Peacekeeping Mission for Darfur Months Behind Schedule http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Peacekeeping_Mission_for_Darfur_Months_Behind_Sche Commander of the planned joint A.U.-U.N. peacekeeping force for Darfur says best case scenario is to have about 9,000 personnel on the ground when the mandate for the force begins on January 1 5 Egyptians Die in Cruise Ship Fire http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=5_Egyptians_Die_in_Cruise_Ship_Fire Officials say the fire broke out in engine room and quickly spread through the ship UNICEF Begins Life-Saving Immunization Campaign in Somalia http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=UNICEF_Begins_Life-Saving_Immunization_Campaign_in Effort aims to immunize 100,000 children and women in camps for internally displaced people Somali Group Says Violence Killed Nearly 6,000 This Year http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Somali_Group_Says_Violence_Killed_Nearly_6000_Thi Mogadishu Mayor Mohammed Dheere accuses Elman Peace and Human Rights Organization spreading false information Sudan's President to Meet British Lawmakers Seeking Teacher's Pardon http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Sudans_President_to_Meet_British_Lawmakers_Seekin Gillian Gibbons is serving 15-day prison sentence for letting her class of seven-year-olds name teddy bear Muhammad - the name of Islam's founding prophet Starbucks, Ethiopia Join Forces After Settling Trademark Dispute http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Starbucks_Ethiopia_Join_Forces_After_Settling_Tra Earlier, Ethiopia had accused Starbucks of blocking it from trade-marking names of distinctive Ethiopian coffees Uganda’s Rebels Said Ready For Next Round Of Peace Talks http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Uganda’s_Rebels_Said_Ready_For_Next_Round_Of_Pea Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels say they are winding down their consultations ahead of the next round of peace negotiations with President Yoweri Museveni’s government. South Africa’s President Said Considering Early Polls If He Loses to EX-VP http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=South_Africa’s_President_Said_Considering_Early_ South Africa’s President, Thabo Mbeki says he is considering calling for an early parliamentary elections if he fails in his unprecedented third term bid to become the leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. Sudan’s President to Meet SPLM Leader Kiir Today http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Sudan’s_President_to_Meet_SPLM_Leader_Kiir_Today The leader of the former Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Salva Kiir will today (Monday) hold talks with Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Liberia Arrests and Temporarily Releases A Prominent Lebanese Businessman http://www.egenas.com/news.php?a=Liberia_Arrests_and_Temporarily_Releases_A_Promine George Haddad was arrested because he was linked to the sale of iron ore during the era of the transitional government headed by Gyude Bryant