BBC World Service - Special Reports - African news timeline August 10

August 31st
- South Africa's government increases its wage offer to striking workers
  The government in South Africa softens its stance negotiating with strikers.
  ListenDuration: 02:07
- Army in South Sudan vows to purge itself of child soldiers
  Child soldiers to be removed from the ranks of the South Sudanese army.
  ListenDuration: 03:05
- Kenya's population grows by 10 million in a decade
  Following two postponements Kenya's population census results published today.
  ListenDuration: 01:50
August 27th
- Kenya inaugurates its new constitution
  Kenyans herald a new era and nation as a new constitution is signed into law.
  ListenDuration: 05:52
- Ramadan power outages test Egypt's Muslims
  Egyptians' goodwill at Ramadan in short supply as power cuts bite.
  ListenDuration: 03:15
- Thousands of Kenyans celebrate the new constitution
  President Mwai Kibaki signs Kenya's new constitution into law.
  ListenDuration: 04:56
August 26th
- Striking public sector workers prepare to march on parliament
  "there's a mood of defiance"
  ListenDuration: 04:06
August 25th
- Togo leader sues over love triangle story
  Togolese newspaper sued over story involving a woman, the president and international footballer, Adebayor.
  ListenDuration: 02:46
- Fierce fighting continues into a third day in Mogadishu
  The Somali capital suffers the worst violence for months leaving scores dead and forcing hundreds from their homes.
  ListenDuration: 03:21
August 24th
- New fighting between al-Shabab and government troops in Mogadishu
  At least 40 people killed in fierce overnight fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
  ListenDuration: 03:22
- Amnesty criticises the execution of four men in Eq Guinea
  Eq Guinea executes four men after a trial described by human rights groups as 'farcical'.
  ListenDuration: 02:58
- New fighting between al-Shabab and government troops in Mogadishu
  At least 40 people killed in fierce overnight fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
  ListenDuration: 03:06
- Six Somali MPs among dozens killed in an attack at a hotel in Mogadishu
  At least 33 die in a suicide attack by al-Shabab on a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
  ListenDuration: 03:20
August 23rd
- LRA fighters attack villagers in south Sudan
  Hundreds flee their homes in South Sudan as LRA rebels go on the rampage.
  ListenDuration: 03:25
- Anger as Khartoum pays South Sudan's oil revenues in local currency
  Southern Sudanese Finance Minister David Deng Athorbei accuses north of switching oil revenue payments to local Sudanese pounds.
  ListenDuration: 02:59
August 20th
- Reports of a systematic rape campaign in eastern DR Congo
  Details of a violent rape campaign in the east of DR Congo by a coalition of rebel fighters.
  ListenDuration: 03:50
- Benin president under threat of impeachment
  Parliamentarians in Benin call for President Boni to go over links to a company accused of fraud.
  ListenDuration: 01:22
- Benin hit by massive fraud
  Fears for stability in Benin as tens of thousands of people defrauded of life savings.
  ListenDuration: 03:48
August 19th
- Five patients die in hospital as South African strike continues
  The second day of South Africa's indefinite strike prompts the deployment of army medics in hospitals.
  ListenDuration: 02:20
- Zambia court jails woman for drug trafficking
  A Namibian woman is sentenced to five years in a Zambian jail for drug smuggling
  ListenDuration: 01:20
- Police fire rubber bullets on strikers in South Africa
  The army called in and police use rubber bullets as strike enters a second day in South Africa.
  ListenDuration: 03:01
August 18th
- Three Indian peacekeepers killed in an attack in eastern DR Congo
  Three Indian Blue Helmets have been killed in an attack by an unnamed group in eastern DR Congo.
  ListenDuration: 02:11
- South African workers on strike again
  South African workers out on strike again after unions reject government pay offer.
  ListenDuration: 02:54
- Ghana mourns Osibisa's Mac Tontoh
  Tributes pour in following the death of Mac Tontoh of Ghana's legendary Afro-Rock band Osibisa.
  ListenDuration: 04:11
August 17th
- Cameroon parliamentarians beaten up by the deputy PM's bodyguards
  BBC Network Africa's Randy Jo Sa'ah reports from Cameroon
  ListenDuration: 03:36
- Ugandan army accused of committing atrocities in the north east
  Lt Col Felix Kulaigye of the Uganda People's Defence Force denies the allegation
- Tanzanian police arrest a Kenyan man for allegedly trying to sell an albino
  Focus on Africa's Hassan Arouni with the BBC's reporter in Tanzania, Eric Nampesya
  ListenDuration: 03:24
August 16th
- Three to appear in court after Nigeria's second largest cocaine bust in five years
  The BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports from Nigeria
  ListenDuration: 01:03
- Nigeria to send a team to the Niger Delta to investigate a large oil spill
  Focus on Africa's Fidelis Mbah reports from Nigeria
  ListenDuration: 02:31
- Wildlife organisations in Africa accused of operating on a shoot to kill policy
  Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro speaks to Professor Rosaleen Duffy from the University of Manchester
  ListenDuration: 02:55
August 13th
- "we are not 100% sure how many people are down there"
  The BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports from South Africa
  ListenDuration: 04:13
- How do illegal workers slip in and out of mines?
  BBC Network Africa's Audrey Brown spoke to David McKay, editor of Mining MX, a mining news website
  ListenDuration: 02:37
- Police halt the search for bodies in a disused goldmine
  BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro spoke to our correspondent in South Africa, Nomsa Maseko
  ListenDuration: 03:35
- Concern over the detention of prisoners charged with violating state security in Angola
  BBC Network Africa's Louise Redvers reports from Luanda
  ListenDuration: 02:02
- Fears that the north may be trying to ethnically cleanse Sudan's Abyei region
  BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro spoke to our correspondent in south Sudan, Peter Martell.
  ListenDuration: 02:54
August 12th
- Kampala bombing suspects made to speak at a news conference
  Ugandan military parades four World Cup final bomb suspects at a news conference in Kampala.
  ListenDuration: 03:45
- The LRA spreads terror throughout central Africa
  The Lord's Resistance Army steps up a violent recruitment campaign in Central African Republic
  ListenDuration: 03:38
- Government minister condemns Kigali grenade attack
  A grenade was hurled at evening commuters in the centre of Kigali last night.
  ListenDuration: 03:06
August 10th
- In Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his supporters are celebrating victory
  Paul Kagame heads for a landslide victory in Rwanda's presidential election.
  ListenDuration: 03:14
- Patrick Craven of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)
  "Whenever we've consulted the members they have always overwhelmingly backed the union leaders and clearly the feeling is very strong."
  ListenDuration: 00:54
- The BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Johannesburg
  "School bells have rung but there are no teachers in site this morning."
  ListenDuration: 01:48
- Dumisani Nkwamba
  "It is regrettable, however there are measures in place to minimise the impact of the strike especially in critical areas of services."
  ListenDuration: 00:57
- A high profile witness defends her testimony at the Hague
  Despite accusations by Charles Taylor's lawyer of lying, Carole White insists her story is the truth
  ListenDuration: 02:57
August 9th
- Rwandans go to the polls
  President Paul Kagame is up against three other contenders at today's polls but he is by far the favourite.
  ListenDuration: 04:26
- Contradictory testimonies at the trial of Charles Taylor
  Actress Mia Farrow and the former agent of model Naomi Campbell, Carole White give evidence in The Hague.
  ListenDuration: 03:47
- Former Zambian defence minister jailed for bouncing cheque
  Former Zambian MP George Mpombo jailed for 60 days for issuing cheque on an insufficiently funded account.
  ListenDuration: 01:33
August 6th
- South Africa's ambassador to Rwanda is recalled
  Relations soured after the attempted assassination of Rwanda's exiled army general in Johannesburg
  ListenDuration: 01:39
- You hum it, I'll sing it
  Competition to compose new national anthem for South Sudan
  ListenDuration: 02:08
- A look back at the campaigns for Rwanda's presidency
  How have contenders for Paul Kagame's job fared in the election run-up?
  ListenDuration: 02:49
August 5th
- Rwandan government denies any complicity in pre-election violence
  Rwanda denies allegations that President Kagame's government ordered assassinations
  ListenDuration: 01:50
- Kenyans vote in favour of a new constitution
  Over five million people have endorsed the document while two million others voted against it.
  ListenDuration: 04:17
August 4th
- Kenyans vote on constitutional reform
  BBC Network Africa's Josphat Makori reports from Nairobi
  ListenDuration: 02:07
- Kenyans vote on constitutional reform
  BBC Network Africa's Wanyama Chebusiri reports from Eldoret
  ListenDuration: 01:42
- Kenyans vote on a new constitution but will they accept the referendum result?
  BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro gets the latest from our reporters across Kenya
  ListenDuration: 11:11
- Angola are set to increase public spending - the opposition worry about corruption
  Network Africa's Akwasi Sarpong spoke to the BBC's Louise Redvers
  ListenDuration: 03:30
- Cattle theft attack leaves 21 dead in south Sudan
  The BBC's Peter Martell reports from south Sudan
  ListenDuration: 00:59
August 3rd
- Kenya readies itself for tomorrow's referendum on the new constitution
  Kenya's vote on a draft constitution is a day away, but is the Electoral Commission ready?
  ListenDuration: 05:50
- Taxing problem
  The difficulties of collecting taxes from a sceptical Sierra Leonean population
  ListenDuration: 04:10
August 2nd
- Fire kills at least 18 people at a retirement home in South Africa
  A blaze at a retirement home near Johannesburg leaves at least 18 residents dead
  ListenDuration: 01:51
- Cause of fire that killed 18 at South African retirement home still unknown
  We hear from the scene of the blaze that killed 18 residents.
  ListenDuration: 03:36

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