Current events in Africa

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November 7, 2005 (Monday)

• Sierra Leone Health and Sanitation Minister, Abator Thomas says that polio has been eradicated in the country, following a successful immunization program. (allAfrica)
• The United Nations is asking donors for US$3.2 million to help six West African countries fight cholera. The disease has killed at least 700 people and infected over 42,000 in the region since June, a sharp rise due to the unusually heavy rains this year. (allAfrica)

November 6, 2005 (Sunday)

• A bomb explosion sets off near a convoy of cars carrying Somalia's prime minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi in Mogadishu. Although the PM escapes unhurt, 9 people have been killed and 20 others wounded. (Reuters)

November 5, 2005 (Saturday)

• The Seabourn Cruise Line cruise ship Seabourn Spirit evades an attack by pirates off the coast of Somalia. (Yahoo! News)
• Scientists at Makerere University, Uganda, have approved the use of DDT to fight Malaria. (allAfrica)

November 4, 2005 (Friday)

• Clashes continue in Debre Berhan, while government forces succeed in pacifying Bahir Dar and Awassa. The Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba remained calm, with few shops open and no taxis operating. (BBC)

November 3, 2005 (Thursday)

• Measles Initiative (MI) announces that since 1999, more than 200 million children in Africa have been vaccinated against measles, reducing the infection rate by 60 percent and saving 1 million lives. (allAfrica)

November 2, 2005 (Wednesday)

• Guinea-Bissau's President Nino Vieira appoints Aristides Gomes as new prime minister, replacing the dismissed Carlos Gomes Júnior. (xinhua)

• : At least 23 people were killed and 150 wounded in clashes between opposition supporters and police in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. (Reuters)
• : A two-day operation to free four local election officials kidnapped in Democratic Republic of the Congo's Nord-Kivu province kills 32 militiamen and 2 soldiers. (Reuters)

November 1, 2005 (Tuesday)

News collections and sources

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• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.
• allAfrica.com
• Reuters, Africa
• ReliefWeb

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