2 October 2005 (Sunday)
- Liberian elections, 2005: the Supreme Court of Liberia rules that the National Elections Commission (NEC) had erred by rejecting three candidates on grounds that their registration documents were incomplete. The court says that NEC must provide the disqualified contenders with sufficient time to correct the deficiencies that barred them from being on the ballot. (allAfrica)
- Uganda Army is deploying troops to West Nile in readiness for an imminent military combat against the Lord's Resistance Army at the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. (allAfrica)
- African Development Bank (ADB) is funding the Kimira-Oluch Irrigation project in Homa Bay and Rachuonyo District in Kenya at a cost of Sh3 billion, in a move to control flooding and increase food production in the region. (allAfrica)
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