Africa news timeline May 09 Last updated: 1 june, 2009 - 10:38 GMT
May 31st The UN appeals for the release of child soldiers jailed in Chad.
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How will former President Jaafar Nimeiri, who died yesterday, be remembered?
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May 29th Fighting in Sudan's southern Kordofan state has killed 244.
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Calls for more women peacekeepers on International UN Peacekeeping day.
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Kenya asks for an extra 100 million dollars from the IMF as unemployment soars.
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Nigeria's Minister for Information on whether democracy has been a success in Nigeria.
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May 28th Eleven men on trial in Burundi for the trafficking of albino body parts.
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The trial of Burundians suspected of trafficking albino body parts continues.
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Amnesty International says human rights are a casualty of the global financial crisis.
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A look back at Nigeria's recent history
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Women in Uganda call for an end to men paying a 'bride price' for their wives-to-be.
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May 27th The West African regional body ECOWAS says it will do all it can to calm rising tension in Niger.
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The opposition are outraged as Niger's President Tandja dissolves parliament.
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Hospitals straining to cope with casualties from the latest fighting in Somalia.
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Plans by the Sudanese opposition to unite ahead of next year's polls.
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We meet a snake farmer in Naivasha, Kenya
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Fighting the spread of HIV in post-war South Sudan
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May 26th Al Shabaab claim responsibility for recent attack but who exactly are they?
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South Africa, the continent's largest economy, is officially in recession.
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South Sudan marks the 26th anniversary of the rebel Sudan's People Liberation Army.
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Is South Africa now officially in recession?
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May 25th Somalia's president accuses foreigners of fighting alongside Islamic insurgents trying to overthrow his government.
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The latest from Somalia after fierce fighting in the capital at the weekend.
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Tragedy strikes on Africa Day: pan-Africanist campaigner Tajudeen Abdulraheem dies in a car crash.
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A Kenyan lobby group claims that 1.5 million men are battered
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May 24th Research on an innovative way to combat malaria; by sterilising mosquitoes.
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Ken Wiwa Jnr, son of the late Nigerian Ogoni leader on battling Shell Oil in court.
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May 22nd Donors freeze funding for Zambia's health ministry after the alleged theft of millions of dollars.
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Malawi's incumbent President, Bingu wa Mutharika, wins a landslide victory over his main challenger, John Tembo.
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Malawi's incumbent president, Bingu wa Mutharika, wins a landslide victory over his main challenger, John Tembo.
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Africa's most multilingual nation is revealed in the latest Afrobarometer survey.
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Somalia's transitional government takes its first military stand against Islamist insurgents.
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May 21st Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika is on course for a landslide victory and a second term in office.
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Eritrea dismisses accusations of assisting Somali insurgents as a CIA plot.
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Tanzania's president is first African leader to meet President Obama at White House.
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A Tanzanian man will be the first detainee on Guantanamo Bay to be tried in a US federal court.
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May 20th Fighting forces villagers to abandon their homes in the oil rich Niger Delta.
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East African ministers end an emergency meeting calling for action against Islamists fighting in Somalia
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Islamist attack on African Union forces leaves three dead in Somalia.
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High expectations in Malawi as votes are counted following the election.
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Life as President Obama's Grandmother in Kogelo, Kenya
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May 19th Excitement as Malawians vote in their millions in presidential and parliamentary elections.
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Rwanda begins to deal with the country's cronic housing shortage.
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Malawians decide their future at presidential and parliamentary polls today.
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South African minister under fire for accepting a luxury car as a gift.
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Controversial privileges for jailed former ministers
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May 18th Ethiopia dismisses a US human rights report and accuses local NGOs of lying.
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A Darfur rebel faction leader accused of war crimes turns himself in to the ICC.
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Chad admits for the first time the bombing of Sudanese territory.
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A Belgian journalist's 2000km kayak trip in the Congo Basin.
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May 15th Offers to remove the names of Somalia's insurgent leaders from US list of terrorists.
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Uganda's president tries to defuse the row with Kenya over the disputed Migingo Island.
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South Africa reverses the Dalai Lama's visa ban.
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Fierce fighting continues in Somalia between al-Shabaab and government forces.
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How is family life faring in Sierra Leone?
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May 14th How long before Somalia's government falls to militant forces?
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36 victims of Kenya's post election violence finally get to rest in peace today.
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Kenyan to sue because wife kept legs crossed
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May 13th Kenya's parliament reacts to Ugandan President Museveni's remarks about Migingo island.
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Chad celebrates victory over rebel attacks as President Deby points a finger at Khartoum.
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Why Madagascar's deposed President Marc Ravalomanana wants to return home.
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New report into food aid carriers also used to distribute illicit arms.
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May 12th South Africa's new finance minister spells out his plans for the country's economy.
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The US asks Somalia's neighbours to support the transitional government.
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A Water Aid report out today highlights the dangers of ignoring the big killer - diarrhoea.
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Questions in Kenya's parliament over national budget discrepancies.
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Votes for uranium ore
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May 11th The situation in Mogadishu this morning after fierce figthing led to dozens of deaths.
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Repatriation plans on hold for Rwandan refugees in Uganda.
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Life changing surgery for hyena victims
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Fighting resumes in Mogadishu as Somali President vows to defeat hardline insurgents.
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May 9th Eyewitness reports from Eastern Chad show rebels were hit hard in Am Dam.
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What kind of a man is South Africa's new president, Jacob Zuma?
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May 8th Pitfalls in the way of elections expected in Sudan next year.
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Chad blasts the AU over Sudan's alleged backing of Chadian rebels.
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Aid for votes row among Tanzania's blast victims
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US actress Mia Farrow on her hunger strike over the Darfur crisis.
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Ghana's President Atta-Mills voices his concerns over the situation in Darfur.
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May 7th Controlled blasts at an army depot where multiple explosions killed at least 25 people in Tanzania.
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Kenyan aristocrat Thomas Cholmondeley convicted of the manslaughter of a poacher on his estate.
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British MP's push to ban the activities of vulture funds that have had severe effects on debt ridden countries in Africa.
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Tanzania says it will destroy some of its weapons arsenal after fatal explosions.
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Are Chadian authorities in control after rebel assaults in the east of the country?
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May 6th Can a new Africa Commission find answers for Africa's unemployed youth?
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Election results in Nigeria's Ekiti State are announced to fierce protests.
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Jacob Zuma is officially elected as South Africa's president
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Africa Commission seeks ways to create jobs for young Africans.
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May 4th A mass rally in London will attempt to stir up support for hundreds of Africans seeking official status in Britain
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UN peacekeeping forces and Congolese army join forces in a bid to oust Rwandan Hutu rebels.
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Thousands call on the UK authorities to grant citizenship to an estimated 500,000 illegal immigrants.
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Why more than half of the women in Angola's poor suburbs have experienced some form of domestic violence.
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May 1st Why the wife of Kenya's Prime Minister has joined the campaign to deny partners conjugal rights
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UN concerns about the plight of refugees crossing into Chad to escape renewed fighting in the Central African Republic.
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UN negotiates with Islamists in Somalia on providing security for aid workers.
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In Kenya, workers on May Day improvise ways to survive economic hardships.
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