| 5,485,362 |
6.35 |
2.4333 |
Benin |
|
Education sector unions went on a 72 hour strike, demanding changes to recruitment practices and payment. |
| 5,485,367 |
6.35 |
2.4333 |
Benin |
|
Education workers started a four day strike to demand better living and working conditions. |
| 5,485,371 |
6.35 |
2.4333 |
Benin |
|
Several sectors of public administration workers went on strike along with teachers, leaving many hospitals and school deserted. They strikes concerns payment, training, and promotion policies. |
| 5,485,375 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
Three hundred Zambians resident in Botswana yesterday rallied at high commissioner Milton Phiri's residence in Gaborone in support of the MMD government in Zambia, condemning the coup attempt |
| 5,485,383 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
Rioting broke out at a weekend Botswana National Front opposition party conference over the suspension of a dissident BNL faction. Protesters threw stones at cars and fought with other delegates. Several people were hospitalized |
| 5,485,388 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
The Democratic Republic of Congo rebel delegation at peace talks in Botswana proposed changes to the cease-fire document thrashed out by the Southern Africa Development Community, but the meeting ended inconclusively |
| 5,485,392 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
University of Botswana protest the implication of the president that the student body there is heavily infected with AIDS. |
| 5,485,395 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
Thousands of Muslims march in protest of the plans of the United States to invade Iraq. |
| 5,485,401 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
Botswana police arrest two Zimbabwean police living in Botswana, accuse them of spying, and deport them. (Diplomatic and political relations between the two countries duting this time is poor.) |
| 5,485,404 |
-24.69451 |
25.90859 |
Botswana |
|
About 2000 street vendors demonstrated in a march against the Gaborone City Council over police harassment and government policies that neglect the informal sector. |
