Afrol Archives - Chronological News Archive 2000

afrol ˇ Chronological News Archive

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The Chronological News Archive

July 2003

ť 29.07.2003 - Gambian church focuses on refugees' plight
ť 29.07.2003 - Senegalese singer to raise AIDS awareness
ť 29.07.2003 - Call for oil transparency in Congo Brazzaville
ť 29.07.2003 - Tanzania enhances structural reforms
ť 29.07.2003 - Food aid needed for 659,000 Mozambicans

ť 28.07.2003 - Somaliland recognition finds enhanced support
ť 28.07.2003 - Nigeria denies supporting Cameroonian opposition
ť 28.07.2003 - UN peacekeepers in Congo strengthened
ť 28.07.2003 - Liberian rebels "disqualified" from ruling; UN
ť 28.07.2003 - Zim economy declined 30% in four years

ť 26.07.2003 - Nigerians to get increased water supply
ť 26.07.2003 - Zim: "Dual fuel pricing system another daft idea"
ť 26.07.2003 - Malawi to resume maize exports

ť 25.07.2003 - Monrovia civilians again under fire
ť 25.07.2003 - Deal to repatriate Rwandans from Uganda
ť 25.07.2003 - Deal to repatriate Rwandans from Uganda
ť 25.07.2003 - Africa's early ecologic-cultural history studied
ť 25.07.2003 - Congolese rights defenders under attack
ť 25.07.2003 - Abidjan safety level upgraded
ť 25.07.2003 - Săo Tomé to strengthen financial oversight
ť 25.07.2003 - Nigerian oil and environment reviewed

ť 24.07.2003 - Equatoguinean President allegedly in Rabat hospital
ť 24.07.2003 - Purges against Mauritanian Islamists
ť 24.07.2003 - After Congolese peace, economy main issue
ť 24.07.2003 - Malian economic growth in danger
ť 24.07.2003 - Anglican Archbishop arrives in Ghana
ť 24.07.2003 - Batswana newspaper sued by Chinese companies
ť 24.07.2003 - Southern African archbishop warns homophobic colleagues

ť 23.07.2003 - Basotho celebrate King's 40th birthday
ť 23.07.2003 - New gas discovery off Equatorial Guinea
ť 23.07.2003 - Benin improving international road connections
ť 23.07.2003 - Rwandan HIV/AIDS control plan financed
ť 23.07.2003 - Phones keep ringing in world's poorest country
ť 23.07.2003 - Libya agrees to IMF trade standards
ť 23.07.2003 - Cameroonian roots and tubers producers promoted
ť 23.07.2003 - Săo Tomé coup is over
ť 23.07.2003 - Liberia in the shadow of Iraqi crisis
ť 23.07.2003 - Trade unions want action on Săo Tomé, Liberia

ť 22.07.2003 - Impunity after Nigerian Miss World riots
ť 22.07.2003 - Social housing financed in Tunisia
ť 22.07.2003 - Senegal criticised for extraditing Mauritanian
ť 22.07.2003 - Niger's desert parks in danger of abandonment
ť 22.07.2003 - Sahrawi leader returns to old agreements
ť 22.07.2003 - Pressure on Săo Toméan coup leaders

ť 21.07.2003 - Refugees repatriated to Somalia's Puntland
ť 21.07.2003 - Tunisian journalist to prison for complaining
ť 21.07.2003 - Malawi ruling party ambiguous on press freedom
ť 21.07.2003 - UN officials run into ambush in Uganda
ť 21.07.2003 - Ivorian oil production close to start
ť 21.07.2003 - Portuguese telecom monopoly in Bissau to end
ť 21.07.2003 - African women granted more rights

ť 19.07.2003 - Eritrean food crisis "critical but stable"
ť 19.07.2003 - Malawian police hailed by human rights group
ť 19.07.2003 - Angola approves new social protection act
ť 19.07.2003 - Zimbabwe inflation on course for 1000%

ť 18.07.2003 - Secret executions in Botswana questioned
ť 18.07.2003 - Cape Verdean singer becomes WFP ambassador
ť 18.07.2003 - African Union to investigate Eritrean human rights
ť 18.07.2003 - Sudanese rebel leader receives message from Bush
ť 18.07.2003 - Africa to enhance nature conservation
ť 18.07.2003 - Namibian water provider cuts supply
ť 18.07.2003 - Mauritanian poverty reduction loan approved

ť 17.07.2003 - UN urges early troop deployment in Liberia
ť 17.07.2003 - Road rehabilitation in Sierra Leone
ť 17.07.2003 - Controversy over US-Batswana "impunity agreement"
ť 17.07.2003 - Morocco rejects Sahara peace plan
ť 17.07.2003 - Mozambique and African Union condemn coup in Săo Tomé
ť 17.07.2003 - Front against coup in Săo Tomé

ť 16.07.2003 - UN urges lasting peace in Somalia
ť 16.07.2003 - Opposition leaders arrive in Kinshasa
ť 16.07.2003 - UN withdraws staff from Burundian capital
ť 16.07.2003 - Togolese journalists on hunger strike
ť 16.07.2003 - New govt human rights violations observed in Sudan
ť 16.07.2003 - German boost for Namibian land reform
ť 16.07.2003 - Military coup in Săo Tomé

ť 15.07.2003 - Sierra Leonean refugees attacked by Liberian govt forces
ť 15.07.2003 - African Union mediators off to Comoros
ť 15.07.2003 - Chad announces start of oil production
ť 15.07.2003 - Brazzaville meets with potential donors
ť 15.07.2003 - Human rights situation declining in Uganda
ť 15.07.2003 - Second Central African editor detained
ť 15.07.2003 - Christians defend Burundi's attacked capital

ť 14.07.2003 - Ten Moroccan Islamists sentenced to death
ť 14.07.2003 - Liberia closer to receive US troops
ť 14.07.2003 - More Gabonese opposition members jailed
ť 14.07.2003 - Gambians to jail for playing football

ť 12.07.2003 - Zimbabwean fish records shortevity
ť 12.07.2003 - Shelling of Burundian capital continues

ť 11.07.2003 - Protests against closure of Egyptian newspaper
ť 11.07.2003 - Angolan refugees to repatriate from Zambia
ť 11.07.2003 - New attacks on Malawian press reported
ť 11.07.2003 - First female presidency candidate in Mauritania
ť 11.07.2003 - Madagascar reintegrated in African Union

ť 10.07.2003 - Djiboutian editor given jail sentence
ť 10.07.2003 - Burundian capital under fire
ť 10.07.2003 - Malawian maize production up 27%
ť 10.07.2003 - Malagasy economy on right track
ť 10.07.2003 - New Niger-Burkina Faso road financed
ť 10.07.2003 - Protest over Botswana's impunity deal with US

ť 09.07.2003 - Morocco trusts in continued tourism
ť 09.07.2003 - Sceptical South Africans receive US President
ť 09.07.2003 - Nigeria's most bloody strike ends
ť 09.07.2003 - Rwanda to improve environmental management
ť 09.07.2003 - Kenya finds support for economic policy
ť 09.07.2003 - Boost for the black rhino in South Africa
ť 09.07.2003 - Săo Tomé without voting rights in AU

ť 08.07.2003 - Mauritania gets new Prime Minister
ť 08.07.2003 - IMF praises Ethiopian action against drought
ť 08.07.2003 - Namibian floods subsiding
ť 08.07.2003 - US President also to meet protests in South Africa
ť 08.07.2003 - Rwanda religious unity discussed

ť 07.07.2003 - Ivorian civil war declared over
ť 07.07.2003 - Mauritanian coups still unresolved
ť 07.07.2003 - Mozambique expects 7 percent GDP growth
ť 07.07.2003 - Concern over impunity in Congo Kinshasa
ť 07.07.2003 - President Taylor to leave
ť 07.07.2003 - Central African editor imprisoned over article

ť 05.07.2003 - Nigerian unions reject govt offer
ť 05.07.2003 - Bush visit: What's in it for Zimbabwe?
ť 05.07.2003 - Attacks on Lesotho's free press reported

ť 04.07.2003 - Senegal signs impunity deal with US
ť 04.07.2003 - US suspends military aid to Benin
ť 04.07.2003 - Europe condemns Togolese polls
ť 04.07.2003 - First Sudanese world heritage site named

ť 03.07.2003 - Education project in Guinea-Bissau funded
ť 03.07.2003 - Protests before Bush's arrival to Senegal
ť 03.07.2003 - Ancient SA kingdom returns to honour
ť 03.07.2003 - Zimbabwe's Matobo Hills named world heritage site
ť 03.07.2003 - James Island Gambia's first world heritage site
ť 03.07.2003 - Media banned from Algerian prisoner release
ť 03.07.2003 - Guinean soldiers attack media house
ť 03.07.2003 - Opinion: Ghana, Nigeria should stay out of Liberia

ť 02.07.2003 - New tourism gateway for Namibian park
ť 02.07.2003 - Equatoguinean police kill aid worker
ť 02.07.2003 - UK forces accused of 650 rapes in Kenya
ť 02.07.2003 - Slow integration of Angolan rebels
ť 02.07.2003 - Clampdown on Sahrawi activists in Morocco
ť 02.07.2003 - Sudan slammed for "curbing press freedom"
ť 02.07.2003 - Congolese President sets up transitional govt

ť 01.07.2003 - Mauritanian beaches full of dead dolphins
ť 01.07.2003 - Eritrean economy is shrinking
ť 01.07.2003 - Ghanaian President wants lift of Taylor indictment
ť 01.07.2003 - Mugabe leaves Libya empty handed
ť 01.07.2003 - Normalisation observed in Central African Republic

June 2003

ť 30.06.2003 - Nigerian general strike finds support
ť 30.06.2003 - Cape Verdean PM re-elected party leader
ť 30.06.2003 - "Poverty deepened in Madagascar"
ť 30.06.2003 - Ivorians still uprooted in own country
ť 30.06.2003 - Ethiopian-Eritrean peace still not secured
ť 30.06.2003 - Mauritanian, Senegalese food crisis ongoing
ť 30.06.2003 - US and Malawian Presidents discussed al-Qaeda arrests
ť 30.06.2003 - Ivorian crisis hurts Burkinabe economy

ť 28.06.2003 - UN to consider sending troops to Liberia
ť 28.06.2003 - No way out for Uganda's "chronically poor"?

ť 27.06.2003 - South Africans show solidarity with Zim opposition
ť 27.06.2003 - Congo Brazzaville to restore economic credibility
ť 27.06.2003 - Nigerian magazine censored
ť 27.06.2003 - Egyptian survey mapping poverty
ť 27.06.2003 - UN to consider more troops for Congo
ť 27.06.2003 - Sierra Leonean peace threatened by regional wars
ť 27.06.2003 - Southern African Archbishop on distance to Nigerian Church

ť 26.06.2003 - Tanzanian govt to re-nationalise journalist
ť 26.06.2003 - Equatoguinean malaria project sponsored by oil industry
ť 26.06.2003 - Cape Verdean election delegates to prison
ť 26.06.2003 - Chad punished for cheating the IMF
ť 26.06.2003 - Mauritius signs "impunity deal" with the US
ť 26.06.2003 - Sudan's "forgotten wars" threaten peace process
ť 26.06.2003 - Renewed fighting and crisis in Monrovia

ť 25.06.2003 - Gay issues threaten African church unity
ť 25.06.2003 - Comoros enhances relations with France
ť 25.06.2003 - Nigerian strike may paralyse oil industry
ť 25.06.2003 - Ugandan police close church-owned radio
ť 25.06.2003 - Hundred young girls abducted in Uganda
ť 25.06.2003 - New gold zone found in Mali
ť 25.06.2003 - Tanzanian journalist de-nationalised
ť 25.06.2003 - More protests against South African terrorism bill

ť 24.06.2003 - Efforts to improve Angola's social services
ť 24.06.2003 - Clashes between Kenyans and Sudanese refugees
ť 24.06.2003 - Sacred forests conserve Madagascar's biodiversity
ť 24.06.2003 - Burkinabe nationals evacuated from Côte d'Ivoire
ť 24.06.2003 - "Congo, Burundi key to regional peace"

ť 23.06.2003 - Somali ceasefire violations condemned
ť 23.06.2003 - Mozambican economy still growing
ť 23.06.2003 - South African govt urged to allow community radio
ť 23.06.2003 - Switzerland blocks Liberian President's accounts
ť 23.06.2003 - More African girls to go to school

ť 22.06.2003 - Pygmies of Central Africa still "seen as sub-human"

ť 21.06.2003 - 5.5 million Zimbabweans need food aid
ť 21.06.2003 - No raw materials for Kenyan wood carvers

ť 20.06.2003 - Unsafe water kills 55 Mozambicans, daily
ť 20.06.2003 - Tsvangirai released on Zim$ 10 million bail
ť 20.06.2003 - Funds for education and reconstruction in Eritrea
ť 20.06.2003 - Kenya gets significant development loan and grant
ť 20.06.2003 - Rwandan women key to reconstruction
ť 20.06.2003 - Three more Moroccan journalists detained

ť 19.06.2003 - Tunisian economy recovering from shocks
ť 19.06.2003 - Senegal asked to speed up structural reforms
ť 19.06.2003 - Morocco urged to accelerate trade reforms
ť 19.06.2003 - "International network behind Casablanca bombs"
ť 19.06.2003 - "No conditions for elections in Guinea-Bissau"
ť 19.06.2003 - Concern over Burundians in Tanzania
ť 19.06.2003 - Concern over access to information in Lesotho
ť 19.06.2003 - Food crisis in Western Mali

ť 18.06.2003 - Conviction of Moroccan editor upheld
ť 18.06.2003 - Comoran power struggle addressed in Pretoria
ť 18.06.2003 - Concern over destabilisation of Guinea Bissau
ť 18.06.2003 - Mauritanian army faces changes after coup
ť 18.06.2003 - Northern Africa in need of reforestation
ť 18.06.2003 - Three Togolese journalists arrested
ť 18.06.2003 - Liberian ceasefire accord signed
ť 18.06.2003 - Somali peace talks enter final stage

ť 17.06.2003 - Nigerien TV journalists assaulted
ť 17.06.2003 - World Court supports French indictment of Congolese President
ť 17.06.2003 - WFP extends emergency food appeal for Madagascar
ť 17.06.2003 - French "solidarity visit" to Mauritania
ť 17.06.2003 - New agreement will help restore Zambia's Kafue Flats
ť 17.06.2003 - Seychelles, Egypt, Tunisia sign secret deal with US
ť 17.06.2003 - All Cape Verdeans promised water and electricity
ť 17.06.2003 - Economic growth despite drought in Lesotho
ť 17.06.2003 - Zimbabwe strike ban termed "desperate action"

ť 16.06.2003 - Strong growth in Rwanda's subsistence agriculture
ť 16.06.2003 - Human rights in demand in Somalia
ť 16.06.2003 - Uganda may sign "impunity deal" with US

ť 15.06.2003 - Liberian rebels demand for President to quit

ť 14.06.2003 - Burundi intensifies peace talks
ť 14.06.2003 - Zambian trade unions increasingly met with violence
ť 14.06.2003 - Mauritian export processing zones improving rights
ť 14.06.2003 - Continued economic growth in Cape Verde
ť 14.06.2003 - "Emergency troops in Congo not enough"

ť 13.06.2003 - Cameroon, Nigeria meet on Bakassi dispute
ť 13.06.2003 - Zim media law getting even harsher
ť 13.06.2003 - Senegalese govt becomes more anti-trade unionist
ť 13.06.2003 - Malagasy labour rights "inoperative"
ť 13.06.2003 - Construction of Niger gold mine begins
ť 13.06.2003 - Spanish-Equatoguinean cooperation protested
ť 13.06.2003 - New Angolan media law to enhance press freedom

ť 12.06.2003 - Situation in Guinea-Bissau worsening, UN
ť 12.06.2003 - Batswana President confirms "Bushmen" can't go home
ť 12.06.2003 - Burkinabe President urges end to cotton subsidies
ť 12.06.2003 - Gabonese unionists still discriminated against
ť 12.06.2003 - "Slavery and torture" for Mauritanian employees
ť 12.06.2003 - Beheaded Zim opposition in emergency meeting
ť 12.06.2003 - Greenhouse makes most of Africa greener

ť 11.06.2003 - Liberians huddle for safety in Monrovia stadium
ť 11.06.2003 - Talks about new government in Congo
ť 11.06.2003 - Equatoguinean govt ignores labour rights
ť 11.06.2003 - Labour disputes still dominate Central African Republic
ť 11.06.2003 - Most Burkinabe still lack right to strike
ť 11.06.2003 - Somaliland considers outlawing charcoal production

ť 10.06.2003 - Tunisian govt urged to end the cycle of injustice
ť 10.06.2003 - Calm returns in post-coup Mauritania
ť 10.06.2003 - Chad-Cameroon pipeline cause of labour disputes
ť 10.06.2003 - Slow progress in Botswana's labour rights
ť 10.06.2003 - Swazi govt remains "fiercely anti-union"
ť 10.06.2003 - Benin hailed for progressive labour laws

ť 09.06.2003 - Western citizen evacuated from Liberia
ť 09.06.2003 - "Rights conditions decline in Zimbabwe"
ť 09.06.2003 - Djiboutian editor re-arrested
ť 09.06.2003 - Mozambique "observatory" to aid drive against poverty
ť 09.06.2003 - Senegal builds on 'Dakar-Tokyo axis'
ť 09.06.2003 - President Ould Taya regains control in Mauritania
ť 09.06.2003 - Clashes follow Mauritanian coup attempt

ť 08.06.2003 - Monrovia fighting leaves many killed

ť 07.06.2003 - Villagers join campaigns against female genital mutilation
ť 07.06.2003 - French troops land in eastern Congo
ť 07.06.2003 - Zimbabwe opposition leader detained again

ť 06.06.2003 - Concerns over violence on Zimbabwe's "D-Day"
ť 06.06.2003 - More attacks on Liberian media
ť 06.06.2003 - Successful campaign against Sahara oil exploration
ť 06.06.2003 - Senegal: to fight hunger, modernise farming
ť 06.06.2003 - Scandinavians pull out of Uganda's Bujagali project
ť 06.06.2003 - Ghanaian government let Liberian President go
ť 06.06.2003 - President Eyadema claims to win Togolese polls

ť 05.06.2003 - Mauritanian Islamist weekly banned
ť 05.06.2003 - SA journalist suspended for putting minister on air
ť 05.06.2003 - Moroccan ex-Minister reveals Sahara scam
ť 05.06.2003 - Tanzanian church leaders against corruption
ť 05.06.2003 - Food security remains poor in Chad
ť 05.06.2003 - Namibian flood victims receive food aid
ť 05.06.2003 - Djiboutian editor released provisionally

ť 04.06.2003 - Malawi govt censors radio news spots
ť 04.06.2003 - Tunisian cyber-dissident one year in prison
ť 04.06.2003 - Lesotho to introduce VAT on 1 July
ť 04.06.2003 - Săo Toméan education project financed
ť 04.06.2003 - Education and infrastructure credits for Namibia
ť 04.06.2003 - Africa: A tradition of pessimism continues
ť 04.06.2003 - Joy as Sierra Leonean special court indicts Liberian President

ť 03.06.2003 - Togolese presidential aspirant arrested
ť 03.06.2003 - Church of Nigeria breaks with pro-gay churches
ť 03.06.2003 - Congolese radio director released
ť 03.06.2003 - "Burundian refugees forced to leave Tanzania"
ť 03.06.2003 - Concerns over violence in Zimbabwe

ť 02.06.2003 - Sierra Leone court receives rebel leader's corpse
ť 02.06.2003 - Poverty strategies in Africa not working, says WWF
ť 02.06.2003 - Rainy season gets off to slow start in Niger
ť 02.06.2003 - Zim forces attack opposition protesters
ť 02.06.2003 - Algeria donates rice to Mozambique

May 2003

ť 31.05.2003 - Strong documentation of Sudan abductees presented
ť 31.05.2003 - "Week of action" planned in Zimbabwe
ť 31.05.2003 - UN authorises emergency troops for Congo

ť 30.05.2003 - South African polemics on minimum wage
ť 30.05.2003 - Djibouti to control AIDS, malaria and TB
ť 30.05.2003 - Ugandan local government to be strengthened
ť 30.05.2003 - Rwandan poll proved successful
ť 30.05.2003 - Refugee influx from Congo to Uganda subsides

ť 29.05.2003 - Mozambican harvests reveal regional deficits
ť 29.05.2003 - UN may send emergency force to Congo
ť 29.05.2003 - US$ 250 million for Tanzania's "poverty reduction"

ť 28.05.2003 - 12.5 million Ethiopians may face starvation
ť 28.05.2003 - Secrecy on Lesotho human rights violation case
ť 28.05.2003 - Djiboutian editor still detained
ť 28.05.2003 - More public funds for Tanzanian water supplier
ť 28.05.2003 - Rwandan genocide tribunal's first war crime conviction
ť 28.05.2003 - Zim communities want to take parks back
ť 28.05.2003 - UN terms Morocco Western Sahara's administrative power

ť 27.05.2003 - Equatorial Guinea signs liquid gas deal
ť 27.05.2003 - Humanitarian situation in Côte d'Ivoire deteriorate
ť 27.05.2003 - Algerian earthquake victims in emergency
ť 27.05.2003 - Cameroon: Minister bans new radio station from starting up
ť 27.05.2003 - Sustainable forest management promoted in Burkina Faso
ť 27.05.2003 - Oil industry warned on Sahara engagements

ť 26.05.2003 - Moroccan jailed editor rushed to hospital
ť 26.05.2003 - Eradicated black rhinos returning to Zambia
ť 26.05.2003 - Algerian cartoonist convicted and fined
ť 26.05.2003 - Water harvesting promoted in troubled Karamoja Cluster
ť 26.05.2003 - Titanium mining promoted in Nampula (Mozambique)

ť 25.05.2003 - Senegalese artisanal fishers weep over noble fish

ť 24.05.2003 - Tanzanian food production down 10 percent
ť 24.05.2003 - Two gorillas repatriated from Nigeria to Cameroon
ť 24.05.2003 - Sierra Leone court wants rebel leader's corpse
ť 24.05.2003 - Malagasy cyclone season ends with promising harvests

ť 23.05.2003 - Humanitarian crisis in Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea
ť 23.05.2003 - "Kinshasa govt has resumed supporting Rwandan rebels"
ť 23.05.2003 - Malawian food crisis heads towards an end
ť 23.05.2003 - SA: Soweto to get a new hospital
ť 23.05.2003 - Release of Eritrea's 18 jailed journalists urged
ť 23.05.2003 - Outrage over jail term for Moroccan editor

ť 22.05.2003 - Giant canyon discovered off Mauritanian coast
ť 22.05.2003 - Eritrean hunger worsens despite aid
ť 22.05.2003 - Enhanced food aid for Ugandan north
ť 22.05.2003 - Crisis in Congo Brazzaville "completely ignored"
ť 22.05.2003 - Mr Meldrum: "I was abducted from Zim"

ť 21.05.2003 - Credit to promote private investment in Senegal
ť 21.05.2003 - Ghanaian price shock inflates inflation
ť 21.05.2003 - Ethiopian food crisis worsens
ť 21.05.2003 - Libyan exile offered Saddam & co
ť 21.05.2003 - Saharawi President's anniversary speech
ť 21.05.2003 - Call for "rapid reaction force" in Congo
ť 21.05.2003 - Gabonese govt again shuts down two magazines

ť 20.05.2003 - AIDS: "Women live with exhaustion, grief and depression"
ť 20.05.2003 - Kinshasa journalists intimidated in rally
ť 20.05.2003 - Cameroonian M'bororo organise against persecution
ť 20.05.2003 - Lutherans pay tribute to slain Ethiopian pastor
ť 20.05.2003 - Arrests, deportations: Zim govt running scared
ť 20.05.2003 - Sahrawis celebrate war, peace and independence

ť 19.05.2003 - Rwandan food hardship nears its end
ť 19.05.2003 - South Africa's DJ Khabzela in AIDS polemics
ť 19.05.2003 - Appeal for human rights in Eritrea
ť 19.05.2003 - Tourism to Morocco suffers after terror attack
ť 19.05.2003 - Sahrawis prepare Polisario's 30th anniversary

ť 18.05.2003 - Terrorist attacks on Casablanca condemned

ť 17.05.2003 - Congolese ceasefire welcomed
ť 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated
ť 17.05.2003 - Terrorist attacks on Casablanca kill at least 39
ť 17.05.2003 - Swazi first black African on Mount Everest?

ť 02.05.2003 - Libya slowly mending terrorist past
ť 02.05.2003 - Sierra Leonean war criminals "in Liberia"
ť 02.05.2003 - Efforts to stop SARS from entering Africa
ť 02.05.2003 - Signs of early rainfall in Burkina Faso

ť 01.05.2003 - South African Anti-terrorism Bill under crossfire
ť 01.05.2003 - World hails Burundi's power transfer
ť 01.05.2003 - Concern at Mali rice harvest failure
ť 01.05.2003 - Sudan warring parties open Nile corridor
ť 01.05.2003 - Troubled Ugandan withdrawal from Congo

April 2003

ť 30.04.2003 - Chadian cereal market remains stable
ť 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report
ť 30.04.2003 - Historic power handover in Burundi
ť 30.04.2003 - Harare mayor suspended by govt
ť 30.04.2003 - South African minister "freaks out" in aircraft

ť 29.04.2003 - Mozambicans create crafts from natural resources
ť 29.04.2003 - 25,000 Rwandan genocide suspects released
ť 29.04.2003 - Child soldiers forgotten in Angola
ť 29.04.2003 - Congo demands halt of French case against its leader
ť 29.04.2003 - Malawian maize production forecast revised downwards
ť 29.04.2003 - Aid returns to Liberia's most remote areas

ť 28.04.2003 - Poverty reduction slow in Niger
ť 28.04.2003 - New wave of trade unionists arrests in Cameroon
ť 28.04.2003 - Most of Liberia now under rebel control
ť 28.04.2003 - Most Angolan women unaware of AIDS risk
ť 28.04.2003 - Sierra Leonean ex-commander pleads innocent
ť 28.04.2003 - UN "abusers club" halts action on Zimbabwe

ť 27.04.2003 - Forgotten Mauritanian food crisis persists
ť 27.04.2003 - Legitimacy of Nigerian poll doubted

ť 22.04.2003 - Ivorian crisis halts Malian grain price hike
ť 22.04.2003 - Zim stayaway gains momentum

ť 21.04.2003 - SOMALILAND: Narrow Somaliland vote disputed
ť 21.04.2003 - Obasanjo to win disputed Nigerian poll

March 2003

ť 25.03.2003 - "Malawi's third term dispute has worsened human rights"

ť 24.03.2003 - Situation still fragile in Central African Republic
ť 24.03.2003 - Lutherans concerned about peace and AIDS
ť 24.03.2003 - Nigerian President warns against violent elections
ť 24.03.2003 - Zimbabweans asked to boycott tax payments

ť 08.03.2003 - Niger-Iraq uranium connection "a fake"
ť 08.03.2003 - African women cry out for condoms on Women's Day

ť 07.03.2003 - Burundian rebels barred from media statements
ť 07.03.2003 - Mauritania fears yet another drought
ť 07.03.2003 - Nigeria passes naira 1 trillion budget for 2003
ť 07.03.2003 - Only 5000 Moroccan women lead businesses
ť 07.03.2003 - 250,000 South Africans to receive govt food aid

ť 06.03.2003 - No donors' conference for Angola on horizon
ť 06.03.2003 - Oil explorations set to start in Săo Tomé
ť 06.03.2003 - All inhibitions lost in Liberian civil war
ť 06.03.2003 - Sudanese govt militias breaking ceasefire

ť 05.03.2003 - Congolese broadcaster shut down over diamond-reporting
ť 05.03.2003 - Burkina Faso produces exportable grain surplus
ť 05.03.2003 - Central African conflict hits back on Chad
ť 05.03.2003 - Progress in freeing Ghanaian slave boys
ť 05.03.2003 - New Săo Toméan constitution takes effect

ť 04.03.2003 - "Nobel Peace Prize for Jacques Chirac"
ť 04.03.2003 - Togolese President closes down private radio station
ť 04.03.2003 - Nigerian election campaign gets more intense
ť 04.03.2003 - Controversy over Ugandan child soldiers trials
ť 04.03.2003 - Mozambique faces worst drought in 50 years

ť 03.03.2003 - Ivorian PM close to giving up
ť 03.03.2003 - Moroccan girls increasingly victims of abuse
ť 03.03.2003 - "Menstruation is serious business, Mr Mugabe!"
ť 03.03.2003 - Gadhafi may pull Libya out of Arab League

February 2003

ť 27.02.2003 - Equatoguinean oil deposits increase

ť 26.02.2003 - New scramble for African votes on Iraq
ť 26.02.2003 - New Ivorian unity govt ready

ť 25.02.2003 - Continued fears of starvation in Eritrea
ť 25.02.2003 - Malawi govt food stocks at all-time high
ť 25.02.2003 - International concern over Ivorian death squads
ť 25.02.2003 - Ghana seeks "very special" relations with EU

ť 24.02.2003 - Rebel leader's son caught in Central African Republic
ť 24.02.2003 - Ethiopian and Djiboutian truck drivers receive condoms
ť 24.02.2003 - Morocco and Senegal strengthen controversial cooperation

ť 21.02.2003 - Food aid reaches 7 million Ethiopians
ť 21.02.2003 - Ugandan govt apologises to the Church
ť 21.02.2003 - Oil explorer off Sahara gets last warning

ť 20.02.2003 - Namibian President to resign voluntarily in 2005
ť 20.02.2003 - Zambian ex-President detained over corruption
ť 20.02.2003 - Morocco foresees growth in tourism industry
ť 20.02.2003 - Sudanese ceasefire doesn't stop hunger
ť 20.02.2003 - Catholic council asks Christian Nigerians to vote

ť 19.02.2003 - First Rwandan clergyman convicted on genocide
ť 19.02.2003 - Mass arrests of Egyptian street children
ť 19.02.2003 - African Bank moves temporarily from Abidjan to Tunis

ť 18.02.2003 - Malagasy tourism: Will paradise be rediscovered?
ť 18.02.2003 - Peace millions for Somali war lords
ť 18.02.2003 - Ebola outbreak in Congo Brazzaville confirmed

ť 17.02.2003 - Ghana Telecom cutting services
ť 17.02.2003 - Malawi govt party split on third term funding
ť 17.02.2003 - World Bank support for controversial Batswana diamond project
ť 17.02.2003 - Nigerian oil strike barely affects output
ť 17.02.2003 - Oil exploration off Sahara stirs debate on ethical investments

ť 16.02.2003 - African peace support "surprised" Washington

ť 14.02.2003 - Developing countries prevent Iraqi war
ť 14.02.2003 - Mugabe dispute sees another EU-African summit cancelled
ť 14.02.2003 - More indications Rwandan refugee repatriation was not voluntary
ť 14.02.2003 - African votes to decide on Iraq war

ť 13.02.2003 - World Bank returns to Kenya
ť 13.02.2003 - Moroccan tourism stable after 11 September
ť 13.02.2003 - Ebola spreading in Central Africa
ť 13.02.2003 - Govt doubts legality of Norwegian exploration in Western Sahara

ť 12.02.2003 - Increased critiques against South African AIDS policy
ť 12.02.2003 - West African stock markets handle Ivorian crisis
ť 12.02.2003 - Nigeria cancels oil agreement with Săo Tomé

ť 11.02.2003 - Europeans involved in Gambian child sex tourism
ť 11.02.2003 - EU breaks ice on financing Somaliland
ť 11.02.2003 - Poor govt performance in Zimbabwe hunger
ť 11.02.2003 - Polisario releases Moroccan prisoners of war

ť 10.02.2003 - Attempts to save Ivorian peace
ť 10.02.2003 - North Africa supports European anti-war campaign
ť 10.02.2003 - Financial support increases for Africa's worst dictatorship

ť 08.02.2003 - Central African rebels impede humanitarian aid
ť 08.02.2003 - Sahel hunger reaches Guinea-Bissau

ť 07.02.2003 - Liberian civilians in crossfire
ť 07.02.2003 - Poverty-ridden Mali increases military and police budget
ť 07.02.2003 - 27,000 evacuated in Tunisian floods
ť 07.02.2003 - Epidemics feared in Madagascar
ť 07.02.2003 - Anglican Archbishop to mediate Zimbabwe crisis

ť 06.02.2003 - Mozambican President's son "innocent" in Cardoso murder
ť 06.02.2003 - Zimbabweans making noise for freedom

ť 05.02.2003 - Hunger and drought "may become chronic" in Ethiopia
ť 05.02.2003 - South Africa: ANC accused of double standards in foreign policy
ť 05.02.2003 - New confusion over Rwandan withdrawal from Congo
ť 05.02.2003 - More street children as Malawi food crisis deepens
ť 05.02.2003 - "Need to monitor human rights in Burundi"
ť 05.02.2003 - Ghanaian women make macro-efforts out of micro-money

ť 04.02.2003 - Privatised Cape Verdean utility doesn't care about promises
ť 04.02.2003 - Malagasy government to be recognised by Africa
ť 04.02.2003 - New assaults against immigrants in Côte d'Ivoire
ť 04.02.2002 - Ghanaian slave children set free
ť 04.02.2003 - Angolan President to go for another term
ť 04.02.2003 - Rwanda asks for assistence in democratisation process

ť 03.02.2003 - Morocco and Spain restore diplomatic missions
ť 03.02.2003 - South African diplomat warns Namibia on lifetime presidency
ť 03.02.2003 - Gabon telecom market grows, awaiting privatisation
ť 03.02.2003 - Treason trial against Zimbabwe opposition starts
ť 03.02.2003 - Also UN to invest in Kenya
ť 03.02.2003 - Senegalese ferry victims to get compensation
ť 03.02.2003 - Congolese journalist detained for denouncing diamond trafficking
ť 03.02.2003 - Line of credit for Mauritanian bank

ť 02.02.2003 - Zimbabwe opposition urged to lead mass action
ť 02.02.2003 - Portuguese media allowed to return to Guinea-Bissau
ť 02.02.2003 - Yet another luxury hotel to open in Cape Verde

ť 01.02.2003 - African Union urges Comoro elections
ť 01.02.2003 - Abidjan unrest impedes aid to Côte d'Ivoire
ť 01.02.2003 - Verdict on Mozambican Cardoso killers hailed
ť 01.02.2003 - African church leaders meet in Uganda on AIDS

January 2003

ť 31.01.2003 - Ivorian refugees pour into Guinea
ť 31.01.2003 - Madagascar slips into new crisis
ť 31.01.2003 - Beheaded turtles washing ashore in Mozambique
ť 31.01.2003 - Angolan President assured of further humanitarian aid
ť 31.01.2003 - Swaziland famine set to continue

ť 30.01.2003 - Mandela: "Bush can't think properly"
ť 30.01.2003 - Ivorian peace deal crumbling
ť 30.01.2003 - Somali coast "world's most dangerous"
ť 30.01.2003 - Ethiopian-Eritrean mass expulsions studied
ť 30.01.2003 - Harare police disrupt meeting and arrest councillor

ť 28.01.2003 - Third-term conflict again paralyses Malawi
ť 28.01.2003 - Morocco and Spain may re-open embassies
ť 28.01.2003 - Sexual abuse in Zambia fuels girls' AIDS epidemic
ť 28.01.2003 - Burkinabe-Ivorian relations grow hateful
ť 28.01.2003 - Lesotho humanitarian crisis deepens
ť 28.01.2003 - Civil society joins anti-poverty fight in Zambia
ť 28.01.2003 - Peace prize for Zimbabwean students' union

ť 27.01.2003 - EU fails to renew Zimbabwe sanctions
ť 27.01.2003 - South Africans unite against Iraqi war
ť 27.01.2003 - Egyptians mobilise against female genital mutilation
ť 27.01.2003 - Call for better fishing deals for Africa
ť 27.01.2003 - Nigerian press commended for democratisation role

ť 26.01.2003 - Ivorian peace deal "a shame for Africa"

ť 25.01.2003 - Cape Verdean opposition unites before local polls
ť 25.01.2003 - Crisis solved in Săo Tomé and Príncipe
ť 25.01.2003 - Line of credit for Ghanaian CAL Bank
ť 25.01.2003 - Ethiopia slammed over "repression" of intellectuals
ť 25.01.2003 - 69 percent of Angolans live in poverty
ť 25.01.2003 - Côte d'Ivoire gets African development grant

ť 23.01.2003 - Mauritania spends 0.4% of GDP on drought victims
ť 23.01.2003 - Promising gold discovery in Eritrea

ť 22.01.2003 - Săo Toméan President dissolves parliament
ť 22.01.2003 - Sahrawis feel stabbed by UN
ť 22.01.2003 - Southern African archbishop addresses homosexuality

ť 21.01.2003 - Sudan again accused of genocide in Darfur
ť 21.01.2003 - Unions protest as Ghana removes fuel subsidies
ť 21.01.2003 - Gabonese opposition gets Port-Gentil mayor
ť 21.01.2003 - Ethiopian press freedom symposium held without press
ť 21.01.2003 - IMF foresees "early re-engagement" in Kenya

ť 20.01.2003 - Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Ghana bid for 2010 World Cup
ť 20.01.2003 - Morocco must choose between US and EU trade deals
ť 20.01.2003 - Power struggle in Grande Comore continues
ť 20.01.2003 - Also Zambia to repatriate Rwandan refugees
ť 20.01.2003 - Namibian, South African ocean mysteries to be studied

ť 19.01.2003 - Banana production may be wiped out in 10 years
ť 19.01.2003 - New constitutional crisis in Săo Tomé
ť 19.01.2003 - Development of Mozambican gas fields financed

ť 18.01.2003 - Baker to have presented pro-Moroccan solution to Sahara conflict

ť 17.01.2003 - Protests against Cape Verdean price hikes
ť 17.01.2003 - New Kenyan govt to improve women's position
ť 17.01.2003 - Zimbabwe police accused of poisoning opposition activists
ť 17.01.2003 - Thousands trapped by fighting in Congo Brazzaville
ť 17.01.2003 - South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal govt accused of starving its citizens

ť 16.01.2003 - Foot-and-mouth outbreak stalls Batswana exports
ť 16.01.2003 - "Systematic rape" in Sierra Leonean war
ť 16.01.2003 - "Congo should learn human rights from Angola"
ť 16.01.2003 - Zim ruling party sells maize on black market
ť 16.01.2003 - Kenyan gay rights activists optimistic
ť 16.01.2003 - Good governance promoted in Mali
ť 16.01.2003 - Guinea gets loans for rural infrastructure

ť 15.01.2003 - Morocco silent on Sahara talks
ť 15.01.2003 - Angolan opposition, govt go for elections in 2006
ť 15.01.2003 - New Kenyan government starts receiving foreign aid
ť 15.01.2003 - Concern about death sentences in Congo Kinshasa
ť 15.01.2003 - Ancient Libyan oasis town gets new life
ť 15.01.2003 - Burkinabe structural reforms receive new funds

ť 14.01.2003 - Guinea-Bissau gearing up for elections
ť 14.01.2003 - Dirty diamond trade exposed in Central African Republic
ť 14.01.2003 - Opposition denounces Equatoguinean justice reform
ť 14.01.2003 - Record harvest in Burkina Faso
ť 14.01.2003 - Emergency repatriation of Liberians from Côte d'Ivoire
ť 14.01.2003 - Senegal counts on 70% tourism growth
ť 14.01.2003 - Sierra Leone govt still not in control of diamond areas
ť 14.01.2003 - Mauritanian govt censors newspaper

ť 13.01.2003 - Tanzanian repatriation of Rwandan refugees not voluntary?
ť 13.01.2003 - South African railways "will not be privatised"

ť 12.01.2003 - Women and ruling party win Djibouti elections
ť 12.01.2003 - Zimbabwe: Harare mayor in custody; to face charges
ť 12.01.2003 - Opposition set to win in major Beninese cities
ť 12.01.2003 - Price war on air tickets to Săo Tomé

ť 10.01.2003 - Drought-hit Djibouti goes to the poll
ť 10.01.2003 - Madagascar election results confirmed
ť 10.01.2003 - Looting Ugandan rebels create food crisis
ť 10.01.2003 - South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal leadership licking its wounds
ť 10.01.2003 - Mauritanian govt still unable to mobilise famine aid

ť 09.01.2003 - Experts warn of Ethiopian famine worse than in 1984/85
ť 09.01.2003 - South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal peace maintained in last minute
ť 09.01.2003 - Socio-economic impact of Malagasy political crisis analysed
ť 09.01.2003 - Kenyan refugee camp goes green
ť 09.01.2003 - Muslim ex-military ruler to unite Nigerian opposition
ť 09.01.2003 - Central African Republic and Chad enter peace dialogue
ť 09.01.2003 - Chadian capital cleaned up by volunteers

ť 08.01.2003 - UNITA apologises for partaking in Angolan war
ť 08.01.2003 - Peace broken in Senegal's Casamance province
ť 08.01.2003 - Algeria hopes to reactivate tourism
ť 08.01.2003 - 26 sentenced to death in Congo's Kabila trial
ť 08.01.2003 - Central African Republic "source of concern"
ť 08.01.2003 - Renewed fighting in Congo threatens regional security
ť 08.01.2003 - New attempt to solve Western Sahara conflict

ť 07.01.2003 - Eritrea experiences worst food crisis ever
ť 07.01.2003 - Privatised Cape Verdean utilities increase tariffs
ť 07.01.2003 - Malawi: "Greater than a food crisis"
ť 07.01.2003 - Growing incomes and expenses for Tanzanians in 2003
ť 07.01.2003 - "Terror campaign" against Cameroonian herders
ť 07.01.2003 - Congo-Brazzaville executives learning about AIDS

ť 06.01.2003 - German court finds Libyan govt guilty of terrorism
ť 06.01.2003 - Obasanjo backed in new bid for Nigeria's presidency
ť 06.01.2003 - Mombassa terrorist attack "possible because of high concentration of small arms"
ť 06.01.2003 - Troubled economic reform in Săo Tomé in 2002
ť 06.01.2003 - Ghana's energy crisis hurts aluminium production
ť 06.01.2003 - Soul mates: The price of being gay in Somalia
ť 06.01.2003 - Niger notes improved food security
ť 06.01.2003 - Last Rwandan refugees returned from Tanzania
ť 06.01.2003 - Loan for Algerian telecommunications sector

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November 2002

ť 19.11.2002 - Senegalese President defends his "successes"
ť 19.11.2002 - Malawi's "democracy of chameleons" reviewed

ť 11.11.2002 - Upcoming Equatoguinean poll alienates opposition
ť 11.11.2002 - Rwanda prepares to end transition period
ť 11.11.2002 - Cape Verdean President to step down in 2005
ť 11.11.2002 - Sierra Leone recovery gains momentum
ť 11.11.2002 - Zones of acute food insecurity discovered in Ethiopia

ť 08.11.2002 - New Moroccan government with old faces
ť 08.11.2002 - Still no peace agreement for Burundi
ť 08.11.2002 - Intellectual Eritreans unite on political platform
ť 08.11.2002 - Continued support for commercial farming in Nigeria
ť 08.11.2002 - Need for quick intervention in Central African Republic

ť 07.11.2002 - Mauritania is "still practising" slavery
ť 07.11.2002 - Miss World finalists to boycott Nigerian contest
ť 07.11.2002 - Hope of human rights improvement in Sudan
ť 07.11.2002 - Not enough funds to meet Southern African food crisis

ť 06.11.2002 - Christian, Muslim clergy unite to fight AIDS in Ghana
ť 06.11.2002 - Security Council discusses Congo resource exploitation
ť 06.11.2002 - Human rights in Angola, Congo, Swaziland, Zimbabwe "need focus"
ť 06.11.2002 - Toxic red tide in South African waters

ť 05.11.2002 - Sidi Daddach: "On death row one smiles during the day"
ť 05.11.2002 - Senegalese govt sacked over ferry accident
ť 05.11.2002 - Togo elections will not make donors return
ť 05.11.2002 - SA unions plan new action against port privatisation
ť 05.11.2002 - New call to cancel apartheid debt
ť 05.11.2002 - Liberian human rights activist charged with treason

ť 04.11.2002 - 10 million water cuts after South Africa's water privatisation
ť 04.11.2002 - Swazi King slammed over interference with judiciary
ť 04.11.2002 - Donors welcome Sudanese ceasefire

ť 03.11.2002 - Ghanaian farmers enjoy high cocoa prices

ť 02.11.2002 - Moroccan prisoner turns hailed ambassador
ť 02.11.2002 - Niger recognises failure in fight against AIDS

ť 01.11.2002 - AIDS starts killing also Batswana economy
ť 01.11.2002 - Rwanda and Congo agree to enhance peace process
ť 01.11.2002 - Guinea-Bissau's civil servants striking
ť 01.11.2002 - Efforts to fight spread of AIDS along Abidjan-Lagos corridor

October 2002

ť 31.10.2002 - New oil bill favours Nigerian states
ť 31.10.2002 - US govt criticises Zambian GM food rejection
ť 31.10.2002 - Enhanced economic support for Guinea-Bissau
ť 31.10.2002 - Malawi asks for drought recovery credit
ť 31.10.2002 - Business joins govt's fight against poverty in South Africa
ť 31.10.2002 - Angolan fisheries to be upgraded

ť 30.10.2002 - Central African loyal troops retake Bangui
ť 30.10.2002 - Swazis protest King's virgin hunt
ť 30.10.2002 - Soweto bombs blamed on white extremists
ť 30.10.2002 - No surprises in Togolese "elections"
ť 30.10.2002 - Warning of unprecedented hunger in Uganda
ť 30.10.2002 - Renewable energies to be surveyed in The Gambia
ť 30.10.2002 - Ghanaian health offensive gains momentum

ť 29.10.2002 - Continued pressure against Zambia on GM food
ť 29.10.2002 - Hasty call for presidential elections in Equatorial Guinea
ť 29.10.2002 - Togolese anti-FGM legislation shows results
ť 29.10.2002 - LRA rebels step up abuse in Uganda and Sudan
ť 29.10.2002 - Central Africans flee Bangui to Congo
ť 29.10.2002 - Reduced yields expected in South Sudan
ť 29.10.2002 - Lesotho-EU cooperation agreed upon

ť 28.10.2002 - Central African rebels threaten Bangui
ť 28.10.2002 - Madagascar prepares legislative elections
ť 28.10.2002 - Half of Liberia's budget goes to defence
ť 28.10.2002 - Săo Tomé to revise constitution
ť 28.10.2002 - Mozambique observes increase in acreages planted
ť 28.10.2002 - Seychellois vessels in "toothfish piracy"
ť 28.10.2002 - Mozambique and Rwanda deepen cooperation

ť 26.10.2002 - Cameroonian rights activists held in prison
ť 26.10.2002 - "Europe encourages" Moroccan occupation of Sahara
ť 26.10.2002 - Djibouti govt dismisses trade union leader
ť 26.10.2002 - Mauritanian farming project financed

ť 25.10.2002 - Rwanda "shocked" by UN report on DRC
ť 25.10.2002 - Nigeria will not give up Bakassi
ť 25.10.2002 - Mozambique and EU sign fishing deal
ť 25.10.2002 - Mining company threatens law suit over UN's DRC report
ť 25.10.2002 - Massive child labour in Zambia denounced
ť 25.10.2002 - Malawi parliament to investigate assault on journalist

ť 24.10.2002 - UN and EU fear genocide in Congo
ť 24.10.2002 - South Africa pushes ahead on port privatisation
ť 24.10.2002 - One third of all Angolans are displaced
ť 24.10.2002 - Mining company says its Congo operations are clean
ť 24.10.2002 - Saharawi refugees "left high and dry"
ť 24.10.2002 - Award for Cameroonian inland fishery project

ť 23.10.2002 - No democratic dividend for Nigeria's Oil Delta
ť 23.10.2002 - Positive food security outlook in Tanzania
ť 23.10.2002 - Calls to free Sahrawi prisoner

ť 22.10.2002 - Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Uganda still looting the Congo
ť 22.10.2002 - Togo claims improved human rights situation

ť 21.10.2002 - Sanctions proposed against Congo war profiteers
ť 21.10.2002 - Congolese refugees return from Burundi border
ť 21.10.2002 - Activists send Zimbabwe appeal to President Mbeki
ť 21.10.2002 - Positive economic trends in Chad

ť 20.10.2002 - Săo Tomé women entrepreneurs promoted by new female PM
ť 20.10.2002 - "Decent harvest" expected in Niger

ť 19.10.2002 - Thousands of Burundians streaming into Tanzania
ť 19.10.2002 - Yellow fever outbreak spreads in Senegal

ť 18.10.2002 - No luxury jet for Swazi King
ť 18.10.2002 - Ugandan police withdraw from 'Monitor'
ť 18.10.2002 - Internal opposition to Batswana "Bushmen" relocation
ť 18.10.2002 - Second oil discovery made off Ghana
ť 18.10.2002 - West African travel expo to boost tourism

ť 17.10.2002 - Fears of genocide in north-eastern Congo
ť 17.10.2002 - Batswana abortion debate sparks death threats
ť 17.10.2002 - Nigerian novelist receives peace prize
ť 17.10.2002 - Ghanaian AIDS activist detained
ť 17.10.2002 - 100 years survival of mountains gorillas
ť 17.10.2002 - IMF praises Mauritanian President

ť 16.10.2002 - Somali reconciliation conference opened
ť 16.10.2002 - Ugandan wetlands policy praised
ť 16.10.2002 - Sierra Leone to rebuild education infrastructure
ť 16.10.2002 - Congolese flee into war-ravaged Burundi
ť 16.10.2002 - Zimbabwe media law to be amended
ť 16.10.2002 - Late beginning of Rwandan agricultural season
ť 16.10.2002 - Credit to finance Mali structural reforms

ť 15.10.2002 - Sudanese peace process re-initiated
ť 15.10.2002 - Egyptian courts "at war against poet's ghost"
ť 15.10.2002 - Rwanda "laying foundations for robust growth"
ť 15.10.2002 - More critique against Guinea-Bissau President
ť 15.10.2002 - Concerns over rising food prices in SA
ť 15.10.2002 - Over 600 teachers dismissed in Zimbabwe
ť 15.10.2002 - Rural energy project in Guinea financed

ť 14.10.2002 - Oil fever grips Ghana
ť 14.10.2002 - Kenya's ruling party splits over Kenyatta Jr candidacy
ť 14.10.2002 - Mauritania's growth slowed down in 2001
ť 14.10.2002 - Egypt re-affirms need to improve investment climate
ť 14.10.2002 - Moroccan King visiting Russia to tighten ties

ť 13.10.2002 - Nigeria loses Bakassi to Cameroon

ť 12.10.2002 - Amnesty given but not given in Equatorial Guinea
ť 12.10.2002 - Last Rwandan refugees to go home to see

ť 11.10.2002 - Zimbabwe-controversy strains EU-SADC relations
ť 11.10.2002 - Soldiers occupy Uganda's leading newspaper
ť 11.10.2002 - Relief for Chadian water and energy crisis
ť 11.10.2002 - Sahrawi diplomats end successful visit to Norway

ť 10.10.2002 - Burundi receives late emergency credit
ť 10.10.2002 - Mining industry accepts SA Empowerment Charter
ť 10.10.2002 - Nigeria hailed for crack-down on vigilante groups
ť 10.10.2002 - Malagasy ex-mayor accused of embezzlement
ť 10.10.2002 - Eritrean dissidents deported back home
ť 10.10.2002 - Fight against last remnants of riverblindness in West Africa

ť 09.10.2002 - Zimbabwe-question splits EU
ť 09.10.2002 - Technocrat becomes new Moroccan PM
ť 09.10.2002 - Swazi police censors religious TV
ť 09.10.2002 - Senegalese farmers access market with mobile
ť 09.10.2002 - Hunger disaster looms in Ethiopia
ť 09.10.2002 - Gabon increases Ebola surveillance
ť 09.10.2002 - Closure of Eritrean-Sudanese border halts repatriation

ť 08.10.2002 - Mozambique: Cardoso murder case becomes more ticklish
ť 08.10.2002 - Concerns about rising Namibian debt
ť 08.10.2002 - Mixed results in Tanzania's fight against poverty
ť 08.10.2002 - Environmentalists criticise EU-Angolan fishery deal
ť 08.10.2002 - Agriculture promoted in Tunisian desert
ť 08.10.2002 - Congolese rebels arrest three journalists

ť 07.10.2002 - Last Rwandan soldier pulls out of DRC
ť 07.10.2002 - Ghana to solve mystery of capital
ť 07.10.2002 - Govt offensive against Liberian rebels
ť 07.10.2002 - Bissau opposition demands President's resignation
ť 07.10.2002 - Chadian govt says rebels attacked airport
ť 07.10.2002 - Zambian journalists demand legal reform

ť 04.10.2002 - Săo Tomé gets female Prime Minister
ť 04.10.2001 - 10 years of Mozambican peace celebrated
ť 04.10.2002 - Somali transitional govt adopts harsh press law
ť 04.10.2002 - Nigeria and Congo Kinshasa centres of ivory trade

ť 03.10.2002 - Ruling party wins Moroccan election
ť 03.10.2002 - Humanitarian situation in Eritrea worsening
ť 03.10.2002 - Hope for great apes in Congo Kinshasa
ť 03.10.2002 - Kenyan soap opera to enlighten Africans on AIDS

ť 02.10.2002 - Angolan President wants more focus on women
ť 02.10.2002 - Belgian business rediscovers Rwanda
ť 02.10.2002 - Adult literacy promoted in Morocco

ť 01.10.2002 - Govt takes responsibility for Senegal's ferry disaster
ť 01.10.2002 - Sao Tome unity government dissolved
ť 01.10.2002 - Abidjan refugee crisis deepens
ť 01.10.2002 - Legal Equatoguinean party barred from campaigning
ť 01.10.2002 - Female genital mutilation punished effectively in Burkina Faso
ť 01.10.2002 - Burundian crisis creates new wave of refugees
ť 01.10.2002 - Disappointing gold mining prospects in Senegal

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