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Events in, or of interest to, the continent of Africa

• July 24: African AIDS prevalence may be physiological
• July 19: Gambian magistrate to acquit all people detained without charge for 72 hours
• July 17: Thousands flee Nigerian town to escape from militants
• July 16: Egyptian train crash at level crossing leaves dozens dead
• July 15: ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Sudanese president
• July 15: 23 killed, 36 injured by stampede at Sudanese stadium
• July 15: Chanchangi Airlines 737 crashes on landing in Nigeria
• July 14: 13 missing from ship off coast of Madagascar; two rescued

Events in Africa by month

2008 in Africa: January February
2007 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2006 in Africa: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2005 in Africa: October November December

News collections and sources

• Wikipedia:News collections and sources.
• Wikipedia:News sources - This has much of the same material organised in a hierarchical manner to help encourage NPOV in our news reporting.
• allAfrica.com
• Reuters, Africa
• ReliefWeb
• UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN)
• UN News Centre

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