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2005 in Africa - 2006 in Africa

Contents 1 International organisations 1.1 African Union (AU) 1.2 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) 1.3 Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) 1.4 West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) 1.5 Other organizations 2 Elections 3 Conflict and civil war 3.1 Darfur conflict 4 Environment 5 Human and natural catastrophes 6 Water 7 Health 7.1 Avian flu 7.2 Chikungunya 7.3 Cholera 7.4 Malaria 7.5 Meningitis 7.6 Sickle-cell disease 8 Education 9 Children's rights 10 Demography 11 Sports 11.1 Athletics 11.2 Boxing 11.3 Cycling 11.4 Football (soccer) 11.5 Handball 11.6 Judo 11.7 Wrestling 11.8 Rugby Union 12 Culture 12.1 Art 12.2 Film 12.3 Music 12.4 Festivals 12.5 Literature 13 Science 14 Economy 15 References 16 Events in Africa by month

[edit] International organisations

[edit] African Union (AU)

• The AU met in Khartoum on January 23 and January 24 2006.
  • It decided against the extradition of former Chadian president Hissène Habré to Belgium and announced the formation of a commission to find an African judiciary to try him.
  • Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, became the Chairman of the African Union's Assembly of Heads of State. The chairmanship was originally supposed to return to Sudan, but at the request of several AU members, President of Sudan Omar al-Béchir decided to relinquish his position in view of the AU's participation in the resolution of the Darfur conflict.

[edit] Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

• The Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS was held in Niamey on 13 January 2006 with the Heads of State of Niger (Tandja Mamadou), Mali (Amadou Toumani Touré), Togo (Faure Gnassingbé), Guinea-Bissau (Joao Bernardo Vieira) and Nigeria (Olusegun Obasanjo). The 10 other member countries were represented by their Foreign Ministers. The ECOWAS asked the G8 to extend the cancellation of debt to the whole of the Member States of the organization. It re-elected its chair Tandja Mamadou and decided to transform the secretariat into a commission with a President, a Vice-President and 7 Commissioners. ECOWAS is pleased with the nomination by consensus of a Prime Minister and the composition of a government of national unity in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as the presidential elections being held in Liberia and in Guinea-Bissau. On the economic level, the Heads of States of ECOWAS wish the creation of a regional airline company "to overcome the difficulties in air transport" in the subregion.

• During the summit in Abuja on 14 June 2006, the Heads of States of ECOWAS approved a modification of the organization's hierachy. The secretariat is to be replaced by a commission of the nine police chiefs of the member states. The 4-year term of the police chiefs from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo will begin in January 2007. Ghana will head the commission, while Burkina Faso will take the vice-presidency. ECOWAS also adopted a convention which aims "to probihit the sale of light weapons within the community and between member states, except for the legitimate defense needs of these states or for their participation in peacekeeping operations".

[edit] Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)

• The 7th Summit of CEMAC was held in Libreville (Gabon) on March 16, 2006. The heads of state of the organization decided to form a strategic international committee to discuss and plan the proposed restructuring of the CEMAC's institutions. They were also concerned with the renewed spread of avian influenza brought up by Cameroon and gave its support to Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno in his opposition of Sudanese actions. Idriss Déby holds the chair of CEMAC.

[edit] West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)

• The 10th Ordinary Summit of the heads of state and government of the UEMOA took place on March 27, 2006 in Niamey in the presence of presidents Tandja Mamadou (Niger), Mathieu Kérékou (Benin), Blaise Compaoré (Burkina Faso), Amadou Toumani Touré (Mali), Abdoulaye Wade (Senegal), Faure Gnassingbé (Togo) and the prime ministers of Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau, Charles Konan Banny and Aristide Gomé respectively. The heads of state could not agree on whether to allow Charles Konan Banny, the appointed Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, and Yayi Boni, the elected President of Benin, to become president of the Central Bank of West Africa and president of the Development Bank of West Africa respectively. They decided to lengthen the terms of the temporary presidents, the Burkinabé Damo Justin Barro of the Central Bank and the Malian Issa Coulibaly of the Development Bank until the next summit in Ouagadougou.

[edit] Other organizations

• The 6th World Social Forum (WSF), an alter-globalization movement, took place in Bamako from January 19 to January 23, 2006. The debt problem was at the heart of the agenda for the meeting. For Barry Aminata Touré, president of the Coalition of African Alternatives to Debt and Development, "the simple cancellation of debt of Third World nations is finally putting poor countries on the developing track". Agriculture, and in particular genetically modified organisms, access to water, and immigration were some of the other topics brought up by participants. According to Diadié Yacouba Dagnoko, former Minister for Culture and one of the coordinators of the WSF, the forum, which accommodated between 15,000 and 20,000 participants, cost 700 million CFA francs. Falling under the framework for this WSF, the Collectif citoyen pour la restitution et le développement intégré du rail (Cocidirail) requested for the renationalisation of the rail network, and for the reopening of shut down stations. It promised to beat incumbent president of Mali Amadou Toumani Touré if he recontested in the 2007 elections to protest against his false election promises.

• The 5th Forum des peuples, an annual alter-globalization demonstration, was held in Gao from July 14 to July 17, 2006. The majority of the participants came from Africa but representatives from Europe and North America were also present. In a final declaration, the participants pledged "the removal of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group and the setting up of new institutions controlled democratically by the various nations and their citizens with real and sustained development", the stop of privatization and nationalization of strategic companies and the total and unconditional cancellation of debt of Third World countries. The participants also rejected "the policy of repressive and selective immigration" and demanded a quick resolution to the conflicts in Darfur, Côte d'Ivoire and the Middle East.

[edit] Elections

• Cape Verde (Politics):
  • In the Cape Verde legislative elections, 2006, held on January 22, the African Party of Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) triumphed, garnering 50.52% of the vote (40 seats), beating the main opposition party, the Movement for Democracy (MpD) with 28 seats, and the Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) with 2 seats.
  • In the Cape Verde presidential election, 2006, held on February 12, Pedro Pires, the incumbent, was challenged by former prime minister Carlos Veiga, and was elected for another term.

• Uganda (Politics): In the Ugandan general election, 2006, the first multi-party polls since 1986, held on February 23, the current president Yoweri Museveni garnered 59.2% of the vote, compared to Kizza Besigye's 37.3%. Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party rejected the results, alleging electoral fraud.

• Benin (Politics): In the Beninese presidential election, 2006, held on March 5,

[edit] Conflict and civil war

Further information: List of conflicts in Africa

[edit] Darfur conflict

President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir refuses the deployment of 20,000 Blue Helmets in a United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1706 adopted on September 1.

[edit] Environment

[edit] Human and natural catastrophes

[edit] Water

[edit] Health

[edit] Avian flu

Main article: Global spread of H5N1 in 2006

[edit] Chikungunya

Main article: Chikungunya Outbreak of 2004-Present

[edit] Cholera

[edit] Malaria

[edit] Meningitis

[edit] Sickle-cell disease

[edit] Education

[edit] Children's rights

[edit] Demography

[edit] Sports

Main article: 2006 in sports

[edit] Athletics

• Cameroon: eleventh edition of the "Race of Hope for Africa". This competition, organized by the Cameroon Athletics Federation joined a thousand athletes on a course of 42 km that included a climb of Mount Cameroon.

[edit] Boxing

• Senegal: a "fight of the century" was organized on 1 January in Dakar between two great figures of Senegalese wrestling. Yakhya Diop, alias Tékini won from Mohamed Ndao, alias Tyson.

[edit] Cycling

• Gabon: the international cycle race Tropical Amissa Bongo was held from 12 January to 15 January.

[edit] Football (soccer)

Main article: 2006 in football (soccer)

[edit] Handball

[edit] Judo

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Rugby Union

[edit] Culture

[edit] Art

[edit] Film

Main article: 2006 in film

• Benin: Fourth edition of Quintessence, international film festival in Ouidah from 7 to 11 January.

[edit] Music

Main article: 2006 in music

[edit] Festivals

[edit] Literature

Main article: 2006 in literature

[edit] Science

Main article: 2006 in science

[edit] Economy

[edit] References

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[edit] Events in Africa by month

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