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May 2001
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The Chronological News Archive May 2001
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May 2001
» 31.05.2001 - World Bank urged to act against Chadian government
» 31.05.2001 - Sierra Leone rebels hand over more weapons to UN
» 31.05.2001 - Angolan govt receives total support from Europe
» 31.05.2001 - Somaliland independence vote in process
» 30.05.2001 - President orders boycott of The Namibian
» 30.05.2001 - Niger govt and donors confront food crisis
» 30.05.2001 - Europe considers gradual resumption of aid to Côte d'Ivoire
» 30.05.2001 - Kinshasa health situation slightly improving
» 30.05.2001 -
Central African Republic restores calm
» 30.05.2001 - South African army/police prepare for land invasions
» 29.05.2001
- Investor interest in Guinean minerals trumps war jitters
» 29.05.2001 - Madagascar and EU introduce satellite monitoring of fishing vessels
» 28.05.2001 - Malawi publishing house under police attack
» 28.05.2001 - Coup attempt in Central African Republic
» 28.05.2001 - Deby re-elected as Chadian President
» 26.05.2001 - Over 400 child soldiers released in Sierra Leone
» 26.05.2001 - Djibouti to fight female genital mutilation
» 26.05.2001 - Child labour uncovered in South Africa
» 26.05.2001 - Congo rebels using hostages to pressure Uganda
» 25.05.2001 - Zambian ruling party splits up
» 25.05.2001 - New initiative to halt spread of AIDS among women
» 25.05.2001 - Internet defies political instability in Côte d'Ivoire
» 24.05.2001
- Morocco rewards Senegal with cooperation over Sahara issue
» 24.05.2001 - Second Swazi ban on independent newspapers
» 24.05.2001 - Fighting in Casamance sends 2000 to The Gambia
» 23.05.2001 - Freedom of expression under attack in Ethiopia
» 23.05.2001 - Mauritanian opposition laments political climate
» 23.05.2001 - Nigerian privatisation venture cooperation fails
» 23.05.2001 - Sierra Leonean disarmament gains momentum
» 22.05.2001 - Liberia fights displaces thousands
» 22.05.2001 - Swaziland police raid magazine's offices
» 22.05.2001 - Role of media in post-apartheid SA debated
» 21.05.2001 - President Deby favourite in Chadian election
» 21.05.2001 - African governments spend millions on US lobbying
» 20.05.2001 - Zimbabwe landmark trial set for Monday
» 19.05.2001 - Fish-smoking ovens ease Malian women's burden
» 19.05.2001 - Europe resumes cooperation with Congo Brazzaville
» 19.05.2001 - Guinean opposition leader Condé freed
» 18.05.2001 - US funding ban to hit South Africa over abortions
» 18.05.2001 - Fighting the main cause of Sudanese displacement
» 18.05.2001 - Zamfara State (Nigeria) bans fancy hairstyles
» 18.05.2001 - South African pupils revolt against alleged abuse
» 18.05.2001 - Congo flood kills at least four
» 18.05.2001 - Moroccan human rights activists sentenced
» 18.05.2001 - Ban on political parties lifted in Congo Kinshasa
» 17.05.2001 - Egypt's gay society terrified by witch hunt
» 17.05.2001 - Mauritian firm to upgrade Tanzanian sugar plant
» 17.05.2001 - Racism controversy at UN Rwanda Tribunal
» 16.05.2001 - Mozambique avoids third term crisis
» 16.05.2001 - Namibian human rights post deemed 'pointless'
» 16.05.2001 - Somali refugees trained in landmine awareness
» 16.05.2001 - Fears that Liberia might fall back into civil war
» 16.05.2001 - Sierra Leone army and RUF agree to stop fighting
» 16.05.2001 - Arms embargo on Eritrea and Ethiopia lifted
» 15.05.2001 - EU considers sanctions against Zimbabwe
» 15.05.2001 - Djibouti peace agreement addresses Afar discontent
» 15.05.2001 - Wave of arrests in Egypt
» 15.05.2001 - Weapons turned into ploughshares in Sierra Leone
» 15.05.2001 - Tunisian human rights activist released
» 15.05.2001 - Equatoguinean press organisation leader detained
» 15.05.2001 - Côte d'Ivoire integrating Liberian school children
» 15.05.2001 - Africa can only use own culture to influence globalisation
» 14.05.2001
- Crackdown on two Swazi papers widely condemned
» 14.05.2001 - Morocco bans Spanish journal
» 14.05.2001 -
Online advertising market growing in Africa
» 14.05.2001 - Chemical waste destroys land in Tanzania
» 14.05.2001 - Women empowerment necessary to fight AIDS
» 14.05.2001 - Zim Minister lashes out at independent media
» 14.05.2001 - Unions see workers rights as crucial for development
» 13.05.2001 - Malawian president visited Rwanda
» 12.05.2001
- Experts assail condom-obsessed AIDS prevention
» 12.05.2001 - OAU discussed Comoros crisis in Pretoria
» 12.05.2001 - SA Mpumalanga Province serves papers on anti-rape volunteers
» 12.05.2001 - Zimbabwe urged to devalue currency
» 11.05.2001 - Nigeria urged to prosecute abuses by military
» 11.05.2001 - Guinean journalist arrested and beaten by police
» 11.05.2001 - International confidence in Namibia damaged by anti-gay attacks
» 10.05.2001
- AIDS devastating rural labour force in Africa
» 10.05.2001 - Ethiopian govt cracks down on opposition
» 09.05.2001 - Red Cross pilot killed over Sudan
» 09.05.2001 - Protests against arbitrary arrests in Cameroon
» 09.05.2001 - Rebel leader's fate discussed in Sierra Leone
» 09.05.2001 - Need to review disaster management in Southern Africa
» 08.05.2001 - Tanzanian gold mine pollution causing deaths
» 08.05.2001 - Swazi government bans
two newspapers
» 08.05.2001 - 60 abducted Angolan children cause controversy
» 08.05.2001 - Humanitarian crisis unfolding in Congo Kinshasa
» 08.05.2001
- Africa needs new development plan to consolidate recent gains
» 07.05.2001 - Responsibility fight over oil blowout in Nigeria
» 07.05.2001 - Joseph Kabila visits Tanzania
» 07.05.2001 - Zambian president backs down on third term
» 06.05.2001
- Zimbabwe opposition leader charged with terrorism
» 06.05.2001 - Women and social rights in Togo criticised
» 05.05.2001 - Evacuation of refugees from Guinea gaining momentum
» 05.05.2001 - UN sanctions against Liberia to take effect on Monday
» 05.05.2001 - Zimbabwean minister resigns
» 04.05.2001 - Need to invesigate Algerian security forces
» 04.05.2001 - Ivorian govt blames industry for child slaves
» 04.05.2001 - Malagasy Senate re-opened after 29 years
» 04.05.2001 - Sierra Leone ceasefire accord reviewed
» 03.05.2001 - Far road to gender equality in Southern Africa
» 03.05.2001 - Harare International Art Festival kicks off
» 03.05.2001 - Press freedom day in Namibia in shadow of setbacks
» 03.05.2001 - Congolese child soldiers on death row
» 03.05.2001 - Rwandan bishop pleads 'not guilty' to genocide
» 02.05.2001 - Landslide victory for Senegalese President Wade's party
» 02.05.2001
- Malawi pushes for sugar export protection
» 02.05.2001 - Equatoguinean minister denies identity crisis
» 02.05.2001 - New Sierra Leone peace talks in Abuja
» 02.05.2001 - Journalists arrested in Burkina Faso
» 02.05.2001 - Resistance to 3rd term for Zambian President increasing
» 02.05.2001
- Taylor's Liberia remains focus of critics
» 01.05.2001 - Kenyan police summoned over raid at radio station
» 01.05.2001 - Angola and Namibia studying offshore oil in Namibe Basin
» 01.05.2001 - Beninese ship children "were slaves"
» 01.05.2001 - Extraordinary high mortality in Congo Kinshasa war
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