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| Jan.1 |
Somalia |
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Somalia targets Islamists' escape |
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| Jan.5 |
Egypt |
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Hanging 'makes martyr of Saddam' |
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| Jan.6 |
Somalia |
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Fighters: We'll heed al Qaeda's call |
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| Jan.8 |
 Somalia |
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U.S. targets al Qaeda suspects 
The AC-130 has attacked suspected al Qaeda targets in southern Somalia
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| Jan.26 |
Guinea |
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President Lansana Conte 'to cede powers' |
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| Jan.29 |
Ethiopia |
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African snub to Sudan over Darfur |
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| Feb.8 |
Nigeria Delta |
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Militants hold more hostages |
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| Mar.12 |
 Zimbabwe |
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Opposition tortured by police | Top opposition leaders were assaulted by police who broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Movement for Democratic Change ... | |
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| Mar.15 |
Zimbabwe |
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Mugabe tells critics to 'go hang' |
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| Mar.18 |
Zimbabwe |
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Opposition aide beaten
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| Mar.23 |
Mozambique |
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Arms depot blast kills 93 |
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| Mar.28 |
Zimbabwe |
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Opposition leaders arrested
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| Mar.29 |
Tanzania |
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African leaders side with Mugabe |
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| Apr.10 |
Morocco |
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Terror attack in Casablanca thwarted |
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| Apr.11 |
Algeria |
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23 dead in bomb attacks
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| Apr.15 |
Sudan |
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Sudan agrees to U.N., AU troops
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| Apr.20 |
Nigeria |
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Ballots 'not in country' |
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| Apr.22 |
Nigeria |
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'Flawed' vote rerun call |
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Mosul |
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Gunmen line up, execute 23 Kurd |
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| Apr.23 |
 Nigeria |
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Yar'Adua wins flawed vote President Obasanjo's chosen successor was proclaimed victor in a presidential election
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| May.5 |
 Cameroon |
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Jet with 100 aboard crashes 
Map of Lolodorf Cameroon| Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off. The plane took off from Cameroon's commer... | |
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| Jun.20 |
Sierra Leone |
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First S Leone war crimes verdicts |
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| Jun.21 |
Egypt |
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Egyptians to host Mid-East summit |
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| Jun.29 |
Ivory Coast |
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Rocket fired at PM plane |
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| Jul.5 |
Nigeria Delta |
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Three-year-old seized
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Zimbabwe |
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Bulk buy ban amid frenzy
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| Jul.11 |
Libya |
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Court upholds death verdicts |
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Algeria |
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Suicide bomb kills 9 |
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| Jul.20 |
Ivory Coast |
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UN probes 'abuse' |
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| Jul.23 |
 Libya |
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HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
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| Jul.25 |
Libya |
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Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links
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| Aug.3 |
Sierra Leone |
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Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing |
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| Aug.12 |
Darfur |
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Darfur force 'to be all-African' |
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| Aug.14 |
 Mosul |
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Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks Map of Mosul Northern Iraq| The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community. Tensions between the Yazidi and local Muslims have grown since a Yazidi girl was stoned by her community in April for converting t... | |
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| Sep.8 |
Algeria |
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Al-Qaeda claims bombings
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| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
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Flood misery hits arc of Africa | An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead | |
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| Sep.30 |
 Darfur |
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Deadliest attack for peace force | Rebels killed at least 12 peacekeepers at an African Union base in the deadliest attack yet on the peacekeeping force in its 3-year mission | |
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| Oct.3 |
 South Africa |
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3,200 workers trapped in gold mine Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
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| Oct.4 |
Congo |
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Plane crash kills 30 |
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| |
South Africa |
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All gold miners freed from mine |
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| Oct.7 |
Darfur |
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Army-controlled town razed | A government-controlled town of Haskanita has been burned down and looted. The town is the home of the peacekeeping base that attacked last week. The market area had been looted, Just a few civ... | |
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| Oct.11 |
East Africa |
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African wars cost billions |
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| Oct.17 |
Somalia |
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Aid stopped after kidnap
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| Oct.27 |
Sudan |
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Sudan calls Darfur truce at talks |
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| Oct.29 |
Somalia |
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U.S. destroyer pursues pirates The destroyer has entered Somali territorial waters in pursuit of a Japanese-owned ship loaded with benzene that was hijacked by pirates
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| Oct.30 |
Somalia |
|
Crew retakes ship after fight with pirates |
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| Nov.2 |
 Chad |
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'Kidnap' children may not get home| Some of the youngsters at the center of an attempt to transport them to Europe may never be returned home because of confusion over their origins | |
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| Nov.5 |
Sicily |
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Senior Mafia boss arrested |
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| Nov.20 |
Zimbabwe |
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Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last PM, dies at 88 |
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| Nov.22 |
Uganda |
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Commonwealth suspends Pakistan |
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| Nov.29 |
Sudan |
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UK teacher jailed over teddy row | Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad | |
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| Nov.30 |
Sudan |
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Protesters: Execute teacher |
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| Dec.3 |
Sudan |
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Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
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| Dec.11 |
 Algeria |
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At least 62 killed in blasts, targeted U.N. 2 car bombs ripped through the capital in what appeared to be targeted attacks on government and United Nations buildings
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| Dec.14 |
Arab Countries |
|
Zawahiri condemns Annapolis talks |
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| Dec.25 |
Mauritania |
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Prosecutors probe 'al-Qaeda link' |
|
| Dec.26 |
Chad |
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Court jails French aid staff
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| Dec.28 |
South Africa |
|
New charges for Zuma
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| |
Chad |
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French aid workers leave Chad |
|
| Dec.30 |
Kenya |
|
Riots erupt after president re-elected Map of Nairobi Kenya| Government has suspended all live TV broadcasts as violence engulfed Nairobi following the re-election of incumbent president Mwai Kibaki | |
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| Dec.31 |
Kenya |
|
Election violence kills 'at least 124'
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Somalia |
Somalia targets Islamists' escape |
|
| Jan.6 |
Somalia |
Fighters: We'll heed al Qaeda's call |
|
| Jan.8 |
Somalia |
U.S. targets al Qaeda suspects The AC-130 has attacked suspected al Qaeda targets in southern Somalia
|
| Mar.23 |
Mozambique |
Arms depot blast kills 93 |
|
| Apr.15 |
Sudan |
Sudan agrees to U.N., AU troops
|
| Jun.20 |
Sierra Leone |
First S Leone war crimes verdicts |
|
| Jul.20 |
Ivory Coast |
UN probes 'abuse' |
|
| Aug.12 |
Darfur |
Darfur force 'to be all-African' |
|
| Sep.30 |
Darfur |
Deadliest attack for peace force | Rebels killed at least 12 peacekeepers at an African Union base in the deadliest attack yet on the peacekeeping force in its 3-year mission | |
|
| Oct.7 |
Darfur |
Army-controlled town razed | A government-controlled town of Haskanita has been burned down and looted. The town is the home of the peacekeeping base that attacked last week. The market area had been looted, Just a few civ... | |
|
| Oct.11 |
East Africa |
African wars cost billions |
|
| Oct.27 |
Sudan |
Sudan calls Darfur truce at talks |
|
| Oct.29 |
Somalia |
U.S. destroyer pursues pirates The destroyer has entered Somali territorial waters in pursuit of a Japanese-owned ship loaded with benzene that was hijacked by pirates
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.23 |
Mozambique |
Arms depot blast kills 93 |
|
| May.5 |
Cameroon |
Jet with 100 aboard crashes Map of Lolodorf Cameroon| Kenya Airways flight crashed in southern Cameroon. The plane lost contact with airport controllers soon after taking off. The plane took off from Cameroon's commer... | |
|
| Aug.3 |
Sierra Leone |
Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing |
|
| Sep.15 |
West Africa |
Flood misery hits arc of Africa | An estimated one million people across Africa have been hit by rains which have destroyed crops, burst dams and left dozens dead | |
|
| Oct.3 |
South Africa |
3,200 workers trapped in gold mine Power has been restored to a gold mine, and some of the more than 3,200 miners inside are beginning to return to the surface
|
| Oct.4 |
Congo |
Plane crash kills 30 |
|
| Oct.4 |
South Africa |
All gold miners freed from mine |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jul.5 |
Zimbabwe |
Bulk buy ban amid frenzy
|
| Oct.11 |
East Africa |
African wars cost billions |
|
| Oct.30 |
Somalia |
Crew retakes ship after fight with pirates |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.8 |
Nigeria Delta |
Militants hold more hostages |
|
| Apr.10 |
Morocco |
Terror attack in Casablanca thwarted |
|
| Apr.11 |
Algeria |
23 dead in bomb attacks
|
| Apr.22 |
Mosul |
Gunmen line up, execute 23 Kurd |
|
| Jun.20 |
Sierra Leone |
First S Leone war crimes verdicts |
|
| Jun.29 |
Ivory Coast |
Rocket fired at PM plane |
|
| Jul.5 |
Nigeria Delta |
Three-year-old seized
|
| Jul.11 |
Libya |
Court upholds death verdicts |
|
| Jul.11 |
Algeria |
Suicide bomb kills 9 |
|
| Jul.23 |
Libya |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
|
| |
|
| Aug.14 |
Mosul |
Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks Map of Mosul Northern Iraq| The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community. Tensions between the Yazidi and local Muslims have grown since a Yazidi girl was stoned by her community in April for converting t... | |
|
| Sep.8 |
Algeria |
Al-Qaeda claims bombings
|
| Oct.17 |
Somalia |
Aid stopped after kidnap
|
| Oct.29 |
Somalia |
U.S. destroyer pursues pirates The destroyer has entered Somali territorial waters in pursuit of a Japanese-owned ship loaded with benzene that was hijacked by pirates
|
| Oct.30 |
Somalia |
Crew retakes ship after fight with pirates |
|
| Nov.5 |
Sicily |
Senior Mafia boss arrested |
|
| Nov.29 |
Sudan |
UK teacher jailed over teddy row | Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad | |
|
| Dec.11 |
Algeria |
At least 62 killed in blasts, targeted U.N. 2 car bombs ripped through the capital in what appeared to be targeted attacks on government and United Nations buildings
|
| Dec.14 |
Arab Countries |
Zawahiri condemns Annapolis talks |
|
| Dec.25 |
Mauritania |
Prosecutors probe 'al-Qaeda link' |
|
| Dec.26 |
Chad |
Court jails French aid staff
|
| Dec.28 |
South Africa |
New charges for Zuma
|
| Dec.28 |
Chad |
French aid workers leave Chad |
|
| Dec.30 |
Kenya |
Riots erupt after president re-elected Map of Nairobi Kenya| Government has suspended all live TV broadcasts as violence engulfed Nairobi following the re-election of incumbent president Mwai Kibaki | |
|
| Dec.31 |
Kenya |
Election violence kills 'at least 124'
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Somalia |
Somalia targets Islamists' escape |
|
| Jan.5 |
Egypt |
Hanging 'makes martyr of Saddam' |
|
| Jan.26 |
Guinea |
President Lansana Conte 'to cede powers' |
|
| Jan.29 |
Ethiopia |
African snub to Sudan over Darfur |
|
| Mar.12 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition tortured by police | Top opposition leaders were assaulted by police who broke up a prayer meeting planned to protest government policies. Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Movement for Democratic Change ... | |
|
| Mar.15 |
Zimbabwe |
Mugabe tells critics to 'go hang' |
|
| Mar.18 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition aide beaten
|
| Mar.28 |
Zimbabwe |
Opposition leaders arrested
|
| Mar.29 |
Tanzania |
African leaders side with Mugabe |
|
| Apr.15 |
Sudan |
Sudan agrees to U.N., AU troops
|
| Apr.20 |
Nigeria |
Ballots 'not in country' |
|
| Apr.22 |
Nigeria |
'Flawed' vote rerun call |
|
| Apr.23 |
Nigeria |
Yar'Adua wins flawed vote President Obasanjo's chosen successor was proclaimed victor in a presidential election
|
| Jun.21 |
Egypt |
Egyptians to host Mid-East summit |
|
| Jul.11 |
Libya |
Court upholds death verdicts |
|
| Jul.20 |
Ivory Coast |
UN probes 'abuse' |
|
| Jul.23 |
Libya |
HIV medics released to Bulgaria 6 Bulgarian medics who were serving life sentences have been freed and are now on a plane to Bulgaria
| The 5 nurses and a Palestinian doctor were convicted of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV. The release had been made possible by a deal struck on improving Libya-EU ties
|
| |
|
| Jul.25 |
Libya |
Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links
|
| Oct.17 |
Somalia |
Aid stopped after kidnap
|
| Oct.27 |
Sudan |
Sudan calls Darfur truce at talks |
|
| Nov.2 |
Chad |
'Kidnap' children may not get home| Some of the youngsters at the center of an attempt to transport them to Europe may never be returned home because of confusion over their origins | |
|
| Nov.20 |
Zimbabwe |
Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last PM, dies at 88 |
|
| Nov.22 |
Uganda |
Commonwealth suspends Pakistan |
|
| Nov.29 |
Sudan |
UK teacher jailed over teddy row | Gillian Gibbons, 54, has been found guilty in of insulting religion after she allowed her primary school class to name a teddy bear Muhammad | |
|
| Nov.30 |
Sudan |
Protesters: Execute teacher |
|
| Dec.3 |
Sudan |
Sudan frees Briton in teddy row |
|
| Dec.30 |
Kenya |
Riots erupt after president re-elected Map of Nairobi Kenya| Government has suspended all live TV broadcasts as violence engulfed Nairobi following the re-election of incumbent president Mwai Kibaki | |
|
| Dec.31 |
Kenya |
Election violence kills 'at least 124'
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