October 2005 in Africa - 10 October 2005 (Monday)

10 October 2005 (Monday)

• The former President of Uganda, Milton Obote, has died of kidney failure at the age of 80. Obote led the East African country from 1962-1971 and again from 1980-1985. (BBC)

• The city of Brikama in Gambia is plunged into a housing crisis when over two thousand people remained homeless following the demolition of their residential compounds. (allAfrica)