October 2007 in Africa
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in October 2007.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
in October 2007.
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- Insurgents assassinate Ahmed Jilaow Adow, a Somali Army General in south MogadishuMogadishuMogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....
, killing him, his bodyguard and their military driver.(Garowe Online)
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- The Chadian government and three exiled opposition parties -- Younous Ibedou Awad's Alliance of Resistant Democrats (ADR), Chadian Democratic Rally (RDT) and the Union of the Chadian People for National Reconstruction (UPTRN) -- sign in CotonouCotonou-Demographics:*1979: 320,348 *1992: 536,827 *2002: 665,100 *2005: 690,584 The main languages spoken in Cotonou include the Fon language, Aja language, Yoruba language and French.-Transport:...
, BeninBeninBenin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
, including an amnesty and the full participation of the opposition to the political life.PANA press (Afriquenligne) (APA)
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- The Ethiopian Parliament re-elects Girma Wolde-GiorgisGirma Wolde-GiorgisGirma Wolde-Giorgis is the current President of Ethiopia.- Political career :He was elected President on 8 October 2001, as a relative unknown and a surprise choice, by a unanimous vote of the Ethiopian Parliament. The Ethiopian presidency is largely a symbolic office with little power...
for a second six-year term.(Google/AFP)
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- An estimated 1,000 former FUC fighters located in Dar TamaDar TamaDar Tama is one of three departments in Wadi Fira, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gueréda....
, amid voices that they were going to be disarmed, desert the government and move towards the Chadian-Sudanese border.(Reuters)
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- John NjueJohn NjueJohn Njue is a Kenyan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Nairobi, having previously served as Coadjutor Archbishop of Nyeri and Bishop of Embu . He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007.-Biography:Njue was born in Embu, Kenya, to Joseph Nyanga...
, the newly appointed Archbishop of Nairobi, is elevated to cardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
statu, becoming the second Kenyan cardinal.(The Standard), dead link
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- South AfricaSouth Africa national rugby union teamThe South African national rugby union team are 2009 British and Irish Lions Series winners. They are currently ranked as the fourth best team in the IRB World Rankings and were named 2008 World Team of the Year at the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards.Although South Africa was instrumental...
defeats EnglandEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
15-6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup2007 Rugby World CupThe 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 20 October. France won the hosting rights in 2003,...
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- Six members of a French charity, Zoé's ArkZoé's ArkZoé's Ark is a French charity organization with the aim of increasing awareness of the crisis in Darfur and providing aid for children affected by the conflict...
(French: L'Arche de Zoé) are indicted by the Chadian government for child abduction when they attempt to fly 103 children out of Chad to France2007 Zoé's Ark controversyThe 2007 Zoé's Ark controversy started when members of a French charity organization, the Zoé's Ark , attempted to fly 103 children out of Chad to France...
.(BBC)
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