July 2005 in Africa

Friday the 1st er July

Africa: In a report/ratio, the World food program (WFP) announces that African on three suffers from malnutrition.

River Senegal: The Guinea adhered to the Organization for the development of the river Senegal joining the Mali, the Mauritania and the Senegal.

Maurice: The legislative elections were gained by the opposition. social Alliance obtained 38 elected officials, against 22 with governmental Alliance.

Burundi: the legislative elections proceeded in the calm one and were gained by the National council for the defense of the democracy (CNDD, old rebellious of the Forces for the defense of the democracy) with 58,23% of the voices.

Democratic republic of Congo: An alliance of the opposition created around the Union for the democracy and the social progress (UDPS), called with civil disobedience until the installation of new institutions and a new electoral commission under the aegis of UNO.

Mali: opening of the Forum of the people which is held with Fana from July 6th to 9th. The organizers launched a petition claiming the abandonment privatization of the Compagnie Malian for the development of the textile (CMDT) and the introduction of the genetically modified Organismes (GMO).

Uganda: the Parliament approved the law making of the Souahéli the second language official of the country with the English. Thus, the three Member States of the the Community of Eastern Africa, the Kenya, the Tanzania and the Uganda use the souahéli like official language.

Maurice: Navin Ramgoolam lent oath like Prime Minister and formed his government after the victory of its coalition at the time of the legislative elections of July 3rd.

Sudan: John Garang, leader of the former rebels of the Southern Sudan became vice-president of Sudan in accordance with the peace agreements of January 2005.

Benign, Niger: The the International Court of Justice made decision in the frontier conflict which opposes the two countries since nearly 40 years. Thus, 16 of the 25 islands on the river Niger that the two countries disputed return to Niger, of which the island of Lete, most important.

Uganda: The Parliament adopted a fine amendment with the constitution putting at the presidential limitation of the number of mandate what will make it possible to the president Yoweri Museveni to aspire to a third mandate in 2006.

Kenya: confrontations between the clans Borana and Gabra concerning the access to water and the pastures resulted in the death of 77 people since July 12th, of which a score of children. Mgr Luigi Locati, bishop catholic of Italian origin found death during these confrontations while trying to carry help to casualties.

Burkina Faso : opening to Ouagadougou of the forum Planet' ERA devoted to the education with the environment. The third edition of this French-speaking forum was inaugurated by Blaise Compaoré, president of the Burkina Faso in the presence of Amadou Toumani Touré, president of the Mali and Hama Amadou, Prime Minister native of Niger.

African Bank of development: Donald Kaberuka, Minister for Finance Rwanda is, was elected president of the African Banque of development (BAD).

Togo: Gnassingbé Eyadema, president of Togo, and Gilchrist Olympio, president of the Union of the forces of change (UFC) and main leader of the opposition, met with Rome and jointly condemned violence and called with the return of the refugees who left the country after the elections disputed of the April 24th.

Zimbabwe: A report/ratio written by Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, investigator special of UNO, makes the government responsible for a “humane catastrophe” for the destruction of the Bidonville S which deprived of housing and/or work approximately 700.000 people and caused the death of two children. The Zimbabwean government denounced this report/ratio as being partial.

Ivory Coast: Attacks were conducted on Saturday night by men armed not identified to Anyama and Agboville, two localities in the north of Abidjan. The Defense forces and of safety (loyal supporters) took again the control of these two cities after combat which resulted in the death of 24 people (7 in the police force and 17 attackers).

Guinea-Bissau: second turn of the presidential election opposing Joao Bernardo Vieira to Malam Bacai Sanha, candidate of the African Left for independence Guinea Bissau and the Cap Verde (PAIGC, with the capacity). According to the announced results on July 28th Joao Bernardo Vieira was elected with more than 55% of the voices. These results are disputed by the partisans of Malam Bacai Sanha, the international observers sent by the African Union (UA), the Economic community of the States of West Africa (CEDEAO), the economic Union and monetarist West African (Uemoa), the International organization of the francophonie (OIF), the Communauté of the countries of Portuguese language (CPLP), the the United States and the European Union estimated that the poll had proceeded in all transparency.

Nigeria: The authorities of the State de Kano (Northern of the Nigeria) implying the Charia made a decision prohibiting co-education in public transport.

Uganda: the referendum on the return to the multi-party system mobilized the voters little. According to the official figures, rate of participation would be approximately 47%. The opposition, which had called with the boycott considers this figure higher than reality. “Yes” 92,5% of the voices obtained.

Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast: Following the perpetrated attacks the weekend of the July 23rd and 24th in the localities of the Ivory Coast of Anyama and Agboville, the chief of Staff of the national Armed forces of Ivory Coast (Fanci) prohibited with the company Sitarail to make circulate trains on the line of Railroad Abidjan-Ouagadougou.

Democratic republic of Congo: The Safety advice of the United Nations unanimously adopted the resolution 1616 (2005) renewing until July 31st 2006 the embargo on the weapons in the areas of the east of the country (Ituri, South-Kivu and North-Kivu).

Benign: Mathieu Kérékou, president of Benign the day before the festival of independence, that “ with the political plan, the Benign one incontestably posed decisive acts which go in the direction of its progress. But however, tribal, regionalistic contradictions as well as the easy and systematic recourse to violence, maintained by the politicians various obediences ruined national cohesion and compromise the economic development of the country ”.

Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Senegal: With resulting from a meeting of the representatives of the Association of the young people for the development and African integration with Ziguinchor (Senegal), the participants decided the creation of a superior of the youth of under area (CSJSR) gathering the young people of Gambia, the Guinea-Bissau and Senegal and which will have to define the axes of the policies of youth of the three countries for the 25 next years.

Democratic republic of Congo: Independent electoral commission (CEI) announced the operation closure of recording in order to constitute the electoral rolls in the capital Kinshasa. 2.953.595 people were registered were made record.

Sudan: John Garang, first vice-president and former rebellious chief having signed the peace agreement in South-Sudan in January 2005 died in an accident of helicopter. Because of the bad climatic conditions, the machine which brought back it Uganda where it was in official visit, was crushed in the assembly line of the Amatonj causing the death of 14 people.

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