- June 2006 in Africa
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Events in Africa
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June 2006 events in or of interest to the continent ofAfrica ."June 1 ,2006 (Thursday)*The
16th World Economic Forum on Africa is convened inCape Town ,South Africa . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5036470.stm (BBC)] .June 3 ,2006 (Saturday)*
Human Rights Watch releases a video showing South Sudanese Vice President Dr.Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon bribing cult and rebel leaderJoseph Kony and his second-in-commandVincent Otti of theLord's Resistance Army to not attack southernSudan ese citizens. [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0606/S00068.htm (Scoop)] [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04552071.htm (Reuters)]June 4 ,2006 (Sunday)*The
Islamic Courts militia captures the key town of Balad, located near the Somalian capitalMogadishu , from a member of the warlord coalition, ARPCT. Reports say at least 15 people are killed in the fighting. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5046402.stm (BBC)]June 5 ,2006 (Monday)*The
Islamic Court Union announces that it has capturedMogadishu , the capital ofSomalia , after battles with theAlliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism , a group of secular US-backed warlords. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/06/05/ap2793250.html (AP)]June 6 ,2006 (Tuesday)*Chad-Sudan conflict
**TheSudan eseJanjaweed steal 350 head of cattle fromGoz Beida ,Chad . [http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-06-voa17.cfm (Voice of America)]
**Rebel leaderTimane Erdimi 'sUFDC -SCUD forces kill 32 people and wound 50 others in attacks fromSudan into theChad ian city ofTine . Rebels briefly took control of the city before theMilitary of Chad chased them back over the border. [http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/&articleid=273709 (Mail and Guardian)]June 8 ,2006 (Thursday)* A delegation from the rebel
Lord's Resistance Army arrives inJuba, Sudan for peace talks with theUganda n government to be mediated byRiek Machar , Vice President ofSouthern Sudan . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5060666.stm (BBC)]
*Conflict in Iraq June 13 ,2006 (Tuesday)*President
Olusegun Obasanjo ofNigeria and PresidentPaul Biya ofCameroon officially resolve their dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula. Obasanjo promises to withdraw troops within 60 days and to transfer the territory completely within the next two years. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200606130612.html (allAfrica)]June 15 ,2006 (Thursday)*Hundreds are wounded in fighting between rival factions of the
Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance led bySalif Sadio , who supports the continuation of theCasamance Conflict , andMagne Dieme , who supports reconciliation with theGovernment of Senegal . The fighting has spread toThe Gambia andGuinea-Bissau may intervene. [http://allafrica.com/stories/200606150864.html (allAfrica.com)]
*Burundi rebel groupFighters of the National Liberation Forces , the last active rebel group in the country, shell the capitalBujumbura with 15 60mm mortars injuring at least eight civilians despite ongoing peace talks between the group and theGovernment of Burundi inTanzania . [http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,6119,2-11-1447_1952189,00.html (News24.com)]
* TheUnited Kingdom agrees to jail formerLiberia n president Charles Taylor if he is convicted, removing a key obstacle to a proposed trial to be held atThe Hague under the auspices of theSpecial Court for Sierra Leone . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5082664.stm (BBC)]June 16 ,2006 (Friday)*Evangelist
Gilbert Deya is arrested by police atEdinburgh Sheriff Court in relation to allegations byKenyan police of involvement inchild trafficking . [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5083534.stm (BBC)]June 20 ,2006 (Tuesday)* Charles Taylor, former
President of Liberia , leavesSierra Leone for his human rights trial atThe Hague . [http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2006/06/20/world/liberia39s-taylor-flown-from-sleone-for-trial-vp.html&template=/news/templates/newswire/news_story_reuters.html (Reuters)]June 21 ,2006 (Wednesday)*The
Government of Chad demands that theSecurity Council act to stopJanjaweed andUFDC incursions intoChad . [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060621/ap_on_re_af/un_chad_sudan_1 (Reuters)]
*In a press conference inSouth Africa ,Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says thatUnited Nations peacekeeping forces shall never enterSudan because they are controlled by an international Jewish conspiracy involving "heavy propaganda and media campaigns." [http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=16309 (SudanTribune)]June 23 ,2006 (Friday)*
Human Rights Watch estimates that several hundred civilians in easternChad have been massacred bySudan eseJanjaweed andUFDC attacks in the past week alone. HRW also accuses the Government of Sudan of usingchild soldiers . HRW Africa Director Peter Takirambudde refers to the attacks as "havoc," and that civilians "are trapped between the carnage in Darfur and Chad's downward spiral into chaos." [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/22/sudan.chad.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest (CNN)]June 25 ,2006 (Sunday)* The
Sudan ese government announces the lifting of a partial ban onUnited Nations operations in the conflict-hit Darfur region. The ban was made after the government accused the UN of transporting a rebel leader who opposes a recent peace deal. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5114216.stm (BBC)]June 27 ,2006 (Tuesday)*
Chad ian rebels attack the neighboringCentral African Republic . They have reportedly formed an alliance with CAR rebels. Large areas of both countries have descended into violence. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5121792.stm (BBC)]June 29 ,2006 (Thursday)*The
cabinet Balkenende II of theNetherlands resigns after a row between the coalition partners about the citizenship ofSomalia n born former MPAyaan Hirsi Ali . [http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=1&story_id=31207&name=D66+withdraws+support+from+coalition%3B+confusion+reigns (Expatica.com)] , [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5131240.stm (BBC)]
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