October 2007 in Africa
This page deals with events in or related to the continent of
Africa in October 2007.
| October 4, 2007 (Thursday) |
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- The Déby government and the four main Chadian armed groups sign an accord in Libya, which in exchange for a ceasefire promises a government posts. The accord opens the road for the deployment in eastern Chad of an international peace contingent.(BBC)
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| October 6, 2007 (Saturday) |
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- Insurgents assassinate Ahmed Jilaow Adow, a Somali Army General in south Mogadishu, 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 Cotonou, Benin, including an amnesty and the full participation of the opposition to the political life.PANA press (Afriquenligne) (APA)
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| October 9, 2007 (Tuesday) |
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| October 10, 2007 (Wednesday) |
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- An estimated 1,000 former FUC fighters located in Dar Tama, amid voices that they were going to be disarmed, desert the government and move towards the Chadian-Sudanese border.(Reuters)
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| October 17, 2007 (Wednesday) |
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| October 20, 2007 (Saturday) |
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| October 31, 2007 (Wednesday) |
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