Africa news timeline August 09
Last updated: 2 september, 2009 - 08:37 GMT
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August 31st
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African migrants in Moscow are clinging on despite racial attacks.
ListenDuration: 03:16
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As results trickle in, Gabon's opposition complain about the presidential polls.
ListenDuration: 06:13
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August 28th
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Nigeria's Central Bank governor in London to alleviate fears over his country's banking crisis.
ListenDuration: 02:52
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Madagascar talks end in stalemate over leadership question.
ListenDuration: 02:34
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Campaigning ahead of Sunday's election in Gabon.
ListenDuration: 02:15
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President Jacob Zuma meets Zimbabwe's top leaders- can the outstanding issues be resolved?
ListenDuration: 02:47
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August 27th
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UN says new peacekeeping mandates are needed to end Ugandan LRA rebel atrocities.
ListenDuration: 01:17
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Nigerian businessman named as a defaulting debtor speaks out
ListenDuration: 03:52
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Scientists look at ways to tackle a disease threatening Africa's banana crops.
ListenDuration: 02:16
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Zuma arrives in Zimbabwe but what does his visit mean for the country's unity government?
ListenDuration: 03:18
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August 26th
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Zambia's corruption chief fired after Chiluba acquittal
ListenDuration: 01:59
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Nigeria's financial crimes commission intensifies search for bank defaulters.
ListenDuration: 01:09
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Newspaper in Tanzania ordered to pay a million dollars in damages to a businessman.
ListenDuration: 01:20
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August 25th
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Nigeria's anti-corruption agency chase bank debtors as repayment deadline expires.
ListenDuration: 02:26
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ECOWAS calls for a special meeting to tackle the crisis in Niger.
ListenDuration: 01:44
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Madagascar's feuding politicians meet to discuss job-shariing.
ListenDuration: 01:59
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Gender controversy aside, South Africa's Caster Semenya gets a warm welcome home.
ListenDuration: 02:28
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August 24th
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One of Nigeria's sacked chief executives says he's done nothing wrong.
ListenDuration: 02:06
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Africa's experts and ministers meet to discuss climate change.
ListenDuration: 01:18
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Kenya begins counting its people amid controversy over the tribe question.
ListenDuration: 03:24
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Why is Africa poor? China's ambassador to Liberia explains why.
ListenDuration: 03:29
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August 21st
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Sudanese Darfur rebels sit down for talks aimed at uniting them.
ListenDuration: 02:09
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Has the Lockerbie bomber's release damaged Libya's diplomatic standing?
ListenDuration: 02:27
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What has South Africa's president achieved during his short visit to Angola?
ListenDuration: 02:39
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US special envoy to Sudan heads to Ethiopia to meet with Darfuri groups.
ListenDuration: 03:44
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August 20th
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South Sudanese opposition's view of the action plan signed today between leaders from north and south.
ListenDuration: 02:57
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The Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is freed from jail.
ListenDuration: 02:23
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South Africa's president Jacob Zuma makes his first state visit to Angola.
ListenDuration: 02:25
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The South African government defend an athlete whose gender has been questioned at the World Chamionpships.
ListenDuration: 01:46
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August 19th
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A new action plan signed in Sudan aims to boost peace between former civil war enemies.
ListenDuration: 02:15
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High fliers included on a Nigerian central bank list of debtors owing $4.7 billion.
ListenDuration: 04:45
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Eritrea respond to Ethiopia compensation ruling.
ListenDuration: 02:37
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The US Special Envoy to Sudan visits Juba today - expectations are high.
ListenDuration: 01:38
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August 18th
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Health experts warn that it will be difficult to track swine flu as it spreads across Africa.
ListenDuration: 02:55
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Opposition politicians in Sudan threaten to boycott next year's election if they are not free and fair.
ListenDuration: 02:46
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Zambia's former president Frederick Chiluba cleared of corruption at home.
ListenDuration: 03:27
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The Nigerian police explain its raid on another Islamic sect in Niger State.
ListenDuration: 02:30
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August 17th
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How did the conflict between Ethioipa and Eritrea start?
ListenDuration: 02:26
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A look back at Jacob Zuma's first 100 days as president of South Africa.
ListenDuration: 03:33
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Zambia's former president Frederick Chiluba found not guilty of corruption charges.
ListenDuration: 03:39
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An election date has finally been announced in Guinea.
ListenDuration: 01:00
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August 10th
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DR Congo prepares to receive the US secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
ListenDuration: 03:09
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Heads of State from the Great Lakes region hold a summit in Zambia.
ListenDuration: 02:06
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Zimbabwe's president attacks the West for not warming up to his inclusive government.
ListenDuration: 02:54
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August 7th
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Niger's president, Mamadou Tandja, has been handed a mandate to extend his rule for another three years.
ListenDuration: 04:56
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Diplomatic row over a documentary about Ethiopian OLF rebels on Kenyan TV.
ListenDuration: 02:13
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August 3rd
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Somaliland opposition boycott next month's elections as campaigning begins today.
ListenDuration: 07:10
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Is Niger divided over President Tandja's push for a third term?
ListenDuration: 03:25
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Over one hundred women and children killed in suspected tribal clashes in Southern Sudan.
ListenDuration: 02:26
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Members of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission sworn in today in Kenya.
ListenDuration: 05:10
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August 2nd
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Desperate to survive, Egyptians trade in their body parts.
ListenDuration: 03:17
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The final death toll is totted up following last week's clashes in northern Nigeria.
ListenDuration: 02:56
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ListenDuration: 04:47
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Two all-female units clear mines in South Sudan
ListenDuration: 04:32
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