AFRICA WATCH
Ethiopia-Eritrea
1 June: War between the two countries ends.
18 June: OAU-proposed peace treaty is signed.
Morocco-Politzario
1 June: Security Council extends the mandate of the international peace-keeping forces stationed 8 years ago to monitor the cease-fire between the Politzario and Morocco.
Geneva talks fail with Morocco being blamed for the collapse of the negotiations.
King Mohammad VI of Morocco pronounces it impossible to insure a settlement of a solution of the Western Sahara problem with the world recognising his country's sovereignty over the territory.
Algeria
13-17 June: Frances and Algeria reach agreement over the re-scheduling of the latter's debts.
22 July: The Government questioned over rejecting an application for the establishment of a new political party.
27 August: President Boutefliqa commissions Ali ben Flis to form a new a government.
The Sudan
19 June: An official Sudanese source rules out thought of combining the Egyptian-Libyan peace plan and the IGAD initiative.
27 June: Former Parliament Speaker Dr. Hassan Al Turabi sets up new party, the People's Conference.
Umma Party Leader Al Sadeq Al Mahdi announce his Party's support of the Egyptian-Libyan peace plan.
28 June: America sends a security and terrorism-fighting panel to Khartoum.
24 July: Former President Sowar Al Dahab is chosen to chair the forum on dialogue between the Government and the Opposition.
29 July: President Omar Al Bashir chairs a meeting of the Supreme Committee for Reconciliation and Peace.
23 August: President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt underlines the fact that his country is against foreign interference in Sudan. Cairo he added is also opposed to a split by the South.
24 August: The Egyptian ambassador to Khartoum receives the ownership deeds of his country's properties in Sudan..
2 September: Supreme Egypt-Sudan Committee meets in Cairo, Egypt to explore means of co-operation between the two sides.
Somalia
18 June: A highly-placed Djibouti source underlines that the Djibouti initiative on Somalia both completes and complies with that introduced by Egypt.
13 August: Somalia first Parliament is formed.
27 August: Parliament Speaker Abdel Qassem Silad is elected President of the country.
29 August: Silad returns to Mogadishu.
Morocco
28 August: OIC Jerusalem Committee meets with 19 Arab and Islamic countries present.
The Congo
2 June: A panel of independent experts set up to investigate reports on the plundering the Congo's resources.
23 June: The Security Council calls upon the Kinshasa Government to re-open OAU's mediator office.
25 June: A mini-summit is held in Harare, Zimbabwe, which, together with the host country, includes the Congo, Namibia and Angola to discuss means of reviving the stalled peace process in the Congo.
23 August: Congolese President Laurent Kabila agrees on peace-keeping forces.
Angola
12 July: the United Nations toughens sanctions imposed on countries violating the Angola diamond trade embargo.
Uganda
19 June: Kampala expresses its appreciation of the Egyptian role in defusing tension in relationship with the Sudan.
28 July: A Sudanese Cabinet Minister describes the meeting between Ugandan and Sudanese officials in Atlanta, USA as successful. The two sides, he added, are committed to the Nairobi agreement of 1999
Burundi
19-20 July: A summit takes place in Arusha, Tanzania with the purpose of ending the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi factions.
Tanzania
29 August: American President Bill Clinton attends the signing of a peace treaty to end the civil war in Burundi.
The Comoro Islands
7 August: A national conference is held with the purpose of amending the Constitution.
29 August: The instrument is signed for the establishment of an iron conglomerate for the Comoro Archipelago.
South Africa
5 August: Pretoria and Cairo agree to back a proposal for Africa gaining two non-permanent seats in the Security Council.
30 August: President Mbeki inaugurates the national conference on fighting racism in south Africa.
Rwanda
9 July: Kigali for compensation from the international community for the 1994 massacres.
8 August: Rwanda offers to pull back from the advanced position it holds in the Congo.
Zimbabwe
2 June: Harare publishes list of farms owned by 804 whites which will confiscated with compensation to owners.
24 June: Parliamentary elections are held.
Sierra Leone
6 June: Britain launches campaign for a Security Council resolution banning international trading of Sierra Leone diamonds.
9 June: Rebel forces clash with UN peace-keepers.
24 July: Russian join UN peace-keeping forces in Sierra Leone.
29 July: US urges a Security Council resolution to bring Sierra Leone rebel leaders to court.
29 July: OAU calls upon the Security Council to beef up UN peace-keeping forces in Sierra Leone.
Cote D'Ivoire
10 July: The military Government promises harsh punishments for members of the Armed Forces guilty of committing criminal acts in the 4-5 July coup.
Kenya
17 June: Kenya placed high on the list of countries eligible for economic assistance to fights AIDS disease.
16 July: Kenyan and Rwandan presidents promise to co-operate to end armed conflicts in the Great Lakes region.
Liberia
14 June: The European Union puts a hold on economic assistance to Monrovia, until Liberia's position is cleared on accusations of irresponsible acts committed in Sierra Leone.
Libya
28 August: Cairo and Rabat discuss the prospects of the Egypt-Libya peace plan for Sudan and review developments in Somalia.
Nigeria
20 June: An Egyptian-Nigerian summit meeting is held in which the situation in the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes region and Sierra Leone is reviewed.
21 June: Islamic Sharia (law) is implemented in the State of Kano.
25 August: US President Bill Clinton visits Abuja to mark US support of Nigeria's shift to democracy.
Conferences & meeting
10 July: OAU summit opens in Lome, Togo in which the general situation of the continent came under review, and where also proposal introduced by Egypt in the Surt summit of September 1999 for a conference on security, Stability and development in Africa was discussed.
In Lome, African leaders approved the African union proposed by Libyan President Mu'ammar Al Qaddafi in Surt. The summit issued two statements; the first on AIDS disease in Africa and the second on African Least Developing Countries (LDCs). Two decisions were also adopted one on the Middle East, the other on the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict.
20 June: SADC economic summit takes place in Durban, South Africa with the potential for co-operation with the COMESA discussed.
6 August: SADC summit opens in Windhoek, Namibia, in which the establishment of a common market and a free trade area to include the Member States was announced.
1 August: Ministerial meeting of the Nile Basin countries takes place.
1 June: the presidents of Chad, Mali, Liberia, Malawi and Libya (the host) meet to discuss means of promoting Rabat's efforts at reaching a solution for the Sierra Leone problem.
1 July: IGAD announces that its position on the relationship between Egypt-Libya peace plan and the group's initiative for Sudan will be decided at the summit in November 2000.
25 July: Nairobi, Kenya hosts of African and western countries concerned over security conditions in the Horn of Africa.
31 July: Kenya hosts on conference on AIDS organised in conjunction with the UN
19 August: The Commonwealth holds an AIDS conference in Kenya.
Regional & international co-operation
23 June: An agreement is reached between the EU and the countries of the Lome Group, in accordance with which trade between Europe, the African countries and countries of the Caribbean and the Pacific will be liberalised.
1 July: The Arab League calls on Member State, Egypt, Libya and Syria excepted, to pay their share to the Arab Fund for Economic Assistance to Africa.
28 July: A UN report urges the world's rich nations to pump no less than 20 billion US dollars to African countries end their dependence on foreign assistance.
26 June: A World Economic Forum report confirms the competitivity of African economies.
