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Zambia

Kabila Expected In Zambia For Peace Talks

Ndola, Zambia

President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to arrive in the northern copper mining town of Ndola Thursday for talks with his Zambian counterpart, Frederick Chiluba on the peace process in that country.

Ethiopia

Eritrea At Variance About Security Zone

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopia Thursday warned that its troops, deep inside Eritrean territory, will remain in place until the government in Asmara acceded to the troops redeployment deal of the cessation of hostilities agreement between both countries.

South Africa

Jury Selection Underway for Osama Bin Laden’s Trial

Cape Town, South Africa

Jury selection began in New York Wednesday in the case against four men charged with the bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998 which killed 224 people and left more than 4,500 others injured. The men, who are suspected of being associates of fugitive Osama bin Laden, appeared in the Manhattan federal court amidst high security and restricted media coverage of jury selection.

Congo

Kinshasa Police Urged to Observe Sex Abstinence

Panafrican News Agency

Kinshasa, DR Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health minister, Dr. Mashako Mamba, has urged policemen in Kinshasa to abstain from engaging in indiscriminate sexual activities or use condoms to avoid being infected with HIV, which can lead to the incurable AIDS.

Ghana

Rawlings Meets Kufuor

Accra, Ghana

Ghana’s out-going President Jerry John Rawlings Wednesday met President-elect John Kufuor at the Castle, Osu, the second time the two men have consulted in the past 48 hours, to discuss the transition programme.

They met Monday at an undisclosed location and discussed matters pertaining to the hand-over of power Sunday. Kufuor won a presidential run-off last week, defeating John Atta Mills of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

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