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Analysis of historical events in December 2009 using nations of the world, Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples is at present in progress but incomplete. |
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Examination of events in Western Civilization, Asiatic peoples, African peoples, and American Indian peoples is in progress.
Macedonia, Slovenia, Botswana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Estonia, and Mauritius can be connected.
Analysis of Anglic peoples, Latin peoples, Germanic peoples, Northeast European peoples, Balkan peoples, and Scandinavian peoples is so far incomplete.
Nations such as Kosovo can be considered. Cities including Miami can be connected.
Nations such as Kuwait can be connected. Cities include Shenyang.
Events of Oman can be connected. Cities include Baghdad.
30 Dec 2009 - Seven American CIA agents were killed by a suicide bomb attack in a US military base in Khost Province, Afghanistan. Two of the seven killed were contractors for Blackwater Worldwide. The CIA considers contractors to be officers.
30 Dec 2009 - Four Canadian soldiers and a journalist, Michelle Lang of the Calgary Herald, were killed in a vehicle explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
30 Dec 2009 - A British hostage was released alive in Iraq following over two and a half years of captivity in Iraq and Iran.
30 Dec 2009 - Thousands of pro-government supporters in Iran demonstrated against recent anti-government protests on Ashura.
31 Dec 2009 - Two French journalists and their translator were kidnapped in Kapisa Province, Afghanistan.
Levantine peoples including those of Lebanon can be connected.
21 Dec 2009 - Unknown gunmen in Lebanon opened fire on a bus carrying Syrian workers, killing one person.
26 Dec 2009 - A bomb exploded under the car of a suspected Hamas member in southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least one person and injuring two others.
Events of Israel can be connected.
9 Dec 2009 - Thousands of Jewish settlers staged a protest at the curbs on settlement building in the West Bank.
15 Dec 2009 - Israel condemned the issuing of a war crimes arrest warrant in the United Kingdom for former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
16 Dec 2009 - Archaeologists in Jerusalem said they had discovered a burial shroud from around the time of Jesus in a tomb.
21 Dec 2009 - Remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Jesus were found by Israeli archaeologists.
Events of the Palestinian Territories can be connected.
19 Dec 2009 - The Fatah movement in the West Bank rejected local mediation between itself and Hamas.
24 Dec 2009 - Thousands of Christian pilgrims gathered in Bethlehem in the West Bank to mark Christmas.
24 Dec 2009 - An Israeli man was shot dead by Palestinian gunmen in the northern West Bank.
Events of Syria can be connected.
3 Dec 2009 - Three Iranian pilgrims were killed after their bus exploded at a petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus.
Events of Jordan can be considered.
Events of Egypt can be connected. Cities include Cairo.
4 Dec 2009 - At least 50 people were missing after two ferries collided on the River Nile near Rashid (Rosetta) in Egypt.
10 Dec 2009 - It was revealed that Egypt is building an iron wall up to 100 feet deep along its border with Gaza.
11 Dec 2009 - Former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said that if he decides to run in the presidential election in Egypt in 2011, he would run as an independent candidate instead of running as a candidate of any of the political parties in Egypt.
17 Dec 2009 - Egyptian archaeologists recovered from the Mediterranean Sea an ancient temple pylon belonging to the palace complex of Cleopatra.
25 Dec 2009 - A Viva Palestina lifeline convoy was stranded in Aqaba due to actions of the Egyptian government.
Events of Turkey can be considered. Cities include Istanbul.
7 Dec 2009 - At least seven soldiers were shot to death and at least three others were wounded in an ambush at Resadiye, Tokat Turkey, in the region's deadliest attack this decade.
11 Dec 2009 - Judges in the Constitutional Court of Turkey voted unanimously to ban the country's Democratic Society Party because of its alleged links to Kurdish terrorists.
13 Dec 2009 - Violence erupted in Turkey after the Constitutional Court of Turkey bans the Democratic Society Party over its alleged terrorist links.
15 Dec 2009 - Two protesters were killed and several injured at a demonstration in opposition to the banning of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party in Turkey.
24 Dec 2009 - Turkish police arrested over 43 campaigners and members of the banned Kurdish Communities Union in raids.
29 Dec 2009 - A Turkish court sentenced a Kurdish man to life in prison for a minibus bombing in 2005 that killed five people.
Persian peoples including those of Afghanistan can be connected. Cities include Tehran.
7 Dec 2009 - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted that the United States has had no information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden for many years.
4 Dec 2009 - US Marines and Afghan troops launched Operation Cobra's Anger in northern Helmand province.
23 Dec 2009 - Afghan senator Mohammad Younus and his son/driver were fatally shot by police in Puli Khumri, Baghlan Province.
24 Dec 2009 - A suicide bomb attack killed at least eight people in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
29 Dec 2009 - Two Italians were injured and one American was killed in a shooting incident in Badghis Province, Afghanistan. (BBC)
Events of Iran can be connected.
1 Dec 2009 - The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said efforts were continuing to secure the release of sailors captured by the Iranian Navy on November 25, while Iran warned it will deal with them seriously if it exposes "malicious intent".
11 Dec 2009 - The USA threatened Iran with "significant new sanctions" over the country's nuclear programme according to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
2 Dec 2009 - Five British yachtsmen held by Iranian Revolutionary Guards were released.
6 Dec 2009 - Restrictions on internet access and foreign media were put in place ahead of the Student's Day in Iran, as former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani urged "freedom" in the country.
7 Dec 2009 - Iranian police clashed with thousands of opposition supporters at the annual Student's Day in Tehran, with reports of gunfire being heard.
8 Dec 2009 - Anti-government protests in Iran continued at universities for a second day, with over 200 arrests.
13 Dec 2009 - Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the pro-reform opposition of breaking the law after state television allegedly showed opposition supporters destroying images of founder Ruhollah Khomeini.
19 Dec 2009 - Iran's military prosecutor charged three officials with killing three people at a detention centre used to house post-election protesters.
21 Dec 2009 - The funeral of Grand Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri took place in the Iranian city of Qom, as anti-government protests and clashes take place.
23 Dec 2009 - Clashes between police and protesters took place in the Iranian city of Isfahan at a memorial service for Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri.
24 Dec 2009 - Iran said it was to invalidate banknotes which have been pasted with slogans in the name of the Opposition by 8 January 2010.
27 Dec 2009 - Iran anti-government protest: The nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi was killed by security forces in clashes with protestors. Iranian police clashed with opposition protesters in central Tehran and other cities, with reports of some deaths.
28 Dec 2009 - Iran declared martial law in Najafabad following a week of protest and 2 days of violence.
28 Dec 2009 - Security forces in Iran arrested several opposition figures after recent demonstrations.
29 Dec 2009 - Iran's Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi said her sister Nooshin, a medical professor and human rights activist, was arrested by authorities the previous evening. Sources indicated journalists had also been detained.
North African peoples including those of Libya can be connected.
Events of Morocco can be connected.
17 Dec 2009 - Sahwari activist Aminatou Haidar is hospitalized in Tenerife, Spain, after 32 days of hunger strike protesting against her expulsion by the Moroccan authorities.
Events of Algeria can be connected.
Events of Tunisia can be connected.
Mesopotamian peoples including those of Iraq can be considered.
7 Dec 2009 - At least eight people are killed, mainly children, and at least 41 others were wounded due to a school bombing in Baghdad.
8 Dec 2009 - Bombings in Iraq killed over 100 people.
11 Dec 2009 - Oil company Royal Dutch Shell won the right to develop Iraq's Majnoon oil field in a joint venture with Petronas after the first such auction since the 2003 invasion. The field is expected to generate $900 million a year.
17 Dec 2009 - It was revealed that Iraqi militants intercepted live video feeds from U.S. MQ-1 Predator drones, potentially acquiring information they needed to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.
18 Dec 2009 - The Iraqi government demanded the withdrawal of Iranian soldiers that it claims seized an oil well in Fakkah, in the Maysan Governorate in southern Iraq.
19 Dec 2009 - Iraq deployed troops on its border with Iran to monitor a disputed oil well seized by Iranian troops, while an arbitration commission was established to resolve the dispute.
20 Dec 2009 - United States Army Major General Anthony Cucolo made pregnancy a court-martial offense for both female and male troops under his command in northern Iraq.
24 Dec 2009 - Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Hilla left 23 dead.
Arabian peoples including those of United Arab Emirates can be connected.
14 Dec 2009 - Dubai received a US$10 billion bailout from Abu Dhabi to help fund troubled Dubai World.
Events of Saudi Arabia can be considered.
Events of Yemen can be connected.
20 Dec 2009 - Shi'ites said Saudi air attacks on northern Yemen have led to the deaths of 54 people, including women and children.
23 Dec 2009 - Sa'dah insurgency in northern Yemen led to the deaths of 73 Saudi soldiers, while more than 100 Houthis have been killed in recent days.
24 Dec 2009 - At least 30 suspected Al-Qaeda militants were killed in an airstrike in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen.
17 Dec 2009 - Yemen authorities said 34 suspected Al-Qaeda militants had been killed and 17 captured in raids at hideouts and training camps in the west of the country.
27 Dec 2009 - Officials in Yemen said top Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi had been killed during an offensive in the north of the country.
Events of Sri Lanka can be connected. Cities include Ahmedabad.
Events of India can be connected. Cities include Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
3 Dec 2009 - Indian activists marked the 25th anniversary of the industrial disaster that took place in Bhopal which led to 3,787 deaths.
9 Dec 2009 - India planned to secure its naval harbours with electric fences "against clandestine threats from the sea". 10 Dec 2009 - India announced it was to create a new state, Telangana, out of Andhra Pradesh, with some officials resigning in protest.
13 Dec 2009 - India successfully test fired its nuclear-capable "Dhanush" missile off the Orissa coast. 18 Dec 2009 - Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani citizen who was involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, recanted his confession, claiming that police tortured him into admitting his role in the attacks.
24 Dec 2009 - The Indian Army killed nine members of the Peoples Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak and Kanglei Yana Kan Lup during three incidents in Manipur.
26 Dec 2009 - A bridge over the Chambal River in Kota, India, collapsed with 45 people thought to have been killed.
Events of Pakistan can be connected. Cities include Karachi and Lahore.
4 Dec 2009 - At least 30 people were killed in an attack at a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
7 Dec 2009 - At least five people were killed in a blast outside a court complex in Peshawar, Pakistan.
7 Dec 2009 - The Supreme Court of Pakistan began hearing a case against the National Reconciliation Ordinance which protected President Asif Ali Zardari and other key political figures against graft charges.
10 Dec 2009 - Pakistani officials arrested five US citizens wanted by the FBI on suspicion of terrorism.
16 Dec 2009 - The Supreme Court of Pakistan declared NRO as unconstitutional, paving way for the reopening of the corruption cases involving the President and other senior officials.
17 Dec 2009 - The Pakistani opposition called on President Asif Ali Zardari to resign after the Supreme Court declared void an amnesty protecting him and other senior officials from corruption charges.
22 Dec 2009 - A suicide bomb attack in Peshawar, north-western Pakistan, killed three and injured at least seventeen.
23 Dec 2009 - The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered the government to recognise hijras (eunuchs and transgender individuals) as a distinct gender.
28 Dec 2009 - 25 were dead and dozens injured in a suicide bombing on a Shia procession on the day of Ashura, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Events of Bangladesh can be connected. Cities include Dacca.
4 Dec 2009 - At least 47 people drowned after a ferry capsized in Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh.
29 Dec 2009 - Bangladesh said it would repatriate 9,000 Rohingya refugees staying at camps in the country back to Burma.
Events of Nepal can be connected.
4 Dec 2009 - Nepal's cabinet met on Mount Everest to highlight the impact of climate change in the Himalayas.
20 Dec 2009 - Hundreds of riot police and Maoist protesters clashed in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on the first day of a three-day general strike.
22 Dec 2009 - Maoist supporters in Nepal set a one month deadline for the formation of a unity government, vowing to launch an indefinite strike if the demand was not met.
28 Dec 2009 - Three people died and two others were injured when a bomb suspected to have come from Nepal's civil war exploded in Chitwan, southwest of Kathmandu.
Nations such as Armenia can be considered.
Events of West Asian peoples including those of Georgia can be considered.
12 Dec 2009 - The Georgian breakaway region of Abhkazia held its first presidential elections.
20 Dec 2009 - Two people were killed and four people are wounded by flying concrete during a huge demolition of a Soviet war memorial in Georgia.
Events of Azerbaijan can be connected.
Peoples of Inner Asia including those in Turkmenistan can be connected.
Events of Uzbekistan can be connected.
23 Dec 2009 - Authorities in Uzbekistan felled trees, some of which are more than a century old, in the capital Tashkent, in a controversy which has drawn protests.
27 Dec 2009 - Uzbekistan held a parliamentary election to elect members of the Supreme Assembly.
Events of Kazakhstan can be connected.
Events of Tajikistan can be connected.
Events of Kyrgystan can be connected.
Mongolian peoples including those of Mongolia itself can be connected.
Peoples such as those of Hong Kong including Hong Kong proper can be considered. Cities including Dongguan can be connected.
30 Dec 2009 - Taiwan announced plans to reimpose a ban on certain U.S. beef products amid concerns over mad cow disease.
30 Dec 2009 - A senior Chinese admiral said the country may build its first foreign naval base in the Middle East.
Events of China can be considered. Cities including Shanghai, Canton, Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Tientsen, Chungking, and Chengtu can be connected.
3 Dec 2009 - A further five people were sentenced to death over their involvement in the July riots in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, in northwestern China. 4 Dec 2009 - A further three people were sentenced to death for their involvement in the July riots in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, in northwestern China.
8 Dec 2009 - Eight children were killed and a further 26 injured in a stampede at a school in Xiangtan, Hunan, in central China. 9 Dec 2009 - Chinese police recommended that prosecutors formally charge dissident Liu Xiaobo for "subversion of state power" after he was detained for a year without trial.
13 Dec 2009 - Chinese President Hu Jintao opened the Kazakhstan–China oil pipeline connecting central Asia to China. 14 Dec 2009 - It was revealed that China's People's Liberation Army had built a massive underground tunnel in the Hebei region to protect its nuclear weapons.
23 Dec 2009 - The trial of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo on charges of subversion began.
24 Dec 2009 - China sentenced a further five people to death over riots in Ürümqi, Xinjiang in July, bringing the total number of people sentenced to death to 22.
25 Dec 2009 - China sentenced activist Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for "subversion of state power".
25 Dec 2009 - China's National Bureau of Statistics revised the growth rate of its gross domestic product (GDP) for 2008 to 9.6 percent from 9 percent.
27 Dec 2009 - A tomb, believed to be that of Cao Cao, one of the Chinese leaders during the Three Kingdoms period, was discovered in Henan Province.
28 Dec 2009 - Xinhua News Agency said China has rescued 25 sailors and the De Xin Hai, the hijacked Chinese cargo ship, two months after they were seized off Somalia.
28 Dec 2009 - A mine explosion in Shuangbai County, Yunnan caused more deaths to add to those from a similar incident in Jiexiu, Shanxi yesterday, bringing the total deaths for the two incidents to 17, with six other people still trapped.
28 Dec 2009 - China donated 1.1 million dollars to an irrigation project in Guantánamo Province, Cuba.
28 Dec 2009 - Construction began on China's largest civil aircraft final assembly base in Shanghai.
28 Dec 2009 - Authorities in Guangdong, China shut down a battery factory and commenced health checks of all children in the region after it is discovered that dozens of poisoned children had high levels of lead in their blood.
28 Dec 2009 - At least 10 people died and 19 others were injured when more than 100 vehicles smashed into each other near Poyang Lake in Jiangxi, China.
29 Dec 2009 - Akmal Shaikh became the first EU native to be executed in China in 50 years. Gordon Brown released a statement indicating that he was appalled.
Events of Taiwan can be connected. The city of Taipei can be connected.
6 Dec 2009 - The opposition Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan made large gains in local elections against the Kuomintang.
19 Dec 2009 - A 6.4 Mw earthquake struck Taiwan collapsing one building.
Events of Japan can be connected. Cities including Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya can be connected.
8 Dec 2009 - Japan unveiled a new ¥7.2 trillion (US$80.6 billion) stimulus package to strengthen the country's economy amid signs it is weakening.
25 Dec 2009 - The number of suicides in Japan exceeded 30,000 in 2009 according to officials, for the twelfth consecutive year.
28 Dec 2009 - 77-year-old Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii was hospitalised after suffering from high blood pressure and fatigue.
29 Dec 2009 - China displaced the U.S. as the largest overall buyer of Japanese goods in 2009.
Events of South Korea can be connected. Cities including Seoul can be connected.
27 Dec 2009 - A consortium led by Korea Electric Power got a US$20.4-billion contract to build nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates, the largest-ever energy deal in the Middle East.
Events of North Korea can be examined
1 Dec 2009 - North Korea raised the value of its currency for the first time in 17 years.
9 Dec 2009 - North Korea announces for the first time an outbreak of the H1N1 swine flu virus in the country.
11 Dec 2009 - North Korea acknowledged "the need to resume" the stalled six-party talks on its nuclear program, after talks with U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth.
16 Dec 2009 - North Korea reportedly banned all foreigners from entering the country until early February 2010, for unknown reasons.
21 Dec 2009 - North Korea established a "peacetime firing zone" on the Northern Limit Line maritime border with South Korea, threatening to fire shells in South Korean territorial waters.
29 Dec 2009 - An American Christian activist was reportedly arrested after crossing into North Korea from China, according to North Korean media.
Peoples including those of New Zealand can be examined. Cities including Saigon can be considered.
15 Dec 2009 - Nauru recognized the independence of Abkhazia and establishes formal diplomatic relations in exchange for aid from Russia.
16 Dec 2009 - Nauru recognized the independence of South Ossetia, one day after also establishing diplomatic relations with Abkhazia.
7 Dec 2009 - Incumbent Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial of the Covenant Party was declared the winner of the 2009 gubernatorial election and runoff over Republican Rep. Heinz Hofschneider.
31 Dec 2009 - A High Court in Malaysia ruled that the country's Christians have a constititional right to use the word Allah in reference to God, declaring the government's ban on the use of Allah by non-Muslims as unconstitutional.
30 Dec 2009 - Former President of Indonesia Abdurrahman Wahid died at the age of 69.
Peoples of Mainland Southeast Asia including those of Singapore can be connected. Cities include Bangkok.
Events of Vietnam can be considered.
26 Dec 2009 - Five Chinese were sentenced to execution by firing squad before a court in Vietnam for their roles in one of the largest drug seizures in the country's history.
24 Dec 2009 - Vietnamese authorities charged human rights lawyer Le Cong Dinh with attempts to "overthrow the state".
28 Dec 2009 - A Vietnamese court sentenced a former dissident army officer, Tran Anh Kim, to five years in prison on charges of subverting the government.
Events of Thailand can be connected.
4 Dec 2009 - Militants in southern Thailand killed a Muslim family of three while a bomb attack injures two in Pattani Province.
5 Dec 2009 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, returned to his hospital bed in Bangkok after making a brief public appearance to mark his 82nd birthday.
10 Dec 2009 - Thousands of "red shirt" anti-government protesters demonstrated in Bangkok, Thailand, calling for new elections.
12 Dec 2009 - Police in Thailand seized a plane carrying weapons from North Korea to an unknown destination, detaining 5 crew.
14 Dec 2009 - A Bangkok court extended the detention of the crew of the seized Ilyushin Il-76, a cargo aircraft loaded with 35 tonnes of arms from North Korea, charging them with the illegal possession of weapons.
28 Dec 2009 - Thailand began repatriating 4,000 Hmong to Laos against their will, despite international protest.
29 Dec 2009 - Thailand completed its repatriation of over 4,000 Hmong refugees to neighbouring Laos.
Events of Burma can be connected.
8 Dec 2009 - Burmese authorities burned US$93 million worth of seized narcotic drugs at a ceremony in eastern Shan State.
9 Dec 2009 - Aung San Suu Kyi met with an official from the military junta for the third time, as Burmese state media accused her of being "dishonest".
21 Dec 2009 - Burma's Supreme Court agreed to review the extension of the house arrest on National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Events of Malaysia can be connected.
26 Dec 2009 - Ten people died and two more received injuries after being pierced by a metal guard rail during a bus crash on a major highway in Ipoh, Malaysia.
Events of Cambodia can be connected.
8 Dec 2009 - A Cambodian court sentences a Thai man on charges of spying for Thailand to 7 years imprisonment.
19 Dec 2009 - The Cambodian government expelled 22 Chinese Muslim Uyghurs who arrived in the country back to China, despite criticism from the UN.
Events of Laos can be connected.
Peoples of the Southeast Asian Archipelagoes including those of Papua New Guinea can be considered. Cities include Jakarta.
Events of Indonesia can be connected.
2 Dec 2009 - Indonesia banned the Australian film Balibo, which followws the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists killed during the 1975 Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
4 Dec 2009 - A fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia, killed at least 20 people.
9 Dec 2009 - Tens of thousands of people rallied in several cities in Indonesia demanding the government do more to tackle corruption.
16 Dec 2009 - Kelly Kwalik, leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM), was fatally shot by police in Indonesia.
24 Dec 2009 - A lawsuit was threatened against the Indonesian Navy and International Organization for Migration after a 29-year-old Sri Lankan asylum seeker was allowed to die through medical negligence after vomiting blood and having a seizure in Indonesia.
26 Dec 2009 - Countries around the Indian Ocean hold commemorations on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed around 250,000 people.
Events of the Philippines can be connected. Cities include Manila.
4 Dec 2009 - Security forces in the Philippines raided the compounds of clans suspected of being involved in the Maguindanao massacre.
5 Dec 2009 - The President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared martial law in Maguindanao following the Maguindanao massacre.
9 Dec 2009 - 24 people were charged with rebellion after 57 people were killed during the Maguindanao massacre in the southern Philippines last month.
9 Dec 2009 - For the first time since the return of democracy in 1986, the Congress of the Philippines was debating in a joint session to discuss whether to approve, revoke or extend the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao.
10 Dec 2009 - 18 hostages were released after at least 65 people are kidnapped by gunmen in Agusan del Sur, Mindanao, the Philippines.
12 Dec 2009 - President of the Philippines Gloria Arroyo lifted martial law in Maguindanao in the south of the country, where 57 people were killed in political violence there last month.
13 Dec 2009 - Over 100 suspected Islamic militants broke into a prison in the Philippine city of Isabela, freeing at least 31 inmates and killing two, including a prison guard.
15 Dec 2009 - Evacuations began in the Albay province of the Philippines as the Mayon Volcano oozed lava, with an eruption possible.
16 Dec 2009 - The Philippine province of Albay was put under a "state of imminent disaster" as activity at the Mayon Volcano increases.
18 Dec 2009 - Lava flows and ash explosions continued to emerge from Philippine volcano Mount Mayon while scientists predicted a major eruption in the coming weeks and 30,000 people remained in temporary shelter.
20 Dec 2009 - Philippine officials warned an eruption at the Mayon Volcano could happen within the next few days.
24 Dec 2009 - At least three bodies had been recovered and 23 were missing after a collision between a ferry and a fishing boat in the Philippines.
27 Dec 2009 - At least six people were dead and many missing after a ferry sank off Verde Island near Batangas, Philippines, the second such disaster in as many days.
Aboriginal peoples of Australia can be considered.
Nations such as Namibia can be connected. Cities include Khartoum.
Nations such as Eritrea can be connected.
Northern East African peoples including those of Somalia can be considered.
3 Dec 2009 - Three Somali cabinet ministers were amongst dozens killed in a bomb blast at a university graduation ceremony at a hotel in Mogadishu.
14 Dec 2009 - The Eritrean national football team went missing in Kenya, with the intention of seeking asylum.
21 Dec 2009 - At least 10 people were killed in a rain of mortar shells during the first meeting of MPs in Mogadishu since August 2009.
23 Dec 2009 - The United Nations imposed sanctions of a ban on arms importation and frozen bank accounts on Eritrea for supporting Somali rebels.
29 Dec 2009 - Somali pirates seized UK and Panamanian-flagged ships with international crews on board in the Gulf of Aden.
Events of Ethiopia can be considered.
Interior East African peoples including those of Chad can be examined.
Events of Sudan can be connected.
4 Dec 2009 - Two Rwandan soldiers were killed while on a peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
7 Dec 2009 - Sudanese police detained three senior figures from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the ruling party in South Sudan, at a demonstration calling for electoral reform in Khartoum.
13 Dec 2009 - Leaders of north and south Sudan reached a deal on a referendum for the south's independence in 2011.
14 Dec 2009 - Sudanese police fired tear gas and detained some 38 protesters in clashes at a planned pro-democracy rally in Omdurman.
21 Dec 2009 - The Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the ruling party in Southern Sudan, criticises a new security law passed by the central government, saying it could undermine the 2010 elections.
22 Dec 2009 - Sudan's parliament approved a law on a possible referendum on Southern Sudan's independence.
29 Dec 2009 - The Sudanese parliament approved legislation for a referendum on the independence of South Sudan.
Peoples of Central Eastern Africa including those of Burundi can be connected.
Events of Tanzania can be considered.
20 Dec 2009 - Tanzania was hit by an earthquake measuring 6.2 magnitude.
Events of Kenya can be connected.
Events of Uganda can be considered.
24 Dec 2009 - The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu spoke out against a bill being debated in Uganda that would outlaw homosexuality.
Events of Rwanda can be connected.
Nations such as Liberia can be connected. Cities include Lagos.
Southern Coastal Western African peoples including those of Togo can be considered.
21 Dec 2009 - The United Nations Security Council lifted an arms embargo on Liberia imposed during the reign of Charles Taylor in 2003.
23 Dec 2009 - President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf voluntarily imprisoned herself in Bella Yalla prison, an old maximum security prison in the northern jungle, which is to be renamed and turned into a museum.
Events of Nigeria can be examined.
2 Dec 2009 - More than 50 prominent Nigerian public figures called for President Umaru Yar'Adua to resign, saying his health was impairing his judgment.
3 Dec 2009 - Nigerian farmers sued Shell at a court in The Hague over claims that the oil firm polluted their land in the Niger Delta region.
17 Dec 2009 - A Nigerian court threws out corruption charges against the former governor of the country's Delta State, James Ibori, saying there was no clear evidence.
19 Dec 2009 - A faction from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said it carried out an attack on an oil pipeline, breaking a ceasefire agreed upon with the Nigerian government.
20 Dec 2009 - A runaway truck killed up to 100 people at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria.
21 Dec 2009 - At least 30 people were killed in violence in the Nigerian state of Nasarawa.
23 Dec 2009 - Farouk Adamu Aliyu of the All Nigeria Peoples Party initiates legal action in a bid to tempt the unwell President of Nigeria Umaru Yar'Adua, who is hospitalised in Saudi Arabia, to resign the position on health grounds.
28 Dec 2009 - Clashes between joint military-police forces and an Islamic sect in Bauchi, Nigeria, resulted in at least 35 deaths.
30 Dec 2009 - The death toll in clashes in the northern Nigerian state of Bauchi rose to 70, with 1,000 displaced.
Events of Ghana can be considered.
Events of Benin can be connected.
Events of Western Coastal West Africa including Sierra Leone can be connected.
Events of Cote d'Ivoire can be connected.
Events of Senegal can be considered.
31 Dec 2009 - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade issued an apology to "humiliated" Christians for comparing an "idolatrous" statue to Jesus Christ.
Events of Guinea can be connected.
4 Dec 2009 - Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was flown to Morocco for medical treatment after being shot by an aide in an assassination attempt.
5 Dec 2009 - Guinea's vice-president and defence minister Sekouba Konate of the ruling National Council for Democracy and Development took charge of the country after leader Moussa Dadis Camara was shot in an assassination attempt.
7 Dec 2009 - President of Guinea Moussa Dadis Camara was reportedly unable to communicate following surgery due to an assassination attempt.
8 Dec 2009 - The ruling junta in Guinea announced it had arrested 60 people so far for attempting to kill leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara.
14 Dec 2009 - Guinea's military junta rejected a proposal by ECOWAS of sending an "intervention force" to the country.
16 Dec 2009 - Toumba Diakite, an aide to Guinea's military leader Moussa Dadis Camara admits to shooting him after the junta leader wanted him to take responsibility for the massacre of opposition protesters in September.
Peoples of Interior Western Africa such as those of Mauritania can be considered.
Events of Burkina Faso can be connected.
Events of Niger can be considered.
24 Dec 2009 - Niger issued arrest warrants for three opposition leaders including a former President, as it condemned the Economic Community of West African States' refusal to recognise the legitimacy of President Mamadou Tandja.
Events of Mali can be considered.
Events of Lesotho can be connected. Cities include Johannesburg.
4 Dec 2009 - Namibian incumbent President Hifikepunye Pohamba was reelected along with the ruling SWAPO party after elections last week.
6 Dec 2009 - Legislative elections took place in Comoros.
Events of South Africa can be connected.
1 Dec 2009 - In a major policy speech, South African President Jacob Zuma announced the country would treat all HIV positive babies and expand testing.
4 Dec 2009 - 2010 FIFA World Cup draw: The final draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place in Cape Town, South Africa. The venue, Cape Town International Convention Centre, is sealed off after two bomb scares.
5 Dec 2009 - More than one million tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa went on sale globally.
Events of Mozambique can be connected.
Events of Madagascar can be considered.
19 Dec 2009 - Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina dismissed his Prime Minister, Eugène Mangalaza, whom he appointed in October.
20 Dec 2009 - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina appointed Colonel Vital Albert Camille as the new Prime Minister, days after sacking former Prime Minister Eugene Mangalaza, who had been appointed as part of a power sharing agreement.
21 Dec 2009 - Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina abandoned the power sharing agreement after appointing a new military Prime Minister, Colonel Vital Albert Camille.
Events of Malawi can be considered.
8 Dec 2009 - A series of earthquakes and aftershocks killed a 1 year old child and injured several other people in northern Malawi.
16 Dec 2009 - Malawi recognized the independence of Kosovo.
20 Dec 2009 - A crisis state of emergency was declared when at least three people are killed, hundreds are wounded and buildings collapse when an earthquake struck Malawi.
29 Dec 2009 - Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, believed to have held Malawi's first gay engagement ceremony, were arrested and expected to be charged with gross public indecency.
Events of Zimbabwe can be connected.
Events of Zambia can be connected.
18 Dec 2009 - The Vatican dismissed Zambia's controversial Roman Catholic Church archbishop Emmanuel Milingo.
Nations such as Congo (Republic) can be connected. Cities include Kinshasa.
Events of Congo (DR) can be connected.
22 Dec 2009 - An armed conflict in Dungu (Dongo), Equateur Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo had escalated. By 10 December the conflict had left 100 dead and forced 115 000 people to flee their homes.
Events of Cameroon can be connected.
Events of Angola can be connected.
Events of the Central African Republic can be connected.
Peoples such as those found in Jamaica can be connected.
Peoples including those found in Panama can be connected. Meso-American peoples found in Mexico and Guatemala can be connected. Caribbean peoples including those of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico can be considered. Southwestern American Indian peoples such as those found in Mexico and the southwestern United States can be connected.
Peoples such as those of Uruguay can be connected. Andean peoples such as those of Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia can be considered. Amazonian peoples such as those of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay can be considered. Cono/Southern American Indian peoples such as those of Argentina and Chile can be connected.
peoples such as those of the United States and Canada can be considered.
9 Dec 2009 - The United States government agreed to pay $3.4 billion to settle Cobell v. Salazar, a class-action lawsuit brought by Native American representatives who claimed that it had incorrectly accounted for Native American trust assets.