June 2007 in Africa

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This page deals with events in or related to the continent of Africa in June 2007.

Deaths
27: Patrick Allotey 27: Ashraf Marwan 25: Adrian Mung'andu 20: Mamadou Konte 9: Achieng Oneko 9: Ousmane Sembène 8: Aden Abdulle Osman 5: Erica Powell 3: Richard Attipoe

June 1, 2007 (Friday)

Thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for a 12% pay rise for the second Friday in a row. (BBC)

June 2, 2007 (Saturday)

The President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika accepts the resignation of his Cabinet after recent elections. The Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelaziz Belkhadem is expected to retain his position when a new Cabinet is chosen. (BBC)

June 3, 2007 (Sunday)

A Paramount Airlines helicopter crashes in Sierra Leone, killing 22 people, with reports of at least one survivor. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)

June 4, 2007 (Monday)

June 9, 2007 (Saturday)

The Central Intelligence Organisation arrests almost 400 soldiers in Harare, Zimbabwe for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. Air Vice-Marshal Elson Moyo, Major General Engelbert Rugeje, and Colonel Ben Ncube are allegedly the ringleaders. (ZWNews)

June 12, 2007 (Tuesday)

June 13, 2007 (Wednesday)

Zimbabwean Minister of Lands Didymus Mutasa says the government will remove all remaining white farmers from their farms and divide their land among landless black citizens. (ReliefWeb)
A South African public sector strike closes down most of the schools and hospitals in the country. (BBC)

June 15, 2007 (Friday)

Two oil and transport unions begin a strike in Nigeria over an increase in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax. (BBC)

June 16, 2007 (Saturday)

Police in Zimbabwe confiscate opposition leader Arthur Mutambara's passport as he tries to leave for South Africa and the United Kingdom. (VOA)

June 18, 2007 (Monday)

June 19, 2007 (Tuesday)

June 20, 2007 (Wednesday)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone issues the first ever guilty verdicts by an international court related to the military use of children. (BBC)
Industrial action in Nigeria over increases in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax is stepped up to become a general strike. (BBC)

June 21, 2007 (Thursday)

June 22, 2007 (Friday)

Inflation in Zimbabwe rises to 11,000%. U.S. ambassador Christopher Dell predicts it will reach 1.5 million percent by December. (BBC News)

June 30, 2007 (Saturday)

Archbishop Pius Ncube, the head of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, calls on the British government to invade Zimbabwe and overthrow President Robert Mugabe. (Times Online)

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Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
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
newshandle.com
Reuters, Africa
ReliefWeb
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
UN News Centre

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