BBC World Service - Special Reports - African news timeline January 10

January 31st
- Egypt retain the Africa Cup of Nations
  ListenDuration: 00:48
January 28th
- Nigeria
  ListenDuration: 03:36
- The radicalisation of
  ListenDuration: 02:30
- Sudan elections
  ListenDuration: 03:16
- Kenya's constitution
  ListenDuration: 03:18
January 27th
- Enquiry launched into Togo shooting
  
  COCAN's executive director Antonio Mangueira says it would be sad if the Togo incident was to overshadow the whole tournament.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:15
- Kenya constitution
  
  The deadline approaches for Kenyan MP's to agree on a new constitution.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:17
- African Union chairmanship
  
  Calls for Libya's Colonel Gaddafi to retain chairmanship of the African Union.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:22
- Sudan elections
  
  The last day of nominations ahead of Sudan's historic polls.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:47
- US warning to the Nigerian government
  
  Hillary Clinton warns that corruption is breeding extremism in Nigeria.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:29
January 26th
- Beheadings by al-Shabab
  
  Severed heads of executed rivals displayed on a bridge by Somalia's al-Shabab fighters.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:19
- Employment rights
  
  Chinese company criticised for its treatment of Congolese workers
  
  ListenDuration: 02:09
- Ethiopia
  
  Searching for answers following the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines plane.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:16
- Liberia
  
  Liberia's president does U-turn on campaign pledge not to run for a second term.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:50
January 25th
- Government relief committee
  
  Spokesperson, Sarah Yusuf tells Paul Bakibinga what the government is doing to help.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:28
- Shelter for the displaced
  
  Jaafaru Usman has been volunteering at a temporary refugee camp set up during the violence
  
  ListenDuration: 02:43
- Ethiopian plane crash
  
  An Ethiopian Airlines plane has crashed into the sea with 89 people on board.
- Crash reaction in Lebanon
  
  Paul Khalifeh is the editor of L'Hebdo magazine in Beirut.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:07
- Ethiopian Airlines confirm the crash
  
  Chief executive officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Girma Wake
  
  ListenDuration: 00:22
January 22nd
- Angola
  
  Angola's opposition defiant over new constitution abolishing direct presidential elections.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:52
- Nigeria
  
  Nigeria's vice president orders the army to take over the city of Jos.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:22
- Kenya's constitution
  
  Political parties in Kenya strike a deal on a new constitution.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:46
- President Yar'Adua deadline
  
  Nigeria's High Court give the government 14 days to decide whether the president is fit to rule.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:56
January 21st
- Somalia
  
  Amnesty International report warns of human rights abuses in Somalia.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:03
- Angola
  
  Angola will hold final vote on new constitution which could abolish direct presidential elections
  
  ListenDuration: 01:24
January 20th
- Guinea
  
  The slow journey back to democracy as Guinea's junta settles on a new prime minister.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:59
- Nigeria
  
  The Nigerian army says calm has been restored in the city of Jos.
  
  ListenDuration: 06:16
- Violence in Jos
  
  Communal violence in Jos spreads- why have the Nigerian government been unable to deal with the problem?
  
  ListenDuration: 06:28
- Conservationists protest power project
  
  Kenyan environmentalists say an Ethiopian dam threatens Lake Turkana.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:53
January 19th
- Guinea
  
  Guinean opposition split over who should become the transition prime minister.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:08
- Sudan
  
  Celebrations today mark the 5th anniversary of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
  
  ListenDuration: 05:16
- Violence in Jos, Nigeria
  
  Religious violence erupts again in Nigerian city of Jos leaving residents tense.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:47
- Five years of peace in Sudan
  
  President Bashir: If South Sudan votes for independence, I'll respect that decision.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:29
January 18th
- Guinea
  
  Guinea's junta leader backs plans to appoint a transitional government without him
  
  ListenDuration: 02:49
- Angola
  
  Arrests in Angola as two more rights activists are picked up in Cabinda
  
  ListenDuration: 03:43
- Crackdown on extremist sympathisers
  
  Kenyan police arrest over 300 people including a number of Somali MP's.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:32
- Ghana earthquake hoax
  
  Panic sweeps across Ghana after rumours that an earthquake was about to strike were spread by text.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:44
January 15th
- Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in Burkina Faso
  
  Was Guinea's junta leader tricked into flying to Burkina Faso?
  
  ListenDuration: 03:02
- Sudan elections
  
  The SPLM choose Yassir Arman to challenge President al-Bashir in Sudan's April elections.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:37
- SPLM presidential candidate
  
  Sudan's southern-based SPLM choose their national presidential candidate.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:16
- Police and Muslim youth clash in Nairobi
  
  Kenyan police put down a huge protest calling for the release of a controversial Jamaican cleric.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:29
January 13th
- Guinea's leader flies to Burkina Faso
  
  Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is flown to Burkina Faso- could this scupper Guinea's transition talks?
  
  ListenDuration: 03:00
- Uganda homosexuality bill
  
  Uganda's president wants more discussion on the country's controversial anti-gay bill.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:39
- Who are Flec?
  
  The BBC's Louise Redvers looks at Flec's motives to Paul Bakibinga.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:17
- Ghana television ban
  
  Why is television being banned from government offices in Ghana?
  
  ListenDuration: 03:11
- Angola
  
  Angola's parliament to adopt a new constitution- opposition campaigners are outraged.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:45
January 12th
- Angola
  
  Angolan separatist group Flec say the Africa Cup of Nations is not a target.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:56
- Nigeria's president breaks his silence
  
  The Nigerian president speaks out for the first time from his hospital bed in Saudi Arabia.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:19
- Nigerians take to the streets
  
  Thousands protest President Yar'Adua's long absence in Abuja.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:48
January 11th
- Togo
  
  Anger in Togo as the country's soccer team arrives following a deadly ambush in Angola.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:39
- Nigeria
  
  Olusegun Obasanjo speaks out on Nigeria's inclusion on the US terror watch list.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:29
- Angola
  
  Two people have been arrested following the attack on the Togolese football team in Angola.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:50
- Listen to Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo
  
  'There has been a total disregard to our concern.....we did not even have a single call from the African Football Confederation to express sympathy'
  
  ListenDuration: 04:00
January 8th
- Sudan
  
  Sudan get ready to commemorate the anniversary of its historic Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:16
- Nigeria
  
  Nigerian officials continue to react angrily to extra security attention from the US.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:37
January 6th
- Nigeria without leader
  
  Pressure grows for the Nigerian government to name an acting head of state while the President receives medical treatment abroad.
  
  ListenDuration: 14:48
- Somali piracy
  
  Mauritius encourages ships operating within its waters to carry armed security guards.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:36
January 5th
- Nigeria
  
  President Yar'adua's continuing absence leads to growing uncertainty in Nigeria.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:32
- Kenya
  
  Day two of Nairobi's minibus taxi strike - how are commuters coping?
  
  ListenDuration: 02:47
- Somalia
  
  The UN halts food aid to southern Somalia after attacks from Islamist insurgents.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:15
- Liberia accusations
  
  Liberian Audit Commission accuses a former information minister of misappropriating more than US$200,000.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:19
January 4th
- Zuma fifth marriage
  
  South Africa's Jacob Zuma to marry third wife
  
  ListenDuration: 01:47
- Gabon working hours
  
  Gabon rolls out new official office hours
  
  ListenDuration: 02:50
- Africa
  
  The US call for tougher airport security in five African countries.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:54
- Africa
  
  Nigeria protest new US airline security measures as Ghana says the alleged bomber spent 2 weeks in the country.
  
  ListenDuration: 04:38
- South Africa
  
  South Africa's President Jacob Zuma takes another wife.
  
  ListenDuration: 01:58

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