Africa news timeline October 09
Last updated: 10 november, 2009 - 10:03 GMT
October 30th
Kigali fracas leads to postponement of another opposition launch in Rwanda.
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A key Mugabe ally says they have kept their side of the power sharing deal
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Numbers of SA families headed by a child are increasing
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Human Rights Watch welcomes the AU special panel report on Darfur
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Niger issues an international arrest warrant against three opposition leaders.
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October 29th
UN envoy bristles with anger after being turned back at Harare airport.
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Nigerian government's billion dollar development fund for the Niger Delta.
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A Somali man aged 112 marries a girl 95 years his junior
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A senior United Nations official has been stopped from entering Zimbabwe
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Counting Kenya's gay men for outreach services
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Fatime Boumie wants recognition of her 1966 beauty title
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October 28th
Mozambique's polls open with the ruling party poised for victory after the opposition split.
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More fighting and deaths in Mogadishu- AU peacekeepers say they aim to minimise civilian casualties
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First debit cards for Somaliland- will they improve people's lives?
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October 27th
Senegal admits to giving a 'parting gift' of $200,000 cash to an IMF official
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High profile figures in France are found guilty of illegal arms dealing with Angola- including a former president's son
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More talks in Zimbabwe but still no breakthrough to resolve the political stalemate.
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The leader of Kenya's notorious Mungiki sect says he and his group did nothing wrong.
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Mozambique prepares itself for tomorrow's vote
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October 26th
Early results in Tunisia's elections give President Ben-Ali a strong lead.
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Uganda's Somali community to register its country men
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The UN backed court for Sierra Leone issues its final judgement on Sierra Leonian soil
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Farai Sevenzo's concern for the fate of our spiritual souls
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October 25th
Two trains have collided in Egypt, killing and injuring many passengers.
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Election day in Tunisia - but is the result a foregone conclusion?
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October 23rd
African leaders agree on a landmark convention for displaced people.
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Bishops say corrupt Catholic leaders in Africa should either repent or resign.
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Celebrating a Kenyan civil partnership in London
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Leader of a British anti-immigration party is given airtime on a BBC TV debate
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Nigeria's anti-corruption agency lands a blow to internet fraudsters
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October 22nd
Ethiopia launch an appeal to help feed more than 6 million.
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Ghana's Foreign ministry building goes up in flames - three people are arrested.
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Tsvangirai travels to South Africa looking for support
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Guinea's military Junta pledges to support a UN led investigation into last month's killings
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Elizabeth Ohene ponders Africa's relations with China.
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October 20th
US sends unmanned aircraft to the Seychelles to help combat piracy
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Zuma to meet South African mayors in a bid to speed up service delivery and ease protests
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Niger to hold controversial parliamentary elections- opposition plans boycott
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Congo Brazzaville leases large tracts of land to South African farmers
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ECOWAS suspends Niger from the regional body as president Tandja goes ahead with elections
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October 16th
Smooth and calm elections across Botswana- a lesson for other countries?
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Uganda is considering creating an offence of aggravated homosexuality.
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Investigation into price-fixing by phone companies in South Africa.
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Voters cast their ballots in Botswana's 10th general election.
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October 15th
ICC launches investigation into Guinea violence that left over 150 dead
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Township anger continues in South Africa - demonstrators barricade one of the world cup stadiums
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EU calls for Guinea's leader to face trial - is he concerned?
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Indictment of Roy Bennett threatens power-sharing agreement in ZImbabwe.
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October 14th
The European Union say Guinea's junta leader should be put on trial.
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Nigerian authorities go on red alert as drought threatens the northern states.
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DRC and Angola agree to suspend apparent tit-for-tat expulsions.
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October 13th
Protests breaks out again in South Africa's townships as residents demand better services.
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Angola and DR Congo suspend expulsions- thousands left with nowhere to go.
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Official enquiry finds sale of Ghana Telecom unconstitutional.
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Guinea's UDF leader tells us why he's calling for a nationwide strike.
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October 12th
Nigeria assures the international community that peace has come to the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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Guineans observe a 2 day strike to mark the killing of more than 150 protestors.
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Madagascar's Prime Minister tells the BBC why he will not accept the President's request for him to step down
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Ugandan opposition leader in hospital following car crash
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October 9th
Oxfam calls for justice in DRC as killings and rape still plague the east.
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Deadline to leave camps passes for Kenyans displaced by post election violence.
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A BBC investigation has found that people in Kenya's Rift Valley are arming themselves ahead of general elections in 2012.
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Egypt wants to ban the import of fake hymen kit
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What has been achieved by the Niger Delta amnesty?
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Human rights activists want arms sales to Guinea stopped.
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October 8th
Authorities say more than 8,000 Niger Delta militants surrendered under amnesty plan.
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Is the country back on course? Focus on Africa comes live from Harare with special guests.
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October 7th
A BBC investigation finds fearful Kenyan communities stockpiling guns
Leaflets posted outside a main hospital in Somalia warn against accepting international aid.
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Guinea's military junta announce it's setting up an enquiry into last week's bloodbath.
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African activists recognised by human rights award
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A BBC investigation finds Kenyan communities arming up in the run up to elections in 2012
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October 6th
Communities in Kenya arming themselves ahead of elections in 2012.
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Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe is ready for a new relationship with western countries.
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Arrest of one of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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Zulu polygamist makes South African marital history
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October 5th
President Campaore invites Guinea's military and opposition to talks.
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Madagascar's political rivals are due to resume power sharing talks
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Ecowas envoy starts talks in Guinea following a wave of violence.
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Trial starts of South Africa's former police commissioner, Jackie Selebi.
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Campaign to drastically reduce Africa's high infant mortality rates
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Kofi Annan in Kenya as the government is urged to speed up political reforms
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October 2nd
The Central Bank of Nigeria sacks three more bank executives.
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Guineans search for the bodies of dead relatives killed in this week's military crackdown
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Extreme drought continues to devastate parts of northern Kenya.
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A sombre independence day in Guinea with continued accusations against the government.
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October 1st
Fighting erupts between two islamist militant groups in Somalia
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BAE systems face bribery allegations over its deals with African governments
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The struggles of South Sudan's senior citizens
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Guinea's junta leader calls for a Unity government and the UN's help.
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Nigerian musician Nneka wins the best African act award at this year's MOBO's
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Recent Africa highlights
Sola Odunfa feels the sadness of losing a fine friend
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Dub poet, Albert Nyathi discusses his passion for his art
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Kinshasa's traffic police accused of beating taxi drivers
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Lack of cancer-fighting resources puts African women at risk
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A vast dried up lake gives up man's prehistoric secrets
Bottleneck blues for drivers in Angola's capital, Luanda
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