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» 05.03.2008 - Egypt reports new avian flu
» 04.03.2008 - Madagascar needs over $36M
» 21.02.2008 - Madagascar cyclone kills 22
» 07.02.2008 - Angola enacts air service law
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 05.02.2008 - Global warming affects Africa
» 04.02.2008 - Tremors strike Great Lakes
» 17.01.2008 - Morocco collapse kills 11
» 15.01.2008 - Gbabgo to outlaw tribalism
» 14.01.2008 - Rwandans put away genocide
» 10.01.2008 - Kenyan ministers take oath
» 09.01.2008 - Landmine kills media chief
» 03.01.2008 - Kenya AG favours vote tally
» 03.01.2008 - Police disrupts ODM rally
» 02.01.2008 - Zim floods displace hundreds
» 31.12.2007 - UNAMID at last in Darfur
» 20.12.2007 - Fatal explosions hit Freetown
» 14.12.2007 - CAR: A phantom state
» 06.12.2007 - ICC punches Sudan gov't
» 05.12.2007 - CAR protects refugees
» 23.11.2007 - 409 Congolese repatriated
» 15.11.2007 - Sierra Leone leader renews graft battle
» 14.11.2007 - Mauritanians await repatriation
» 13.11.2007 - 'Avoid counter-revolution'
» 13.11.2007 - Rwanda journalist acquitted of genocide
» 13.11.2007 - 58 Gambian migrants drowned
» 12.11.2007 - Somalia: Mounting bloodshed prompts pleas for help
» 26.10.2007 - Chad, rebels sign truce
» 25.10.2007 - Desertation rocks LRA
» 19.10.2007 - SA reggae king assassinated
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 19.10.2007 - Burundi peace talks progress
» 19.10.2007 - Libya grabs UN seat
» 11.10.2007 - Conflict costs Africa $300 bn
» 10.10.2007 - UN warns food disaster in Uganda
» 10.10.2007 - Ghana to reconstruct flood affected areas
» 23.08.2007 - Volcanic eruption kills 5 in Ethiopia
» 06.08.2007 - Congo train crash kills 160
» 06.06.2007 - Sierra Leonean crash probe rolls, Minister suspended
» 18.05.2007 - Cameroon mourns crash victims
» 08.05.2007 - Cameroon begins crash inquiry
» 07.05.2007 - No survivors in Kenya Airways crash
» 12.04.2007 - Inquiry reveals Mozambican blast causes
» 10.04.2007 - 15 vie for Senegal’s legislative polls
» 26.03.2007 - Govt negligence blamed for Mozambique blast
» 23.02.2007 - Mozambique plans more dams on the Zambezi
» 15.12.2006 - 22 Senegal illegal migrants perish at sea
» 25.10.2006 - Six succumb to Madagascar plane crash
» 08.09.2006 - Floods in Niger, Burkina Faso affect 26,000
» 20.06.2006 - NATO assists after quake on Cape Verde's Brava Island
» 01.06.2006 - Comoros volcano eruption over for now
» 11.04.2006 - 120 deportees feared dead in Ghana ferry accident
» 10.04.2006 - Malawi experts warn of severe flush floods
» 23.03.2006 - Ferry sinks off Cameroon, 123 persons missing
» 28.02.2006 - Mozambique asks for aid after earthquake
» 21.02.2006 - Sahrawi see Algerian camps flushed away
» 08.02.2006 - Kenyans flock to donate for famine relief
» 05.12.2005 - Earthquakes hit East, Central Africa
» 02.12.2005 - Thousands displaced by volcano in Comoros
» 25.11.2005 - Comoros volcano eruption causes health concerns
» 26.04.2005 - "2 million Kenyans at risk of starvation"
» 20.04.2005 - Comoros islanders return after fleeing volcano
» 18.04.2005 - Comoros volcano erupts, 10,000 flee
» 04.04.2005 - Chemical, nuclear alarm in Somalia after tsunami
» 01.04.2005 - Fear of volcanic eruption in Comoros
» 21.03.2005 - Madagascar thunderstorms damaged food production
» 16.03.2005 - Eastern Congo now "world's worst humanitarian crisis"
» 22.02.2005 - Substantial tsunami damage to Seychelles reefs
» 01.02.2005 - Madagascar receives cyclone aid
» 28.01.2005 - Sultan, Archbishop co-chair Nigeria's tsunami relief
» 20.01.2005 - Disasters increase in numbers in South Africa
» 19.01.2005 - After tsunami, Seychelles develops disaster alert system
» 05.01.2005 - Africa generously aids Asia's tsunami victims
» 03.01.2005 - How Kenya, Seychelles avoided tsunami disaster
» 01.01.2005 - Somalia strongly hit by Asian tsunami
» 26.10.2004 - "One in five children in Darfur malnourished"
» 15.07.2004 - Sudan aid to go through Libya
» 06.07.2004 - Church leaders alarmed by Swaziland crisis
» 29.06.2004 - Pressure rises on defiant Sudan govt
» 25.06.2004 - UN decries "catastrophe in Darfur"
» 21.06.2004 - Darfur rains hinder humanitarian efforts
» 02.06.2004 - Natural disasters addressed in Mali
» 02.04.2004 - Zambezi floods in Namibia "worst since 1958"
» 24.03.2004 - Enhanced conservation efforts in flooding Zambezi
» 19.03.2004 - Aid plea for 309,500 Malagasy cyclone victims
» 08.03.2004 - Heaviest cyclone since 1994 hit Madagascar
» 05.03.2004 - Extraordinary aid for Moroccan earthquake victims
» 24.02.2004 - Moroccan earthquake kills 300
» 20.02.2004 - Swaziland declares national disaster
» 20.01.2004 - Algerian gas plant explosion kills 23
» 05.01.2004 - Focus on Egyptian airliner after crash
» 05.09.2003 - Evacuations planned as Comoran volcano may erupt
» 08.07.2003 - Namibian floods subsiding
» 18.06.2003 - Liberian ceasefire accord signed
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