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A massive rally arranged by the Yemeni opposition in Taiz governorate demanded on Tuesday President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

The opposition parties, JMP, launched its rallies and protests to denounce what they called the government failed polices , its intentions to amend the constitution and reneging on previous agreements reached with them.

In a speech delivered before thousands of participants , head of JMP in Taiz, Abdul-Aziz al-Rumaima called Saleh’s government to leave , pointing out that it exploits its public money to its own interests and ignores Yemeni suffers.

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Heavy confrontation broke out between Al shabaab fighters and Somalia’s moderate Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca (ASWJ) in Galguduud region in central Somalia, reports said on Monday.

Reports said that the confrontation occur in Wardhumalo village in Galguduud region, adding that heavy gun fire and RBG guns which both al-Shabaab extremist fighters and moderate Ahlu Sunna fighters have been exchanging for several hours.

Sheikh Abdirazak Mohammed Ali, the spokesman of Ahlu Sunna Wal-jamaca fighters in central Somalia, told Shabelle radio that Ahlu Sunna fighters launched attacks on al-Shabaab positions in the village Wardhumalo.

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Sudanese government armed forces clashed yesterday with rebels from the western region of Darfur, leaving 21 killed from both sides, army spokesman Al-Sawarmi Khaled said today.

The fighting took place when rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement, the biggest armed group in the region, and the Sudan Liberation Movement faction led by Minni Minnawi, ambushed a military convoy on the road between El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, and Nyala, the capital of South Darfur state, Khaled said.

“The armed forces successfully quashed the ambush,” Khaled said by phone from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital. “The battle lasted for four hours.”

Eight soldiers were killed from the armed forces, while the rebels lost 13 fighters in the battle, he said.

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