African News Timeline November 09
Last updated: 2 december, 2009 - 13:59 GMT
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November 30th
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Provisional results from Equatorial Guinea suggest a landslide victory for President Obiang.
ListenDuration: 01:24
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Why is Uganda losing ground in its fight against HIV and Aids?
ListenDuration: 03:09
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WHO is now recommending that antiretroviral drugs be administered earlier.
ListenDuration: 03:47
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Rwanda and France agree to restore diplomatic ties.
ListenDuration: 02:34
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November 27th
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Ugandan parliament passes land bill amid opposition protests
ListenDuration: 01:47
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Day 1 of polling in Namibia's 4th election since independence.
ListenDuration: 01:50
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Up at the crack of dawn- Namibians head to the polls
ListenDuration: 03:25
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Commonwealth chief on whether Rwanda will join grouping
ListenDuration: 03:12
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November 26th
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'Vulture funds' take Liberia to court over 30 year old debts
ListenDuration: 03:27
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Namibian president calls for calm after controversy concerning election observers
ListenDuration: 02:11
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Opposing President Nguema at the polls
ListenDuration: 03:05
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November 25th
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UN report says military offensive against Hutu rebels in east DRC has failed
ListenDuration: 02:38
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Somali Islamists call for UN to stop importing relief rations.
ListenDuration: 01:26
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Experts say UN-backed mission in eastern DRC has failed to quash rebels
ListenDuration: 07:20
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UN team investigating the Guinea massacre to arrive in Conakry
ListenDuration: 05:44
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November 24th
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Two Congolese militia leaders plead not guilty in the International Criminal Court.
ListenDuration: 02:21
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Four out of five children in orphanages said to have a living parent
ListenDuration: 02:34
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Politically of the south but geographically in north Sudan
ListenDuration: 04:58
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Two former Congolese rebel leaders face charges of crimes against humanity at the Hague
ListenDuration: 04:37
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November 23rd
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Kenya embarks on an intensive HIV testing and counselling campaign.
ListenDuration: 02:14
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The British government warns its nationals against travel to northern Mali.
ListenDuration: 02:53
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An ambitious yellow fever vaccination project in west Africa.
ListenDuration: 02:39
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Eritrean refugees seek a safe passage to safety through Sudan
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November 20th
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A big party in Arusha as East Africa moves towards closer union
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Police in Sierra Leone to enlist youth to help fight crime.
ListenDuration: 02:19
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Europe pledges a billion dollars to Nigeria for development
ListenDuration: 03:12
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Rwandan genocide survivor's group launches a scathing attack on the ICTR
ListenDuration: 03:46
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November 19th
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Major concern about poor sanitation on World Toilet Day- report from a school in Liberia
ListenDuration: 03:11
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An urgent appeal for Zimbabweans displaced by xenophobic violence.
ListenDuration: 04:10
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26 found guilty for trying overthrow Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi
ListenDuration: 04:05
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A Liberian woman in the US is jailed for castrating and killing her father.
ListenDuration: 02:44
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November 18th
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Nearly 50 killed in south Sudan fighting.
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'Democracy being undermined' says Malawi's deposed opposition leader
ListenDuration: 04:10
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Niger is praised for taking steps toward achieving food security.
ListenDuration: 02:53
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Are South African citizens involved in mercenary activity in Guinea?
ListenDuration: 01:43
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November 17th
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Fresh outbreak of violence in the Niger Delta
ListenDuration: 01:36
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A UN summit promises to tackle world hunger - but critics say it's not enough.
ListenDuration: 03:17
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The leader of the Rwandan Hutu militias fighting in the eastern DRC is arrested.
ListenDuration: 02:21
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Kenya take a step toward wide ranging reforms.
ListenDuration: 02:12
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November 16th
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UN Hunger Summit opens and looks at why people are still hunger
ListenDuration: 03:01
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Zambian Newspaper editor acquitted of pornography charges
ListenDuration: 01:52
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Mozambique police accused of excessive violence and unlawful killings
ListenDuration: 03:29
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Summit on hunger begins, but world leaders not setting targets or deadlines
ListenDuration: 02:59
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November 14th
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Nigerian soccer ace, Stephen Worgu, denies drink driving in Sudan
ListenDuration: 03:58
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Tight security in Cairo ahead of Egypt's World Cup qualifier against rivals Algeria
ListenDuration: 02:21
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November 13th
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Hope and celebrations in Madagascar as new prime minister is introduced
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Botswana's president calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe.
ListenDuration: 02:20
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A son of former Guinean president, Lansana Conte is charged with drug trafficking
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Miners riot in Zambia's copperbelt region- calling for higher wages
ListenDuration: 03:23
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November 12th
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Shock in Ghana as it emerges that most of the victims of a gold mining accident were women.
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Guinea's Junta finish mediation talks in Burkina Faso with little hope for breakthrough
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Nollywood actor Nkem Owoh kidnapped by gunmen
ListenDuration: 01:59
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The chief of South Africa's troubled power utility Eskom resigns.
ListenDuration: 02:53
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November 11th
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Cancer threatens Africa's growing number of smokers, so why won't some people kick the habit?
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Djibouti forcibly returns 40 Somali refugees to Mogadishu.
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South Africa's police chief condemns the shooting of a 3 year old by the police
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Guinea's military Junta delegation meets with ECOWAS appointed mediator
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November 10th
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Nigeria announce plan to inject more than $3 billion into the economy.
ListenDuration: 04:10
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An exclusive report from the frontline in the eastern DR Congo
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A female LRA mediator talks about gender and her role
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Prosecutors in the Hague begin to cross examine Charles Taylor.
ListenDuration: 03:16
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November 9th
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A BBC investigation reveals a disturbing number of sexually abused children in Zimbabwe.
ListenDuration: 04:40
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Twenty years since Cold War policies began to thaw on the continent
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Burkina Faso's first lady calls for end to female genital mutilation
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Why doing business with China is good for Africa: we talk to Egypt's investment minister
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November 6th
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CAR's opposition accuse President Bozizé of possible election delay
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Investigation calls as spokesman of Kenya's outlawed Mungiki sect is killed
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Why some Kenyan men feel their roles in contemporary society are under attack
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Emergency SADC meeting inspires Zimbabwe's MDC to return to cabinet
ListenDuration: 02:20
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November 5th
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SA athletics chief suspended for lying over gender test
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ICC to begin investigating Kenya's post-election violence
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How common is it for children caught up in conflict to be adopted without parental consent?
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ICC's chief prosecutor heads for Kenya to press for election violence justice.
ListenDuration: 03:42
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November 4th
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Sierra Leone's health minister is sacked following graft charges
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Kenya's attorney general admits he is the minister barred from entering the United States
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Former global leaders sound the alarm bells over economic instability.
ListenDuration: 02:56
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Child welfare organistion accused of trafficking by parents in Sierra Leone
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November 3rd
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Talks to break the political deadlock in Guinea begin in Ouagadougou.
ListenDuration: 02:27
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Failed Coup plotter Simon Mann gets a presidential pardon in Equatorial Guinea
ListenDuration: 02:25
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DRC government reacts to allegations that its army is brutally killing civilians.
ListenDuration: 02:55
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Nigeria's Central Bank takes further steps to curb high level corruption.
ListenDuration: 03:19
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November 2nd
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Confusion in Nigeria over the price of petrol as government plans deregulation
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Heavy fighting in eastern DR Congo as government forces battle local militia
ListenDuration: 03:28
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Could a malaria vaccine be possible in 10 years?
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Features
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Politically and geographically at odds in Sudan
ListenDuration: 04:58
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Farai Sevenzo is working up a sweat writing about sport
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Elizabeth Ohene on age and exaggeration
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The credit crunch hits Kenyan women's beauty regimes
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The music and inspiration of genocide survivor, Corneille
ListenDuration: 06:55
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Sola Odunfa feels the sadness of losing a fine friend
ListenDuration: 03:51
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Lack of cancer-fighting resources puts African women at risk
ListenDuration: 05:22
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Kinshasa's traffic police accused of beating taxi drivers
ListenDuration: 03:00
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A vast dried up lake gives up man's prehistoric secrets
ListenDuration: 04:25
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Ofeibea Quist-Arcton hears testimony from Conakry
ListenDuration: 04:40
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The bottleneck blues of drivers in the Angolan capital, Luanda
ListenDuration: 04:00
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Africa's most populous city hustles with traffic jams
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