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- One year on from the Live 8 concerts, U2 frontman Bono announces that world leaders are not making good on their promises to Africa. According to Bono in a recent CNN interview, not enough is being done to make trade fair. (CNN)
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- Fighting erupts in Somalia, with fighting between Somalian fighters aligned with defeated warlords and Islamic militants, wounding at least 40 and killing nearly 100. (Reuters)
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- Somalia's interim government unravels as at least 20 cabinet members (a fifth of the Cabinet) resign, accusing the country's virtually powerless government of failing to bring peace.(Houston Chronicle)
- Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi is released on bail after being charged with corruption and fraud. (Reuters)
- The three main militia groups in the troubled DRC eastern province of Ituri have agreed to lay down arms and begin integrating into the Congolese army.(BBC).
- Another food crisis hits Niger. The UN says the 1.5 million people it feeds will more than double in a few weeks.(Reuters)
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