For one night, Kenyan police had one of the FBI’s most wanted al-Qaeda terrorists behind bars. It should have been a coup for Kenya’s cops. The problem was they didn’t know his true identity, and a day after his detention on July 12 2002, the man escaped, outwitting seven police officers armed with AK-47s and 9mm pistols.
At least 50 000 people have been forced to flee their homes in southern Sudan because of militia attacks and fighting between government and rebel forces. The clashes over the past few weeks have occurred despite an October 2002 ceasefire between the government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
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/ 27 February 2004
Thousands more Sudanese refugees have poured into eastern Chad to escape fighting in neighbouring western Sudan in recent weeks, a United Nations official said on Friday. A yearlong rebellion in Sudan has killed thousands of people and forced more than 600Â 000 others to flee their homes.
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/ 26 February 2003
Kenya’s cricket team woke up on Tuesday to find itself on the front pages of every newspaper paper in the East African nation following its spectacular 53-run victory over Sri Lanka in the World Cup.