Portal:Current events/Africa

Regional

Topic-specific

Science and technology | Sports

Events
Upcoming 7: Morocco, Parliament elections 23: Madagascar, Parliament elections Ongoing Global spread of H5N1 Recent

Deaths
Recent deaths 29: Chaswe Nsofwa 28: Smain Lamari 27: Driss Basri 26: Roy McLean 11: Madilu System 5: António "Vini Vini" Venâncio 3: Nasho Kamungeremu 2: Evan Enwerem 2: Holden Roberto 1: Ryan Cox

Conflicts
Ongoing armed conflicts • War in Somalia • Chad-Sudan conflict (no violence now) • Conflict in northern Uganda (truce signed) • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Central African Republic Civil War Ongoing wars

Elections
Upcoming elections 7: Morocco, Parliament elections 23: Madagascar, Parliament elections Recent 5: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2^nd round) 11: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament and constitutional referendum

Holidays and observances
1: Independence Day (Benin) 5: Independence Day (Burkina Faso) 11: Independence Day (Chad)

Related pages
• About this page

Events in, or of interest to, the continent of Africa

Following an accident that temporarily trapped over 3,000 miners underground, the government of South Africa closes the Elandskraal mine for six weeks. (BBC)

October 3,2007 (Wednesday)

A fire destroys approximately one-quarter of the Bakaara market in Mogadishu, the largest open market in Somalia. (BBC)

A suicide attack by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb against a naval base in Dellys, Algeria kills more than 30, two days after a suicide bomber killed over 20 people in Batna. (BBC)

Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, accused Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, of selling out his country to the Western world and plotting with foreign intelligence agencies during an SADC conference in August. President Mwanawasa later apologized to Mugabe, saying Mugabe had misunderstood an earlier comment. (AllAfrica)

Sudan postpones a census that is a crucial for the success of two national elections. (BBC)
Egyptian police find 2.75 tonnes of explosives in the el-Gefgafa area of Sinai, believed to be en route to the Gaza Strip. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)

The Church of Uganda, the Anglican province of Uganda, appoints a bishop in the United States, John Guernsey, deepening a split with the Episcopal Church over the ordination of gay priests and bishops. (BBC)

Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida are indicted for carrying explosive materials across state lines with one indicted for terrorism charges. (AP via CNN)
A tank truck crashes into four minibuses in Kisii, Kenya resulting in at least 29 deaths and 30 injuries. (AP via IHT)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Gordon Brown and President of France Nicolas Sarkozy threaten the government of Sudan with sanctions over the Darfur conflict. (Reuters)

At least 10 Malians are killed and several others injured after their vehicle hits a land mine. (Voice of America)
Darfur rebels accuse the Sudanese Government of bombing South Darfur. (Reuters via ABC News Online)
The Anglican Church of Kenya consecrates two bishops from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America after they left the Episcopal Church due to concerns that the Church was consecrating gay bishops. (BBC)

August 29,2007 (Wednesday)

The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) claim to have captured a Sudanese army base in the Kordofan province of Sudan. (Reuters via ABC)
John Holmes, the United Nation's emergency relief coordinator, warns that refugees of the Darfur conflict are arming themselves and may soon be able to defend themselves if the Sudanese government renews its attacks. (BBC)

The Sudanese Government and the United Nations launch a flood appeal to help victims of recent flooding which has killed 89 people and destroyed 73,000 homes. (BBC)

A series of explosions in Mogadishu, Somalia kills three people. (AFP via ABC News Australia)

The Nigerian government extends a curfew in Port Harcourt after hundreds die in gang violence this month. (Reuters Alertnet)
The South African Communist Party launches an investigation into what happened to a political donation of 500,000 rand allegedly made in 2002. (BBC)