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» 29.10.2009 - Ethiopia launches 2010 elections campaign
» 29.10.2009 - Security Council calls for trying of Guinea's massacre
» 28.10.2009 - Ivorian foes re-arming ahead of polls
» 28.10.2009 - Frelimo expected to score easy win in Mozambique polls
» 27.10.2009 - Guinean killings were planned - HRW
» 26.10.2009 - Kenya probes missing funds in resettlement programme
» 26.10.2009 - Ben Ali gets fifth term in presidency
» 22.10.2009 - EU considering sanctions on Guinea
» 21.10.2009 - Niger lashes out at ECOWAS decision
» 21.10.2009 - SA local govt clouded by corruption
» 21.10.2009 - US backs arms embargo on Guinea
» 20.10.2009 - ECOWAS suspends Niger
» 19.10.2009 - UN advance plan to probe Conakry massacre
» 19.10.2009 - Central Africa's peace process still a long way, Ban
» 16.10.2009 - Zimbabwe's forced marriage collapses?
» 16.10.2009 - Gabon and Nigeria elected to UN Security Council
» 15.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor to investigate Guinea’s killings
» 14.10.2009 - ECOWAS holds an extra-ordinary summit to discuss Guinea and Niger
» 14.10.2009 - ICC prosecutor invited for talks in Kenya
» 14.10.2009 - Security Council appeals for reconciliation as elections draws near
» 12.10.2009 - Guineans heed stay-away call
» 12.10.2009 - SADC deploys observer mission for Botswana elections
» 08.10.2009 - Madagascar should move quick to conclude talks, Ban
» 07.10.2009 - Rajoelina to head Madagascar for one more year
» 02.10.2009 - Technical difficulties could affect Ivorian polls, UN official
» 02.10.2009 - Somaliland peace pact hailed
» 01.10.2009 - UN calls for independent probe in Guinea's deaths
» 30.09.2009 - Guinea's leader to be tough against future protests
» 29.09.2009 - France threatens total pull-out from Guinea
» 29.09.2009 - No more delays in Ivorian elections, Security Council
» 28.09.2009 - Scores killed by soldiers in Guinea protest
» 23.09.2009 - UNESCO elects new chief
» 14.09.2009 - Opposition cries intimidation as Mozambique's election campaign starts
» 07.09.2009 - SADC shifts Zim for special summit
» 03.09.2009 - Violence erupts as junior Bongo declared winner
» 03.09.2009 - Sierra Leone players must step up efforts, Ban
» 01.09.2009 - Tensions building in Gabon as finals results still awaited
» 31.08.2009 - Gabon leader appeals for calm
» 28.08.2009 - Gabon opposition unite against Bongo’s son
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 25.08.2009 - Niger’s civil society faces increased intimidation, TI
» 25.08.2009 - Crackdown on independent media ahead of election
» 25.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire’s ID and voter registration on track, UN envoy
» 11.08.2009 - Niger could be facing international isolation, but...
» 03.08.2009 - Lesotho’s opposition stay-away not a success
» 03.08.2009 - Niger’s referendum will go ahead
» 30.07.2009 - Security Council extends UN mandate in Côte d’Ivoire
» 29.07.2009 - Voter education will be unhindered in Dafur
» 20.07.2009 - Malawi's opposition petition thrown out of court
» 20.07.2009 - Abdelaziz wins elections, opposition claim irregularities
» 08.07.2009 - Amnesty International warns Ethiopia on new anti terrorism law
» 08.07.2009 - Guinea’s junta accused of undermining rights
» 06.07.2009 - Opposition warns government against delayed polls
» 15.06.2009 - PM to resign after late Bongo’s burial
» 10.06.2009 - Senate speaker heads government after Bongo’s death
» 10.06.2009 - Mauritania’s opposition leader to contest July polls
» 09.06.2009 - Army calls for postponement of elections
» 08.06.2009 - Western Sahara seeks UN intervention on Morocco’s elections
» 05.06.2009 - Political figures killed and hunted in Guinea-Bissau
» 05.06.2009 - Mauritania's democracy deal hailed
» 03.06.2009 - Mauritania election compromise reached
» 03.06.2009 - Côte d'Ivoire election security prepared
» 28.05.2009 - Somaliland agrees on fixed election time
» 28.05.2009 - Somaliland agrees on fixed election time
» 28.05.2009 - Mauritanian parties at the negotiations table
» 27.05.2009 - Former rebels transfer control back to govt
» 27.05.2009 - MPs angered by dissolution of parliament
» 26.05.2009 - Niger's democracy under threat
» 22.05.2009 - Malawi president already inaugurated
» 21.05.2009 - Malawi's Muthakira assured of second term
» 21.05.2009 - 3rd term debate splits Niger
» 20.05.2009 - Malawi oppposition calls for ballot recount
» 20.05.2009 - Thousands demand Junta to scrap elections
» 18.05.2009 - SA opposition calls for investigation into R2.4 million Zuma party
» 15.05.2009 - Paris Club cancels $845 million off Côte d'Ivoire's debt
» 15.05.2009 - Guinea Bissau gets international support for elections
» 15.05.2009 - Niger’s militants agree to a ceasefire agreement
» 14.05.2009 - Opposition parties demand electoral reforms
» 14.05.2009 - Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death
» 14.05.2009 - Malawi's opposition cry foul even before poll starts
» 14.05.2009 - Cote d'Ivoire's prime minister confirms election date
» 08.05.2009 - SA intensifies security for presidential inauguration
» 06.05.2009 - It's official! Zuma new president of South Africa
» 04.05.2009 - Madagascar's govt willing to compromise on early election date
» 30.04.2009 - Somaliland mediation committee rules in favour of the president
» 30.04.2009 - Mixed reactions posted on Sudan’s census
» 29.04.2009 - Ivorian polls set for December
» 27.04.2009 - SA new president to be inaugurated on 9 May
» 23.04.2009 - Ruling SA party starts victory celebrations
» 23.04.2009 - Mozambique signs $30 million deal for gas exploration
» 23.04.2009 - Govt threatens to withhold pay for striking doctors
» 22.04.2009 - Criminal acts raise alarms in SA elections
» 21.04.2009 - UN says elections timetable critical in Côte d’Ivoire
» 21.04.2009 - Bouteflika told to redress rights violations in Algeria
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