Two Rwandan peacekeepers from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed and others wounded today in an attack by unidentified gunmen while collecting water at the north of the strife-torn Sudanese region.

The dead and wounded were evacuated to El Fasher.

The attack, which occurred in Saraf Umra in North Darfur, brought to 17 the number of UNAMID armed personnel killed in a hostile confrontation since the mission deployed at the start of 2008.

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Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, the Islamist leader of rebel group Hizbul Islam, has Saturday called fresh fighting against the African Union troops (AMISOM) in Somali capital Mogadishu.

Sheik Aweys said to the Islamist fighters that war against foreigners would be inevitable pointing out that AMISOM troops were part of the continuing problems in Somalia.

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Military officials in the Central African Republic say they have retaken a key northern town that was captured by rebels last week. The country’s president is pushing a peace deal ahead of 2010 elections.

Military officials in Bangui say government troops have recaptured the town of Ndele, about 675 kilometers north of the capital. It was at the center of fighting earlier this year that drove more than 8,000 civilians across the border into Chad.

Rebels from the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace took control of Ndele last Thursday in a three-pronged attack that the government says killed at least 15 people including two soldiers. Government forces from the garrison there regrouped and regained command of the town over the weekend, driving out rebels led by former prime minister Charles Massi.

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The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), an Ethiopian rebel group that is operating in eastern Ethiopia, is reporting more Woyanne regime casualties in a renewed offensive that took place since November 10. The following is a military communique:

Military operations related to the 10 November 2009 offensive have concluded in Ogaden. In total, 6 military vehicles belonging to the regime have been destroyed thus far by ONLF forces. The death toll from all fronts now stands at 985 of Woyanne regime troops killed, including 12 officers, with a large number wounded.

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At least 10 people have been killed and more others wounded after heavy fighting between the transitional government forces backing by the AU troops (AMISOM) and the Islamist fighters broke out in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, official and witnesses said on Tuesday.

Reports say that the clashes continued at Abdul Azis and Shibis districts in the north of the capital and parts of Hodan and Daynile districts, bases for both rival forces killing more.

Reports say that both sides exchanged heavy weapons during the war.

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Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists said on Sunday they had seized control of a southern town from the rival Hizbul Islam insurgents after clashes that killed at least 12 fighters.

Al Shabaab controls much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital Mogadishu. The group is fighting government troops and African Union peacekeepers to impose its own version of sharia, or Muslim law, throughout Somalia.

Witnesses said hundreds of the group’s fighters marched into Afmadow town in the lower Juba region on Sunday after heavy fighting that started the previous day.

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