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October 2000

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October 2000
» 31.10.2000 - Repatriation of Senegalese refugees from The Gambia on hold 
» 31.10.2000 - Smooth Tanzanian elections in the shadow of Zanzibar chaos 
» 31.10.2000 - Spillover of refugees and conflict from Angola to Congo 
» 31.10.2000 - Gay's legal rights to be discussed in Namibian Parliament 
» 31.10.2000 - UN extends Western Sahara mission 
» 31.10.2000 - Angolan Supreme Court upholds sentence of defamation 
» 31.10.2000 - Comoros have talks with OAU in Libya 

» 30.10.2000 - South Africa involved in dubious arms trade 
» 30.10.2000 - UN urges Gabon to prohibit polygamy 
» 30.10.2000 - 'Malawi must protect schoolgirls from sexual abuse' 
» 30.10.2000 - Côte d'Ivoire: International community demands new election 
» 30.10.2000 - African economists insist on stronger industrial policy 
» 30.10.2000 - Equatorial Guinea: Three ministers fall in power struggle 

» 29.10.2000 - Chenjerai Hove: In search of an identity (Zimbabwe) 
» 29.10.2000 - Minister urges residents to take up arms against criminals 
» 29.10.2000 - Chad: Hissène Habré's victims demand justice 

» 28.10.2000 - Mozambique: Floods reduced economic growth rate from 10% to 4% 
» 28.10.2000 - Power struggle in Equatorial Guinea 
» 28.10.2000 - Tense calm reigns in Côte d'Ivoire 

» 27.10.2000 - Economic Analysis: 'Can Africa claim the 21st century?' 
» 27.10.2000 - Annan sees no progress in Western Sahara 
» 27.10.2000 - Scandinavian agencies focus on fighting AIDS in Southern Africa 
» 27.10.2000 - Searching for new solutions for refugees in Guinea 
» 27.10.2000 - Tanzanians gear up for General Elections 
» 27.10.2000 - Promises to Burundian women not lived up to 
» 27.10.2000 - Equatorial Guinea: President's first-born demands Government's resignation 
» 27.10.2000 - Côte d'Ivoire: Calls for new election provoke clashes 

» 26.10.2000 - South Africa launches educational Tourism Institute 
» 26.10.2000 - Comoros: Confusing human rights situation on Anjouan 
» 26.10.2000 - Chad-Cameroon pipeline construction opened 
» 26.10.2000 - Congo cease-fire broken 
» 26.10.2000 - Women principal war victims in Great Lakes 
» 26.10.2000 - General joy after General Guei flees Côte d'Ivoire 

» 25.10.2000 - Uganda slowly winning the fight against Ebola 
» 25.10.2000 - Tanzanian magistrate bars reporters to cover rape case 
» 25.10.2000 - Comoros: President Abeid in dispute with Anjouanese Parliament 
» 25.10.2000 - Nigerian Institute develops natural pesticide against locusts 
» 25.10.2000 - Senegal cuts deal on cheaper HIV drugs 

» 24.10.2000 - 'I am the head of state of Côte d'Ivoire,' say both candidates 
» 24.10.2000 - Journalist attacked in Mauritius 
» 24.10.2000 - 'Menghistu-refugees' are sent back to Ethiopia 
» 24.10.2000 - Authorities repeat threats against Namibian homosexuals 
» 24.10.2000 - Comoros: 'OAU blocked arrival of cholera medicine to Anjouan' 
» 24.10.2000 - Eddie Cross: Zimbabwe this week

» 23.10.2000 - Lesotho editor looses defamation case 
» 23.10.2000 - Democracy gains ground in Southern African public opinion 
» 23.10.2000 - MSF stays out of Equatorial Guinea 
» 23.10.2000 - Ivorian voters boycott the election 
» 23.10.2000 - Eritrea, the 'frontier' of Internet development in Africa 

» 22.10.2000 - Food delivery to Sierra Leonean refugees difficult 
» 22.10.2000 - Tunisia breaks with Israel 

» 21.10.2000 - Polio campaigner among child soldiers 
» 21.10.2000 - Zimbabwe heads on from crisis to disaster 

» 20.10.2000 - Refugees returning to Rwanda 
» 20.10.2000 - Repatriation of Angolans from the Congos 
» 20.10.2000 - Environment: Cameroon's largest protected area agreed 
» 20.10.2000 - Ebola in Uganda the less fatal strain 
» 20.10.2000 - Election harassment in Egypt 
» 20.10.2000 - Former Rwandan Prime Minister convicted for genocide 

» 19.10.2000 - Rwanda and South Africa find common ground 
» 19.10.2000 - Egyptian Copt leader wins tolerance price 
» 19.10.2000 - Congo Kinshasa and Belgium fight over arrest warrant on Congolese minister 
» 19.10.2000 - Côte d'Ivoire slips into isolation 

» 18.10.2000 - Documentation of drug network headed by President Obiang growing 
» 18.10.2000 - Uganda: Ebola victim number rises to 94 
» 18.10.2000 - Guinea: Sierra Leoneans want to go home 
» 18.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Police fined for attack on Capital Radio 
» 18.10.2000 - Interview: Cherifa Ait Benamar about women and trade unions in Algeria 

» 17.10.2000 - More Ebola victims in Uganda confirmed 
» 17.10.2000 - New Rwanda-South Africa ties rock regional security situation 
» 17.10.2000 - Vaccinating 70 million West African children against polio 
» 17.10.2000 - Possible breakthrough in Congo War 
» 17.10.2000 - Namibian Army kills a UNITA soldier 
» 17.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Opposition repeats call for mass action against Mugabe 

» 16.10.2000 - Equatorial Guinea 32 years: Birthday party with a funny taste 
» 16.10.2000 - Cameroon receives US$ 2 billion in debt relief 
» 16.10.2000 - Education Minister leaves office on suspicions of witchcraft 
» 16.10.2000 - Commercial trade in bushmeat threatens African wildlife 
» 16.10.2000 - SchoolNets bring a new generation Africans online 

» 15.10.2000 - Ebola breaks out in Uganda 
» 15.10.2000 - Opposition boycotts Ivorian elections 

» 14.10.2000 - UN troops in Sierra Leone out of the crisis? 
» 14.10.2000 - Government of Sudan renews aerial bombings 
» 14.10.2000 - Josephine Bakhita - the first African Saint proclaimed in centuries 

» 13.10.2000 - Heavy battles between the army and rebel forces in Burundi 
» 13.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Opposition condemns Mugabe's amnesty 
» 13.10.2000 - Côte d'Ivoire claims to take action on child slave workers 
» 13.10.2000 - UN reasserts its commitment to Sierra Leone 
» 13.10.2000 - Southern Africa continues on the tourism success story 
» 13.10.2000 - Draconian new broadcasting regulations in Zimbabwe 

» 12.10.2000 - Namibia to establish Council on Employment Creation 
» 12.10.2000 - Racist killings in Libya 
» 12.10.2000 - Prostitution booms in Equatorial Guinea as education sector folds up 
» 12.10.2000 - New 'Miracle Corn' reaps millennium World Food Prize 
» 12.10.2000 - Southern African former Liberation Movements meet 
» 12.10.2000 - South Africa prepares for municipal elections 
» 12.10.2000 - Public beatings of human rights activists by Congo rebels 

» 11.10.2000 - US efforts successfully block Sudan seat in UN Security Council 
» 11.10.2000 - Tsvangirai: "I have no case to answer" (Zimbabwe)
» 11.10.2000 - African Bank funds dam construction in Algeria 
» 11.10.2000 - International censorship on Equatorial Guinea? 
» 11.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Mugabe grants amnesty on election violence 
» 11.10.2000 - Malawian editor demoted for 'belittling' a story about president 
» 11.10.2000 - South Africa discusses erosion of powers of traditional leaders 
» 11.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Police hold onto private broadcaster's equipment 

» 10.10.2000 - Malawi: Party activists bought all copies of opposition newspaper 
» 10.10.2000 - 6.000 Sierra Leonean refugees repatriated from Guinea so far 
» 10.10.2000 - Moroccan govt. speaks with two tongues on women rights 
» 10.10.2000 - MDC opposition calls on Zimbabweans to remain calm 
» 10.10.2000 - Massive condemnation of the Ivorian Government 

» 09.10.2000 - Tsvangirai arrived Zimbabwe by 'alternative means' 
» 09.10.2000 - Benin demonstrates engagement in the fight against AIDS 
» 09.10.2000 - Rwandan women entrepreneurs train in food processing 
» 09.10.2000 - Illegal fisheries in African high seas will continue 
» 09.10.2000 - Concern about children's rights in Burundi 
» 09.10.2000 - Rapid Internet growth in Botswana over last four years 

» 08.10.2000 - Opposition candidates barred from presidential election 
» 08.10.2000 - Zimbabwe opposition fears detention of its leader 

» 07.10.2000 - Donors consultation meeting on Congo Brazzaville 
» 07.10.2000 - UN to Guinea-Bissau military: 'Leave politics!' 
» 07.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: MDC opposition dismayed by the threats against Tsvangirai 

» 06.10.2000 - Sierra Leone Court: 'There is no amnesty for international crimes' 
» 06.10.2000 - Rwanda: Informal courts law presented in Parliament against opposition protests 
» 06.10.2000 - Namibia to promote commercial livestock farming 
» 06.10.2000 - Comoros: 'The only good child is a useful child' 
» 06.10.2000 - Namibia: Tourist access to Kunene restricted to protect threatened species 
» 06.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Armed police raids new, private broadcaster 

» 05.10.2000 - Kenya: Busting corruption using the Internet 
» 05.10.2000 - Three African imams to be prosecuted by Norwegian state for promoting FGM 
» 05.10.2000 - Ivorian Government trying to intimidate opposition 
» 05.10.2000 - Parliament questions ministers on corruption 
» 05.10.2000 - UN urges Kabila to respect human rights in Congo Kinshasa 

» 04.10.2000 - Zimbabwe on World Bank's blacklist 
» 04.10.2000 - WHO calls HIV/AIDS 'Disease of Poverty' 
» 04.10.2000 - US investments in Equatorial Guinea 'marginalize our people' 

» 03.10.2000 - Eritrean border area occupied by Ethiopia vandalised 
» 03.10.2000 - Poverty keeps Central African Republic from respecting human rights 
» 03.10.2000 - Zimbabwe's first private radio station hits the airwaves 
» 03.10.2000 - Guinea restores calm after clashes leave 77 dead 

» 02.10.2000 - Situation in Guinea-Bissau still precarious 
» 02.10.2000 - Above normal rainfall forecasted for Southern Africa 
» 02.10.2000 - 'Poverty is at the root of cholera,' South African minister states 
» 02.10.2000 - Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai and Mugabe exchange threats 
» 02.10.2000 - Namibian minister tells police to 'eliminate' gays 

» 01.10.2000 - Exiled opposition protests against use of informal courts in Rwanda 
» 01.10.2000 - Senegal: Wade seriously endangers Casamance peace process 

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