October 2007 in Africa

This page deals with events in or related to the continent of Africa in October 2007.

October 4, 2007 (Thursday) 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) October 6, 2007 (Saturday) Insurgents assassinate Ahmed Jilaow Adow, a Somali Army General in south Mogadishu, killing him, his bodyguard and their military driver.(Garowe Online) October 8, 2007 (Monday) 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) October 9, 2007 (Tuesday) The Ethiopian Parliament re-elects Girma Wolde-Giorgis for a second six-year term.(Google/AFP) October 10, 2007 (Wednesday) 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) October 17, 2007 (Wednesday) John Njue, the newly appointed Archbishop of Nairobi, is elevated to cardinal statu, becoming the second Kenyan cardinal.(The Standard), dead link October 20, 2007 (Saturday) South Africa defeats England 15-6 in the final to win the 2007 Rugby World Cup. October 31, 2007 (Wednesday) Six members of a French charity, Zoé's Ark (French: L'Arche de Zoé) are indicted by the Chadian government for child abduction when they attempt to fly 103 children out of Chad to France.(BBC)

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