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Events
Upcoming 27: Kenya, General elections Ongoing Global spread of H5N1 Recent

Deaths
Recent deaths 29: Chaswe Nsofwa 28: Smain Lamari 27: Driss Basri 26: Roy McLean 11: Madilu System 5: António "Vini Vini" Venâncio 3: Nasho Kamungeremu 2: Evan Enwerem 2: Holden Roberto 1: Ryan Cox

Conflicts
Ongoing armed conflicts • War in Somalia • Chad-Sudan conflict (no violence now) • Conflict in northern Uganda (truce signed) • Darfur conflict in Sudan • Central African Republic Civil War Ongoing wars

Elections
Upcoming elections 27: Kenya, General elections Recent 5: Republic of the Congo, Parliament (2nd round) 11: Sierra Leone, President and Parliament and constitutional referendum

Holidays and observances
1: Independence Day (Benin) 5: Independence Day (Burkina Faso) 11: Independence Day (Chad)

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Events in, or of interest to, the continent of Africa

• April 7: Former Managing Director of Gambian newspaper appears in court
• April 6: Mugabe's party calls for recount of Zimbabwe presidential votes
• April 4: African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs
• April 2: Two UN contract workers kidnapped in Somalia
• March 31: Zimbabwe opposition claims early victory in election
• March 28: Zimbabwe prepares for election
• March 26: African troops invade rebel-held island of Anjouan
• March 24: Mugabe: A vote for MDC is a wasted vote

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Events in Africa by month

2008 in Africa: January February
2007 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2006 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2005 in Africa: October November December

News collections and sources

• 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
• Reuters, Africa
• ReliefWeb
• UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
• UN News Centre

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