September 2007 in Africa

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

September 1, 2007 (Saturday) The Church of Uganda, the Anglican province of Uganda, appoints a bishop in the United States, John Guernsey, deepening a split with the Episcopal Church over the ordination of gay priests and bishops. (BBC) September 2, 2007 (Sunday) Sudan postpones a census that is a crucial for the success of two national elections. (BBC) Egyptian police find 2.75 tonnes of explosives in the el-Gefgafa area of Sinai, believed to be en route to the Gaza Strip. (Reuters via ABC News Australia) September 3, 2007 (Monday) The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Sudan to press for an end to violence in Darfur. (BBC) September 7, 2007 (Friday) Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, accused Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community, of selling out his country to the Western world and plotting with foreign intelligence agencies during an SADC conference in August. President Mwanawasa later apologized to Mugabe, saying Mugabe had misunderstood an earlier comment. (AllAfrica) September 8, 2007 (Saturday) A suicide attack by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb against a naval base in Dellys, Algeria kills more than 30, two days after a suicide bomber killed over 20 people in Batna. (BBC) September 11, 2007 (Tuesday) The World Health Organisation confirms that the Ebola virus has resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (New York Times) (BBC) September 24, 2007 (Monday) The Nigerian militant group Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta calls off a ceasefire declared in May. (BBC)

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