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

June 30th
- Nigeria football ban
  
  The government ban the Super Eagles from taking part in international competitions for two years
  
  ListenDuration: 01:18
- DR Congo celebrate 50 years of independence from colonial rule
  
  The BBC's Sophie Ikenye speaks to Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, a professor of African Studies at the University of North Carolina
  
  ListenDuration: 03:45
- South Africa's black empowerment targets fall short
  
  Plans to increase ownership in the mining sector
  
  ListenDuration: 01:23
- The Democratic Republic of Congo celebrate 50 years of independence from colonial rule
  
  BBC Network Africa's Bola Mosuro speaks to our correspondent in Kinshasa, Thomas Fessy
  
  ListenDuration: 04:44
June 29th
- Kenya PM admitted to hospital
  
  Prime Minister Raila Odinga undergoes emergency surgery
  
  ListenDuration: 01:01
- Guinea election fraud allegation
  
  First hint of tension in Guinea's presidential poll - a leading party say the vote has been marred by fraud
  
  ListenDuration: 01:55
- DR Congo celebrate 50 years of independence
  
  Belgium's King Albert II arrives but for many his visit is inappropriate
  
  ListenDuration: 01:59
- Sudan Darfur rebel fears leads to closing of joint borders with Libya
  
  Sudan to close all joint land borders with Libya to deter rebels
  
  ListenDuration: 01:59
June 28th
- Ghana miners trapped in illegal gold pit
  
  Ebenezer Ofori, a survivor, speaks to the BBC's Akwasi Sarpong
  
  ListenDuration: 00:43
- Ghana miners trapped in illegal gold pit
  
  Interview with Noah Kwarteng a reporter for the local Ghanaian radio station Solar FM
  
  ListenDuration: 02:33
- Burundi elections
  
  The BBC's Prime Ndikumagenge reports from Bujumbura
  
  ListenDuration: 03:02
- Burundi's presidential election
  
  Why is voter turnout so low?
  
  ListenDuration: 02:11
- Why has Africa's scoring tally at the World Cup remained so low?
  
  The verdict from football fans at a sports centre in Guguletu, a township in Cape Town
  
  ListenDuration: 03:50
- Black Stars in World Cup quarter finals
  
  Reaction from Ghana to the national team's success in South Africa
  
  ListenDuration: 01:48
June 25th
- Rwandan journalist killed outside of his home
  
  Umuvugizi Newspaper man is shot dead in Kigali by two gunmen
  
  ListenDuration: 01:25
- Last day of campaigning for Guinea candidates
  
  Guinea voters choose their leader for first time in 52 years
  
  ListenDuration: 02:14
June 23rd
- Prisoners granted the right to vote
  
  Kenyan prisoners to participate in the constitution referendum
  
  ListenDuration: 02:45
- 50 killed in battle between JEM rebels and Sudan's army
  
  JEM claim to have captured tanks and armed forces from the Sudanese army
  
  ListenDuration: 02:51
- 50 killed in battle between JEM rebels and Sudan's army
  
  The Sudanese government say JEM started this round of fighting
  
  ListenDuration: 02:05
- Bafana Bafana end their World Cup on a high note
  
  South Africa become the first host to fail to progress onto the second round of the World Cup
  
  ListenDuration: 03:54
- Black Stars carry African hopes in the World Cup
  
  Can Ghana redeem Africa's image by getting a good result against Germany tonight?
  
  ListenDuration: 01:41
June 22nd
- Nigerian lawmakers exchange blows
  
  An angry scuffle breaks in Nigeria's House of Representatives
  
  ListenDuration: 02:54
- Congo Brazzaville train crash
  
  A train crash claims dozens of lives in Congo Brazzaville
  
  ListenDuration: 01:44
- Mining executive plane wreckage found
  
  Mourning in Australia as the the plane carrying 11 mining executives is found in Congo Brazzaville
  
  ListenDuration: 02:00
June 21st
- Heavy rains wreak havoc in Ghana
  
  Floods kill more than 20
  
  ListenDuration: 01:30
- Rwanda shooting suspects arrested
  
  Six arrested in South Africa after the shooting of Kayumba Nyamwasa
  
  ListenDuration: 01:24
- Australian mining executives missing in Cameroon
  
  One of Australia's richest men among the 11 missing in a suspected plane crash in Cameroon
  
  ListenDuration: 03:02
- Urgent fund appeal for West Africa's Sahel
  
  Is a famine looming in Niger?
  
  ListenDuration: 02:59
June 18th
- Is education in Africa failing its children?
  
  A British audit report says that aid invested by the UK to support Africa's education systems is not money well spent
  
  ListenDuration: 02:19
- Africa's great green wall
  
  Fighting desertification with a proposed green wall of trees and plants stretching from west to east
  
  ListenDuration: 02:56
- Crunch time for Algeria's Desert Foxes
  
  Algeria face England in a crucial World Cup match
  
  ListenDuration: 04:02
June 17th
- Kenyan police deny accusations of abuse of Somali refugees
  
  A human rights group accuses Kenyan police of rape and beatings.
  
  ListenDuration: 03:15
June 16th
- Two Darfur rebel leaders surrender
  
  Two Sudanese rebel leaders, indicted for war crimes, surrender to the international criminal court
  
  ListenDuration: 01:05
- Sudan's ruling party hand the SPLM the oil ministry
  
  The Sudanese government appoint an oil minister from the south's SPLM
  
  ListenDuration: 03:30
June 15th
- Lessons learned from the Gulf of Mexico
  
  BP begin drilling for oil in Angola but could an oil leak crisis be averted?
  
  ListenDuration: 02:46
- Three MP's arrested for hate speech
  
  Political tensions rise over Kenya's draft constitution- three MP's arrested
  
  ListenDuration: 01:38
- Uganda army say they were ambushed by the Janjaweed
  
  The Ugandan army blames Sudanese Janjaweed militia - not the LRA - for a deadly ambush in May
  
  ListenDuration: 02:28
- Refugee numbers continue to decrease
  
  Refugee numbers are down in Africa for the ninth year running - but the number of internally displaced people is increasing
  
  ListenDuration: 03:08
June 14th
- Kenya rally blast
  
  An explosion kills five people at a rally in Kenya
  
  ListenDuration: 03:20
- Cameroon start their World Cup campaign
  
  Hopes from Yaounde as Cameroon begin their bid for World Cup glory
  
  ListenDuration: 01:00
- Kenya say they will find the culprits behind the Nairobi rally blasts
  
  Kenya's government promise to hunt down those behind the grenade attack at a rally against the draft constitution
  
  ListenDuration: 02:45
June 9th
- Gambia billion dollar drug raid
  
  A dozen suspects face trial after their arrest in the Gambia's biggest drug bust
  
  ListenDuration: 01:16
- Somali ministers quit
  
  Four ministers resign over the government's failure to restore order to Somalia.
  
  ListenDuration: 02:47
- Who benefits from the 2010 World Cup?
  
  A South African newspaper gains access to the tender documents related to contracts awarded for staging the World Cup
  
  ListenDuration: 02:39
June 8th
- Gambia billion dollar drug raid
  
  $1 billion cocaine haul seized by investigators in the Gambia
  
  ListenDuration: 02:46
- High speed travel in South Africa
  
  Africa's first ever high speed train makes its debut trip in South Africa
  
  ListenDuration: 02:44
- UN refugee agency expelled from Libya
  
  The United Nations refugee agency say it has been ordered out of Libya
  
  ListenDuration: 02:15
June 7th
- US Vice President Biden in Africa
  
  US Vice President Joe Biden begins a short tour of Africa
  
  ListenDuration: 01:56
- Sniffer rats
  
  Uganda's new weapon against drug smuggling
  
  ListenDuration: 01:47
- Black Star hopes
  
  President John Atta Mills on Ghana's prospects at the World Cup
  
  ListenDuration: 03:33
June 3rd
- Time is running out for six Ghanaians on death row in Libya
  
  Ghana appeal for clemency for six of its citizens facing the death penalty in Libya
  
  ListenDuration: 02:57
- DR Congo human rights activist found dead in his car
  
  The director of a leading human rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo is found dead
  
  ListenDuration: 02:09
- James Ibori aides found guilty of money laundering
  
  The sister and aide of the Niger Delta's former governor are found guilty of laundering millions in public funds
  
  ListenDuration: 02:13
June 2nd
- Crew fight back against pirates
  
  A Libyan crew successfully regain control of their hijacked ship from pirates
  
  ListenDuration: 01:48
June 1st
- Namibian women protest sterilisation
  
  Demonstration in Namibia for three HIV positive women who say they were sterilised without their informed consent
  
  ListenDuration: 02:26
- Burundi election chaos
  
  Five contenders in Burundi's presidential race pull out
  
  ListenDuration: 01:54
- Price of power in Ghana goes up by 42%
  
  Ghanaians are hit by massive hikes in their electricity and water bills
  
  ListenDuration: 03:30
- 25th Africa-France summit
  
  Africa and France thrash out issues of UN Security Council allocation
  
  ListenDuration: 01:48

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