Africa news timeline October 10
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October 28th
Little relief for thousands of people displaced by floods in Ghana's Gonja district
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BBC's John James rounds up the outsiders standing for President.
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Alassane Ouattara: "We have had a good campaign, we have told the truth to the Ivorians and they want change."
ListenDuration: 03:35
Henri Konan Bedie was Ivory Coast's second president, John James assesses his chances of second mandate.
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As the sitting president, Gbagbo is the favourite because Incumbents generally win elections in Africa.
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A meeting to discuss how to stop companies from mining illegally gets under way in the Hague.
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October 27th
Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro with our Nairobi reporter Muliro Telewa.
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BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro with our correspondent in Ghana, David Amanor.
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The BBC's Josephat Mwanzi reports.
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BBC Network Africa's Akwasi Sarpong with Mouhamet Lamine Ndiaye, Pan-Africa Head of Economic Justice.
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October 26th
After a 20 year campaign, a new vaccine being tested in Nigeria looks likely to end instances of the disease for good.
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Transparency International publish their latest corruption perception index, how do African nations rate?
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October 25th
David Ogot, from the BBC's Nairobi bureau, says many questions remain unanswered
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Mayor Geoffrey Majiwa detained over the controversial purchase of land for use as a cemetery.
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Cholera deaths reported as over 700,000 people are affected by floods in Benin.
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Beninoise music star Angelique Kidjo calls for assistance for her home country.
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October 22nd
Guinea's new electoral chief says the presidential polls may or may not take place, with just 48 hours to go.
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Hundreds flee across the border into Kenya following bloody clashes in Somalia's Bulahawo town.
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October 20th
Guinea's electoral commissioner replaced just four days before presidential run-off - will it ease tensions in the country?
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China tries to block report accusing it of supplying arms to Sudan's government in Darfur, flouting an arms embargo.
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British government's spending review: Aid money to be protected but running costs to be trimmed.
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October 19th
The war crimes trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba is to go ahead after his appeal for its dismissal is rejected.
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Guinea's security forces told to deal firmly with those responsible for yesterday's violent protests.
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October 18th
BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro with our political correspondent Rob Watson in Westminister.
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Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro with the BBC's Bashkash Jugsoday.
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The BBC's David Amanor sent this report from Accra.
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The BBC's Idy Baraou reports from Niamey
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BBC Network Africa Bola Mosuro with Dr. Kayode Fayemi
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October 14th
In Sudan, northern leaders say that the referendum for oil-rich Abyei will not be held on time.
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Fears that radical Islamic sect is behind recent attacks in northern Nigeria.
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October 12th
A new split in the electoral commission prompts calls for a new election for the post of chairman.
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Concern for South Sudan's referunda as talks over the disputed Abyei region collapse in the wake of sparodic gunfire.
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October 11th
Do British banks add fuel to Nigerian corruption?
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Focus on Africa's Sophie Ikenye with Ally Yusuf Mugenzi from the BBC's Great Lakes Service.
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Focus on Africa's Geoffrey Mutagoma reports from Rwanda.
ListenDuration: 01:14
October 7th
What are the UN envoys going to be doing on this trip? Our correspondent in Khartoum, James Copnall, spoke to Network Africa's Audrey Brown.
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Network Africa's Audrey Brown speaks to Ahmed Hussein, Director of the Children's Department of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development.
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Focus on Africa's Sophie Ikenye talks to Omar Hassan, an official from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
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Focus on Africa's Sophie Ikenye gets the latest from our reporter in south Sudan, Peter Martell.
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October 4th
Less than one hundred days to the referendum, South Sudan announces the timetable.
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Niger Delta militant group, MEND claim responsibility, President Jonathan blames a group outside the country.
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Henry Okah, leader of militant group, MEND has appeared in court following his arrest at the weekend in Johannesburg
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A new initiative to try to prevent the further disappearance of one of Africa's greatest lakes.
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BBC's John James reports from Gagnoa, President Gbagbo's home town.
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The BBC's John James reports from the stronghold of the former New Forces rebels the country's second largest city Bouake
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The BBC's John James visits the Korhogo in the north, stronghold of former prime minister, Alassane Ouattara.
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BBC's John James reports from Daoukro, home town of one of the main candidates, former President Henri Konan Bedie.
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BBC Focus on Africa's Peter Ndoro with Uti Nwachukwu
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Archaeologists seek evidence of ancient Chinese presence in East Africa.
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Why hiking alcohol prices is doing little to change drinking habits in Botswana.
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Dr. Olive Kobusingye on naming her book "The Correct line?"
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Dr Olive Kobusingye on the inspiration behind her book.
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The BBC's Lansana Fofana reports from Freetown.
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Women from Africa meeting in Uganda to lobby for landownership rights.
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