June 2007 in Africa

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

June 1, 2007 (Friday)

Thousands of South African public sector workers go on strike for a 12% pay rise for the second Friday in a row. (BBC)

June 2, 2007 (Saturday)

The President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika accepts the resignation of his Cabinet after recent elections. The Prime Minister of Algeria Abdelaziz Belkhadem is expected to retain his position when a new Cabinet is chosen. (BBC)

June 3, 2007 (Sunday)

A Paramount Airlines helicopter crashes in Sierra Leone, killing 22 people, with reports of at least one survivor. (BBC) (Reuters AlertNet)

June 4, 2007 (Monday)

The government of Nigeria sues pharmaceutical company Pfizer for $6.95 billion in damages. (Reuters)
The war crimes trial of former President of Liberia Charles G. Taylor at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone begins at The Hague. (The Southern African)

June 9, 2007 (Saturday)

The Central Intelligence Organisation arrests almost 400 soldiers in Harare, Zimbabwe for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe. Air Vice-Marshal Elson Moyo, Major General Engelbert Rugeje, and Colonel Ben Ncube are allegedly the ringleaders. (ZWNews)

June 12, 2007 (Tuesday)

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe wins the Man Booker International Prize in honour of his career. (BBC)

June 13, 2007 (Wednesday)

Zimbabwean Minister of Lands Didymus Mutasa says the government will remove all remaining white farmers from their farms and divide their land among landless black citizens. (ReliefWeb)
A South African public sector strike closes down most of the schools and hospitals in the country. (BBC)

June 15, 2007 (Friday)

Two oil and transport unions begin a strike in Nigeria over an increase in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax. (BBC)

June 16, 2007 (Saturday)

Police in Zimbabwe confiscate opposition leader Arthur Mutambara's passport as he tries to leave for South Africa and the United Kingdom. (VOA)

June 18, 2007 (Monday)

Rwanda and Burundi join the East African Community in a meeting in Kampala, Uganda. (BBC)
New negotiations begin between Morocco and the Polisario. (Reuters), (Herald Sun via Reuters)

June 19, 2007 (Tuesday)

French prosecutors launch an investigation into alleged embezzlement by two African leaders, Omar Bongo Ondimba of Gabon and Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo. (BBC)
After the Senegal's parliamentary elections, Macky Sall resigns as Prime Minister and President Abdoulaye Wade appoints former Deputy Minister for the Budget Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré in his stead.

June 20, 2007 (Wednesday)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone issues the first ever guilty verdicts by an international court related to the military use of children. (BBC)
Industrial action in Nigeria over increases in fuel duty and a doubling of sales tax is stepped up to become a general strike. (BBC)

June 21, 2007 (Thursday)

Inflation in Zimbabwe reaches 9,000%, the highest in the world. (CNN)
The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone finds three leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor Kanu guilty of war crimes. (AP via CNN)
The President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak invites the leaders of the Palestinian Authority, Israel and Jordan to a summit on Sunday to discuss the Palestinian crisis. (FOX)

June 22, 2007 (Friday)

Inflation in Zimbabwe rises to 11,000%. U.S. ambassador Christopher Dell predicts it will reach 1.5 million percent by December. (BBC News)

June 30, 2007 (Saturday)

Archbishop Pius Ncube, the head of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, calls on the British government to invade Zimbabwe and overthrow President Robert Mugabe. (Times Online)

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