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UN troops enter eastern Liberia United Nations troops are expanding their control over parts of the lawless countryside
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| Jan.30 |
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Helicopter crashes on Lagos beach
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| Mar.9 |
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War crimes tribunal opens A ceremony attended by the president and UN officials. The court doesn't have the Liberia's ex-president Charles
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| May.5 |
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Muslim leader: 300 killed
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| May.22 |
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Obasanjo declared state of emergency President said the state of emergency in part of the country was necessary to quell deadly religious violence
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| Jun.8 |
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Plane crashes off coast
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| Jun.9 |
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Strike over fuel prices
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| Jun.11 |
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Unions suspend strike
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| Jun.18 |
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W. Africa to create 'rapid response' force
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| Jun.29 |
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24 dead in UN helicopter crash A Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter crashed killing all peacekeepers, aid workers and others on board
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| Jul.30 |
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Foes clinch peace deal
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| Jul.31 |
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Polio campaign restarted The state of Kano has resumed vaccinations after an 11-month ban that threatened efforts to eradicate the disease
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| Aug.2 |
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U.N. finds mass graves A human rights team has found 3 mass graves with at least 99 bodies in northern rebel stronghold of Korhogo
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| Aug.19 |
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$248 million to be spent on AIDS drugs
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| Aug.22 |
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Darfur disarmament plan laid out
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| Aug.24 |
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Fears of Africa polio epidemic
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| Aug.26 |
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Rebels rejected key conditions of deal
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| Sep.6 |
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Darfur talks deadlocked
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| Sep.17 |
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Pipeline blast kills 12
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Sudan talks break up with no deal
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| Sep.29 |
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Rebel leader cites deal
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| Oct.1 |
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Cease-fire reached with rebels The government has signed a cease-fire with 3 groups that had been targeting foreign oil companies in the Delta region
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| Oct.2 |
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Locusts invade capital A giant swarm of locusts has invaded the city of Nouakchott. The plague is still in its early stages
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| Oct.9 |
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Strike ends, more planned A two-day warning walkout at Royal Dutch Shell Group was due to end without disrupting supplies
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| Oct.10 |
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Fuel price strike starts| A 4-day general strike. More strikes would follow if a 25% increase was not reversed | |
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| Oct.21 |
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Darfur peace talks delayed The African Union has recommended a 4-day postponement of peace talks after a mix-up left delegates stranded
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| Nov.6 |
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France attacks Ivorian airbase| French forces have destroyed 2 government warplanes after an air strike left 8 French soldiers dead and 23 injured | | |
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Ivory Coast seethes after attack Armed mobs of government loyalists took to the streets of the city of Abidjan, in anger against France
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| Nov.7 |
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France boosts Ivory Coast force| France was flying in 300 of extra soldiers and Ivory Coast was pulling back its troops | |
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France limits Ivory Coast pullout The French government dispatching 3 planes to evacuate at least 100 people, including many French citizens
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President calls for calm Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for order amid the violence that erupted
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| Nov.9 |
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Mbeki seeks to calm Ivorian storm South African President is in Ivory Coast to try to restore calm after 2 days of violence
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| Nov.10 |
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Foreigners flee Ivory Coast| The U.N. and France have begun mass evacuations of U.N. staff and foreign nationals following days of violence | | |
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| Nov.13 |
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Military chief sacked The president Laurent Gbagbo, has sacked his army chief of staff, Gen Mathias Doue
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| Nov.14 |
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Westerners evacuate Ivory Coast Frightened Westerners piled into buses, boats and planes in a growing evacuation despite government promises
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| Nov.15 |
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UN arms embargo for Ivory Coast| The Security Council has voted unanimously to impose an immediate arms embargo. The ban will last 13 months | |
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| Dec.23 |
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'20 die' in fuel blaze Fire broke out on sighting the police as the theft was under way, and the pipeline was damaged
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Shell cuts Nigerian oil exports International oil giant has been forced to suspend some exports because of community unrest in the Niger River Delta