Category:Africa

A

• [+] African Union (53 articles)
• [+] Algeria (16 articles)
• [+] Angola (16 articles)

B

• [+] Benin (3 articles)
• [+] Botswana (6 articles)
• [+] Burkina Faso (5 articles)

B cont.

• [+] Burundi (18 articles)

C

• [+] Cameroon (9 articles)
• [+] Cape Verde (4 articles)
• [+] Central African Republic (3 articles)
• [+] Chad (20 articles)
• [+] Comoros (6 articles)
• [+] Côte d'Ivoire (14 articles)

D

• [+] Democratic Republic of the Congo (35 articles; 1 subcategory)
• [+] Djibouti (5 articles)

E

• [+] Egypt (79 articles)
• [+] Equatorial Guinea (5 articles)
• [+] Eritrea (13 articles)
• [+] Ethiopia (33 articles; 1 subcategory)

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• "Darfur a powder keg" says UN Head of Humanitarian Affairs
• "Teddy bear teacher" returns to England

1

• 10 arrested over Ugandan school fire as death toll reaches 20
• 12 soldiers killed in raid on peacekeeping base in Darfur
• 13 dead as cargo plane crashes in Congo
• 13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued
• 186,000 cases of chikungunya in Réunion
• 19 Kenyans arrested for 'witch' killings
• 190 dead in Ethiopia floods

2

• 2005 Mediterranean Games close in Almeria
• 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup: Ghana beat Peru in Quarter finals
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Argentina and France qualify for quarter finals
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa 37 - 13 Argentina
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa 37 - 20 Fiji
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa, Australia and New Zealand qualify
• 2008 Dakar Rally cancelled over terrorist threat
• 2008 G8 summit launched in Hokkaido, Japan
• 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium
• 29 killed in Algerian floods

3

• 30 travelers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
• 3000 homeless after fire breaks out in Chad refugee camp

5

• 51 suspects named by UN for war crimes in Darfur
• 54 killed, 20 injured in Tanzanian bus crash
• 55 people die in Casablanca mattress factory fire

9

• 96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola

A

• ANC leads in South Africa vote
• AU peacekeepers killed in Somalia, Islamists vow more attacks
• Activists in Tunisia thrashed by police
• Activists remember Burundi's Gatumba massacre
• Africa faces food crisis, UN Security Council told
• Africa-Europe summit concludes with mixed results
• African HIV prevalence may also be physiological
• African Union Summit ends in Accra
• African Union hostages freed by Darfur rebels
• African Union peacekeepers come under attack in Mogadishu
• African Union refuses to arrest Sudan's President for war crimes
• African Union rejects calls for action on Zimbabwe
• African Union summit: Sudan says no to UN troops
• African burial ground in New York City dedicated as National Monument
• African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs
• African refugees allege forced labour by Turkish police
• African troops invade rebel-held island of Anjouan
• Africans keep the leading position at 2008 Mumbai Marathon
• Africans win the 2007 ING Taipei International Marathon
• Aid group 'denied access' to Rwandan refugee camp in Burundi
• Aid payments to be withdrawn by UK following violence in Ethiopia
• Aid ship sailing to Somalia hijacked; aid supply threatened
• Air Independence and Libyan Airlines place orders for Bombardier aircraft valued at $190 million
• Air Mauritania Boeing 737 hijacked
• Airliner crashes in Nigeria
• Airplane crashes in Nigeria
• Airplane crashes into flats in South Africa
• Al Jazeera English news channel to go live today
• Al-Shabaab and AU peacekeepers clash in Somalia
• Algerian rebel group claims kidnapping of two Austrians in Tunisia
• American captain freed from Somali pirates
• Amnesty Report 2006: disadvantaged pay price of war on terror
• Amnesty: "looming human rights crisis" in Darfur
• Angola: Marburg virus still spreading, 180 dead
• Angolan Marburg virus still threat

A cont.

• Anti-Mubarak protesters in Cairo beaten by the police
• Antiglobalization protestors march near site of G8 summit
• Archaeologist finds earliest tools used by non-human apes
• Armed gunmen attack cruise ship off Somali coast
• At least 24 dead in clashes in central Kenya
• At least 30 dead after bus crashes off cliff and into river in South Africa
• At least 30 killed by earthquakes in Rwanda and Congo
• At least 45 killed in new wave of violence in Kenya
• Australia dethroned, South Africa ranks first in world cricket
• Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes
• Australia names squad for remaining 2010 football World Cup qualifiers
• Australian cricket tour of Zimbabwe cancelled
• Avian Flu is confirmed in Egypt

B

• Ban Ki-moon calls for Zimbabwe elections to be postponed
• Belgian ship hijacked off Horn of Africa by Somali pirates
• Bird Flu found in Africa
• Bombing in Kenya's capital city Nairobi
• Bonobo chimp threatened in Congo
• Both sides of Kenya's constitution dispute are negotiating
• Boxing: Joshua Clottey of Ghana wins IBF welterweight title
• Brazil wins FIFA Confederations Cup final, defeats USA 3–2
• British MP condemns deportation of man to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• British foreign secretary: 'President Mugabe persists in his ambition to steal the election'
• British man involved in deal to drill for oil in Darfur
• British teacher convicted of insulting Islam in Sudan
• British teacher faces 40 lashes over teddy bear's name
• Burundi radio station ban lifted as media council chair resigns
• Burundian Hutu extremists have killed 300 civilians in the last two months
• Bus explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia kills many civilians
• Bush announces food aid to Darfur, AU faces fund crisis
• Bush starts off Africa trip in Benin
• Bushmen given 10 days to leave their reserve in Botswana

C

• Calls for aid to help feed millions, as East Africa plunges into drought
• Campaigning begins for groundbreaking Congo elections
• Campaigning ends in landmark Congo elections
• Canada denies visa for Africa's top biosafety negotiator
• Canadian television show to debut in French speaking countries
• Cape Town charges Frontline Fellowship pastor with Halloween paintball assault
• Cape Verde to launch first public university, with Brazil's support
• Car women's rugby 7's tournament
• Cargo plane crash in Sudan leaves seven dead with one survivor
• Cargo plane crashes near Khartoum; at least four dead
• Chad court sentences six French aid workers to eight years of hard labour
• Chad military clashes with rebels in N'djamena
• Chad orders oil companies out of the country
• Chad releases seven Europeans held in alleged kidnap plan
• Chanchangi Airlines 737 crashes on landing in Nigeria
• Charles Taylor of Liberia boycotts war crimes trial
• Chavez asks Africa to unite against U.S.
• Children massacred in Kenyan school
• Cholera outbreak hits Angola
• Clashes in France after anti-condom speech by Pope
• Cockpit voice recorder retrieved from wreck of Kenya Airways Flight 507
• Committee to Protect Journalists calls for release of Gambian journalists
• Confirmed bird flu death in Nigeria
• Congo electoral commissioner condemns Kinshasha clashes
• Coup in Madagascar; opposition leader backs army
• Court sentences eight to death in Sudan over Omdurman rebel attack
• Cricket: South Africa to host 2009 ICC Champions Trophy
• Critics of Robert Mugabe speak at Africa World Economic Forum

D

• DHS video confirms details of leaked internal memo on al-Qaeda threat, and more

D cont.

• Darfur rebel leader signs peace plan
• Darfur rebels threaten to pull out of peace talks
• Death toll rises in Nigeria building collapse
• Delhi Police question South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs over match-fixing scandal in 2000
• Democratic Republic of Congo adopts new constitution, plans elections
• Deposed Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi is released
• Desmond Tutu calls for election of African pope
• Dinosaur tracks found in Arabian Peninsula
• Disease scare in south Sudan, aid groups return
• Djibouti says war with Eritrea is inevitable unless UN intervenes

E

• EU bans all Indonesian airlines as well as several from Russia, Ukraine and Angola
• Earthquake in East Africa's Lake Kivu kills at least one and injures scores
• Ebola outbreak in Congo
• Economic opportunities for women still lagging: World Bank and OECD
• Egypt - Rail accident claims five lives
• Egypt court sentences opposition leader
• Egypt sentences blogger to four years for insulting Islam
• Egypt wins 2008 Africa Cup of Nations
• Egypt's Shura Council parliament building on fire
• Egypt's top envoy in Iraq confirmed killed
• Egyptian Muslim theologians change course on female circumcision
• Egyptian archaeologists announce discovery of marble statue and 132 new sites
• Egyptian teacher who killed child receives prison term
• Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead
• Egyptian treasures found in ancient tomb
• Eight killed in suicide bombing in Algeria
• Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf inaugurated as Liberian president
• Erica Powell, Nkrumah's private secretary dies
• Eritrea declares its coastline a protected area
• Eritrea moves troops into UN buffer zone
• Eritrea plans to vaccinate 500,000 children
• Eritrean minister warns of war over Ugandan troops in Somalia
• Ethiopia plans to expand country's Internet access
• Ethiopian fighter jets attack Somalian towns
• Ethiopians vote amid opposition charges of fraud
• Ex-wife of Nelson Mandela denied entry into Canada
• Extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis strain emerges in South Africa
• Extremist group claims responsibility for killing of American diplomat in Sudan

F

• FIFA receives eleven bids for 2018 and 2022 World Cups
• Fifteen killed in Somalia bombing
• Fight Continues, 100 dead in Somalia
• Fire in Tema, Ghana threatening oil refinery
• Fire kills 32 in theatre in Beni Suef, Egypt
• First Somali president Aden Abdulle Osman Daar dies
• First Swahili office suite released in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• First female governor in Nigeria sworn in amid misconduct controversy
• Five Europeans are released in Ethiopia
• Five kidnapped South Korean natural gas plant workers released
• Five kidnapped from Nigerian oil rig
• Five of six accused over Egyptian ferry fire that killed over 1,000 are acquitted
• Forces capture Somali pirates who mistakenly attacked naval ship
• Former Chadian leader receives death sentence
• Former Guantanamo detainees convicted in Morocco
• Former Managing Director of Gambian newspaper appears in court
• Former Prime Minister of Senegal Mamadou Dia dies
• Former SA Deputy President Appears In Court
• Former South African apartheid regime's police minister repents
• Former Sudanese rebel leader John Garang sworn in as vice president of Sudan
• Former rebel becomes President of Burundi
• Former vice president of Democratic Republic of Congo arrested on charges of war crimes