September 2006 in Africa

__NOTOC__ This page deals with events in or related to the continent of Africa in September 2006.

• A Roman Catholic nun, who worked as a nurse for SOS Children's Villages is shot dead by gunmen in Mogadishu. (SOS Children) (Reuters)

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• In the Gambian presidential election, President Yahya Jammeh is re-elected for a third term. (Aljazeera)

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• The Supreme Islamic Courts Council of Somalia captures the port city of Kismayu.(BBC)

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• The Union of Islamic Courts has closed down a local radio station in Kismayo, Somalia.(BBC)

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• In Nigeria, the collapse of a dam wall kills forty people in Gusau, Zamfara state. (ABC Australia)
• The remains of Franco-Italian explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza are exhumed in Algiers for re-interment in Brazzaville.(BBC)

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