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12 February 2007

• Unions in Guinea resume a general strike to protest the President of Guinea Lansana Conte appointing a close ally Eugene Camara as Prime Minister of Guinea. At least 17 people have died in protests over the weekend. The protest started this morning with a march from the centre of Conakry to the Palace. Widespread problems with armed bandits taking advantage of the insecurity have also been reported around Enta. (Reuters). SOS

6 January 2007

• Mohamed Lamine Sanha, the former suspected leader of several coup attempts in Guinea-Bissau, dies after being attacked by armed men in civilian clothing 2 days earlier. News of Sanha's death sparks a riot in a Bissau suburb that results in the death of one person. (Al Jazeera English)

30 December 2006

• Antoine Gizenga, the 81 year old "patriarch" of Congolese politics, and leader of the left-wing Unified Lumumbist Party (French: Parti Lumumbiste Unifié or PALU), was appointed Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, by newly and democratically elected President Joseph Kabila, following a pre-electoral agreement between the two politicians' political parties. Gizenga will be the first Prime Minister appointed under the new Congolese constitution, which allowed the installation of the first democratically elected, multiparty legislature since 1965, and the first ever President democratically elected by direct suffrage. (Reuters UK)

11 November 2006

• Al Ahly won their fifth African Champions League title equalizing the African record of Al-Zamalek. Al Ahly snatched away a fairytale dream from their Tunisian hosts Club Sportif Sfaxien with a last-gasp goal that ensured a 2-1 aggregate triumph for the defending champions. Mohamed Abo Treika, confirming his status as the best player at this year's competition, hit a full volley from the edge of the area into the bottom right-hand corner of Sfaxien's goal to claim the cup again for the Egyptian giants. (FIFA)

23 October 2006

• The Zambian government has announced that microbial analysis of samples taken from Chavuma and Zambezi provinces have confirmed the presence of oil and gas deposits. President Levy Mwanawasa has appointed a committee under Mines Minister Kalombo Mwansa to develop policies on oil. Aljazeera.net

10 October 2006

• A Couple is caught having sex in a mosque during Ramadan in Gilgil, Kenya, and are sentenced to 18 months in prison.(Reuters)

9 October 2006

• Supreme Islamic Courts Council of Somalia declare Jihad against Ethiopia.(Reuters)

7 October 2006

• The government of Gabon's El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba is under pressure following revelations about plans to sell the islet Mbiane to neighbouring Equatorial Guinea.[1] The two nations' dispute about oil-rich territories in the Gulf of Guinea was hoped to be resolved this week during a meeting chaired by Kofi Annan, which was cancelled on short notice by Omar Bongo. The Gabonese newspaper L'Echo du Nord was shut down after reporting about apparent plans to sell the islet as Omar Bongo, "...for the first time since he came to power in 1967, sees his position threatened by a popular movement, which could soon force him to dismiss his government." (afrol News [2])
• The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front has retained two seats in byelections to the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe, in the constituencies of Chikomba and Rushinga.

4 October 2006

• Lesotho marks 40 years of independence with a new flag, incorporating the traditional Basotho hat. (Reuters)

2 October 2006

• Zambia's President, Levy Mwanawasa, is re-elected, according to the Zambian Electoral Commission. (BBC)

• France issues arrest warrants for two Djibouti officials that interfered with investigations after the assassination of a French judge there. Djibouti doesn't recognize the warrants.(BBC)

30 September 2006

• In Nigeria, the collapse of a dam wall kills forty people in Gusau, Zamfara state. (ABC Australia)

• The remains of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza are exhumed in Algiers for re-interment in Brazzaville.[3]

29 September 2006

• The Union of Islamic Courts has closed down a local radio station in Kismayo, Somalia.(BBC)

24 September 2006

• The Supreme Islamic Courts Council of Somalia captures the port city of Kismayu.(BBC)

23 September 2006

• In the Gambian presidential election, President Yahya Jammeh is re-elected for a third term. (Aljazeera)

17 September 2006

• A Roman Catholic nun, who worked as a nurse for SOS Children's Villages is shot dead by gunmen in Mogadishu. SOS ChildrenReuters

10 September 2006

• FNL (National Liberation Forces) signs a cease-fire agreement with the Burundi govenrmnent. The last remaining Hutu group started negotiations last year after the election of Hutu leader Pierre Nkurunziza.BBC

• Government forces and United Front for Democratic Change (FUC) rebels clash in Chad at Aram Kolle, near Biltine. From the rebels declarations, this is part of an ample movement of FUC forces pointing to the capital N'Djamena, that already last April was attacked by the FUC.[4]

August 8, 2006 (Tuesday)

• As Chadian President Idriss Déby is sworn into his third term in office; he hugs Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who only a few days ago was overseeing a campaign to overthrow the second Déby administration. (BBC)(BBC)

August 6, 2006 (Sunday)

• The Dechatu River in Ethiopia floods, killing over 200 people.(BBC) (Reuters)

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News collections and sources

• Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.
• allAfrica.com
• Reuters, Africa
• ReliefWeb
• UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
• UN News Centre

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