April 2007 in Africa

April 7th

Uganda: A walk organized to protest against the sale of 7.100 hectares of the Forêt of Mabira in the center of the country ended in violences towards the Indian population, making three dead.

Ivory Coast: Guillaume Soro, Prime Minister and former chief of the rebellion publicly declared that the Civil war of Ivory Coast had generated misdeeds and presented its official excuses

Nigeria: The local elections proceeded in an tense atmosphere and violences which made at least 21 died. Many frauds and dysfunction sullied the poll.

Following the agreement signed between the president Laurent Gbagbo and the new Forces on March 4th, the " zone of confiance" set up in June 2003 and placed under the control of the Force of the Opération of the United Nations in Ivory Coast (Onuci) is dismantled and replaced by a " line verte" under the control of the defense forces and safety of the Ivory Coast.
the president Laurent Gbagbo declared with Yamoussoukro that the country was being reunified and that the civil war of Ivory Coast was finished. He asked the Prime Minister Guillaume Soro present with its with dimensions to prepare the elections.

Nigeria: The Supreme court of Nigeria chaired by Aloysius Katsina-Aluminum broke the decision of the Court of Appeal of Abuja and considered that “the electoral commission does not have the capacity to prohibit a candidate from contributing to elections without a valid order of justice”, thus making it possible to the vice-president Atiku Abubakar to present itself.

Guinea-Bissau: The Prime Minister Martinho Dafa Kabi formed his government with a majority of ministers resulting from the parties of the opposition to the president Joao Bernardo Vieira. Close relations of the president occupy however of the important stations like the Foreign affairs, Finances, the Interior and Justice.

Sudan: The NewYork Times, quoting a confidential relationship of the the United Nations, reports that the Sudanese government uses planes made up with the color of UNO to bombard villages with the Darfur and transporting weapons, violating the resolutions of the

Nigeria: Whereas the spokesperson of National electoral commission (INEC), Segun Adeogun, confirmed the maintenance of the election legislative elections presidential and for on April 21st, the parties of the opposition which had required the cancellation of the local elections, gave up calling with the boycott of the elections presidential and legislative.

Mauritania: Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheik Abdallahi, elected on March 25th, was invested president.

Mauritania: the president Sidi Ould Sheik Abdallahi named Zeine Ould Zeidane at the post of Prime Minister.

Nigeria: the legislative elections presidential and were held in a climate of violence. The European Union (EU) estimates at least 200 the number of died between the 14 and on April 21st. April 22nd, the president of national electoral commission (INEC) Maurice Iwu stated Umaru Yar' Adua, governor of the State de Katsina (northern) and candidate of the party in power (Democratic party of the People, PDP) victorious of the presidential election by largely preceding the general Muhammadu Buhari, presented by All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the vice-president Atiku Abubakar. The Economic community of the States of West Africa (ECOWAS) considers that the election was neither free nor equitable and the observers of the the Commonwealth announced “significant” imperfection. The Action Congress (AC), party of the vice-president, denounced the irregularities and the massive frauds observed during the poll

Mauritania: Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, candidate with the presidential election arrived in 4th position and chief of the popular Alliance progressist (APP), was elected president of the National Assembly. Ba Mbaré, former minister was elected president of the Senate.

the Comoros: Constitutional court, noting " the expiry of the mandate of Mister Mohamed Bacar, president of the autonomous island of Anjouan since April 14th, 2007 at 00 hours " decided for its departure and estimates that it is allocated to the Head of the State Ahmed Abdallah Sambi to nominate a person to assume the interim.

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