February 2007 in Africa

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

• Unions in Guinea resume a general strike to protest the President of Guinea Lansana Conté appointing a close ally Eugène Camara as Prime Minister of Guinea. At least 17 people have died in protests over the weekend. The protest started this morning with a march from the centre of Conakry to the Palace. Widespread problems with armed bandits taking advantage of the insecurity have also been reported around Enta. (Reuters). SOS

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• Leaders of the Anglican Church meet in Tanzania with a possibility of a schism over the issue of homosexual clergy. (BBC)
• The World Food Program predicts that 285,000 people in Mozambique will require food aid after severe flooding. (BBC)

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• Police in Zimbabwe ban rallies in parts of Harare that are seen as strongholds of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change. (Washington Post)

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• President of Guinea Lansana Conté appoints Lansana Kouyaté as The New Prime Minister of Guinea after reaching an agreement with the trade union movement and the Opposition. (BBC)

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• Forest Whitaker wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. (Sydney Morning Herald)

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• In Senegal, unofficial results from government sources indicate that incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade has won the 2007 presidential election with more than 50% of the votes. (CNN)

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• Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the South African Minister for the Environment, releases a plan to control the elephant population which contains culling as a last resort. (New York Times)

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