Events in Africa
This page deals with May 2006 events in or of interest to the continent of Africa.
- A pipeline explosion on the outskirts of Nigeria's biggest city Lagos kills about 100 people. Vandals were tapping into the pipeline to steal oil when the blast erupted.(Aljazeera)
- Explosions in the Ethiopian Addis Ababa kills three people and injures at least 21 in the latest of a series of mysterious blasts to strike Addis Ababa this year. (Reuters)
- Heavy fighting flares anew on in the lawless Somali capital Mogadishu as Islamic militia and transitional government forces clash for a sixth day with little respite. (CNN)
- Thousands of riot police beat and arrest protesters and journalists as the Egyptian government clamps down on a demonstration organized to support pro-reform judges. (Guardian Unlimited)
- The United Nations envoy for Somalia, urges leaders in the Somali capital to end hostilities that have bloodied the streets of Mogadishu.(IRINnews)
- Egyptian health ministry official says the spread of the H5N1 avian virus has come under control. He said the threat posed has by no means passed, despite the fact that the last human case has now fully recovered. (allAfrica.com)
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