2024 in Africa
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This is a list of events that have taken place in Africa in 2024.
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January
- Egypt and Ethiopia become BRICS members.[1]
- Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use the port of Berbera. Ethiopia also says that it will eventually recognize Somaliland's independence, becoming the first country to do so.[2]
- 14 January – 2024 Comorian presidential election: Amid an opposition boycott, incumbent president Azali Assoumani wins re-election with 62.9% of the vote and only 16.3% voter turnout.[3][4]
February
[edit]- 4 February – President of Namibia Hage Geingob dies at the age of 82, and is succeeded by his vice-president Nangolo Mbumba.[5][6]
March
[edit]- 24 March – 2024 Senegalese presidential election: Bassirou Diomaye Faye is elected president after his party and its former candidate Ousmane Sonko were disqualified.[7]
May
[edit]- 6 May – 2024 Chadian presidential election: Mahamat Déby wins election to a full term as president, succeeding his father Idriss Déby.[8]
- 19 May – A coup d'état attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reportedly led by Christian Malanga leads to unrest in Kinshasa.[9] Government soldiers quickly intervene, arresting the coup leaders and reportedly restoring calm.[10][11]
- 29 May
- 2024 South African general election: The ANC party fails to win a majority of the vote for the first time in South Africa's democratic history.[12][13]
- 2024 Malagasy parliamentary election: President Andry Rajoelina's party, Tanora Malagasy Vonona, loses their majority at the National Assembly, winning only 80 seats out of 163.[14]
June
[edit]- 10 June – A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President of Malawi Saulos Chilima.[15]
- 14 June – 2024 South African general election: The ANC and other opposition parties agree to form a national unity government, with Cyril Ramaphosa being re-elected President of South Africa.[16][17]
- 29 June
- 2024 Mauritanian presidential election: Incumbent president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani wins re-election to a second term.[18]
- 2024 Borno State bombings: 30 people are killed and 100 are injured when three separate bomb blasts occur in the town of Gwoza in Borno State, Nigeria.[19]
July
[edit]- 15 July – 2024 Rwandan general election: Incumbent Paul Kagame is reelected for a fourth term.[20]
- 31 July – Moussa Dadis Camara, the former military ruler of Guinea, is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the massacres that occurred in 2009 and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.[21]
August
[edit]- 14 August – The World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.[22]
- 24 August – In Barsalogho, Burkina Faso, 600 civilians are victims of a massacre by Islamists associated with Al-Qaeda.[23]
October
[edit]- 6 October – 2024 Tunisian presidential election: Incumbent Kais Saied is reelected for a second term.[24]
- 9 October – 2024 Mozambican general election: Daniel Chapo is elected president while the ruling FRELIMO party retains a majority in the Assembly of the Republic.[25]
- 24 October – The first case of the 2024 Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[26]
- 30 October – 2024 Botswana general election: The ruling BDP party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.[27] Duma Boko of the UDC party is elected President of Botswana.[28]
November
[edit]- 10 November – 2024 Mauritian general election: The electoral alliance Lepep of incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth is defeated by that of opposition leader and former Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam, with the latter taking all but two seats.[29]
- 13 November – 2024 Somaliland presidential election: Opposition candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the Waddani party is elected president.[30]
- 16 November – The 2024 Gabonese constitutional referendum is held and approved.[31]
- 17 November – 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election: President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party PASTEF wins an absolute majority at the National Assembly.[32]
- 27 November – 2024 Namibian general election: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah of the SWAPO party is elected as the first female president of Namibia.[33]
December
[edit]- 14 December – Cyclone Chido makes landfall in Mayotte, causing at least 20 deaths and bringing devastating damage to the island.[34]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sharma, Shweta (August 24, 2023). "Brics countries agree major expansion as six countries invited to join". The Independent. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "Landlocked Ethiopia signs Pact to Use Somaliland's Red Sea Port". Reuters. January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Unrest grips Comoros as opposition rejects president's re-election". France 24. January 17, 2023. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Comoros To Hold Presidential Vote On January 14". Barrons. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ Petersen, Shelleygan (2024-02-04). "President Hage Geingob is dead". The Namibian. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Hage Geingob, Namibia's president, dies aged 82 after cancer treatment". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2024-02-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
- ^ "Senegal's little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye is named the next president". AP News. 2024-03-25. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Présidentielle au Tchad: premières réactions au lendemain de la victoire annoncée de Mahamat Idriss Déby". Yahoo News (in French). 2024-05-10. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ "Three reported killed as DR Congo military averts 'attempted coup'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "Shooting in Kinshasa is a failed coup d'état, says Congolese army". Le Monde.fr. 2024-05-19. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "'Several nationalities' including American and British involved in DRC coup attempt, say officials". Voice of America. 2024-05-19. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-20.
- ^ "ANC facing worst result since end of apartheid". BBC. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ Harper, Paddy. "Historic losses for ANC open new era in South African politics". Africanews. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
- ^ "Madagascar ruling party loses parliament majority". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ Gondwe, Gregory and Imray, Gerald (11 June 2024). "Malawi's vice president and 9 others are confirmed dead after their plane's wreckage is found". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Chothia, Farouk; Kupemba, Danai Kesta; Plett-Usher, Barbra (14 June 2024). "ANC and DA agree on South Africa unity government". BBC News. Archived from the original on 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "South Africa's National Assembly re-elects Cyril Ramaphosa as president". Reuters. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Mauritanian president comfortably wins re-election". BBC News. Archived from the original on July 2, 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Marama, Ndahi (30 June 2024). "30 feared dead, 100 injured in Borno as female suicide bombers hit wedding, funeral". Vanguard News. Archived from the original on July 4, 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Sharma, Sweta (16 July 2024). "Paul Kagame set to win flawed Rwanda election with 99% of vote". The Independent. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Afrique Procès du massacre de 2009 en Guinée: Moussa Dadis Camara condamné à 20 ans de prison pour crimes contre l'humanité". Radio France International (in French). 31 July 2024. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years". Reuters. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Vandoorne, Saskya; Walsh, Nick Paton; Mezzofiore, Gianluca (4 October 2024). "Massacre in Burkina Faso left 600 dead, double previous estimates, according to French security assessment". CNN. Archived from the original on October 8, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
- ^ "Tunisia's Saied wins presidential election, electoral commission says". Al Jazeera. 2024-10-07. Archived from the original on November 23, 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Mozambique's ruling party retains power in contested election". Reuters. 2024-10-25. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths". AP News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- ^ Ndebele, Lenin (31 October 2024). "Initial counting suggests Botswana may just get a new ruling party after 58 years". News24.
- ^ "Early Botswana Vote Tallies Point to Shock Loss For Ruling Party". Bloomberg.com. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- ^ "Mauritius opposition wins country's election by a landslide". AP News. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Opposition leader victorious in self-declared Somaliland elections". VOA. 20 November 2024. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Gabon approves law allowing junta leader to contest elections". BBC News. 19 November 2024. Archived from the original on November 24, 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Senegal's radical government claims 'large victory' in legislative polls". BBC News. 18 November 2024. Archived from the original on November 19, 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Namibia elects first female president in disputed poll". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
- ^ "France rushes aid to Mayotte, with hundreds feared dead and hunger rising after Cyclone Chido". AP News. 16 December 2024.