September 2006 in Africa

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This page deals with events in or related to the continent of Africa in September 2006.

Deaths
21: Margaret Ekpo 8: Hilda Bernstein 7: Clem Coetzee 4: Moses Khumalo 2: Sandile Sayedwa

September 10, 2006 (Sunday)

FNL (National Liberation Forces) signs a cease-fire agreement with the Burundi government. The last remaining Hutu group started negotiations last year after the election of Hutu leader Pierre Nkurunziza.(BBC)
Government forces and United Front for Democratic Change (FUC) rebels clash in Chad at Aram Kolle, near Biltine. From the rebels declarations, this is part of an ample movement of FUC forces pointing to the capital N'Djamena, that already last April was attacked by the FUC.(Scotsman.com)

September 17, 2006 (Sunday)

A Roman Catholic nun, who worked as a nurse for SOS Children's Villages, and her bodyguard are shot dead by gunmen in Mogadishu. (SOS) (Reuters)

September 23, 2006 (Saturday)

September 24, 2006 (Sunday)

September 29, 2006 (Friday)

The Union of Islamic Courts has closed down a local radio station in Kismayo, Somalia.(BBC)

September 30, 2006 (Saturday)

In Nigeria, the collapse of a dam wall kills forty people in Gusau, Zamfara state. (ABC Australia)
The remains of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza are exhumed in Algiers for re-interment in Brazzaville.(BBC)

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

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