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Nigeria Winning War against Terrorism
United States Partners Nigeria on HIV/AIDS
OECD and the global economic crisis
Kenya’s Tourist Numbers Set to Beat Records
Timber Shortage in Kenya
Ugandan Traders Locked out Of Grain Trading
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How Global Cooperation Saved the World
Nigeria relishing on the gains of amnesty
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Group Urges Nigerian Government to enforce the FRA
2009's Berlinale Retrospective Going Super Widescreen
IMF Staff Mission to Nigeria supports Vision 2020
IMF Director on Africa and the Global Financial Turmoil
Turkey Gears Up To Host IMF and World Bank Meetings
South Africa targets rainbow tourists
Can South Africa overcome prejudice to attract gay tourists?
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AUDIO: Film tackles Mugabe's rise and fall
Film director Simon Bright discusses his new film about Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's triumphs and failings.
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Obama unveils US Africa food plan
US President Barack Obama announces a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.
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Travel ban on Guinea-Bissau junta
The UN Security Council imposes a travel ban on five leaders of the recent military coup in Guinea-Bissau, and demands a return to democracy.
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Malawi 'to overturn ban on gays'
President Joyce Banda says she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994.
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VIDEO: Malawi babies who are fighting to grow
Nearly half of babies in Malawi are affeced by stunted growth because of malnutrition.
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ANC to sue over painting of Zuma
A painting showing President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out sparks the anger of South Africa's ANC, which says it will go to court.
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Angola court removes poll chief
Angola's Supreme Court blocks the appointment of the election commission head, seen as a close ally of President dos Santos.
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US to announce Africa food plan
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.
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Malawi to overturn homosexual ban
President Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994.
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Mbeki to pressure Sudan on talks
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.
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Death penalty for Somaliland raid
A group of 17 civilians are sentenced to death, the day after carrying out an attack on a military base in the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland.
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SA 'fails pupils on textbooks'
The South African government's failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.
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African troops in Guinea-Bissau
The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month's military coup.
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Man held over Kenya club attack
A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.
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Congo warlord's 'days numbered'
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor tells the BBC he believes the net is closing around Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.
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DR Congo mining's reputation in tatters
The Congo's reputation in tatters
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VIDEO: EU forces in attack on Somalian pirates
EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.
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Nigeria divorcees in mass wedding
A hundred couples marry in an officially sanctioned mass ceremony in Nigeria - in an effort to provide stable homes for Muslim divorcees and widows.
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SA unions clash with opposition
South African police fire tear gas after clashes between opposition supporters and trade union activists in central Johannesburg.
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EU forces raid Somali pirate base
EU naval forces conduct their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.
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Kenya nightclub attack kills one
One person has died after a suspected grenade was thrown into a nightclub in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, police say.
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Ecowas threatens Mali sanctions
The West African regional bloc Ecowas threatens to re-impose sanctions on Mali's coup leaders, who it says are still meddling in politics.
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ICC seeks Congo arrest warrants
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for what he says are the two "most dangerous" rebel leaders in DR Congo.
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In pictures: Celebrating Ivory Coast's large ladies
Paintings celebrate the fuller figure of some African women
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VIDEO: Ugandan LRA commander captured
A senior commander of the Lord's Resistance Army has urged fellow rebel fighters to give themselves up and end the war in Uganda after his capture on Saturday.
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South Sudan refugees flown home
The first planeload of refugees stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is flown to South Sudan - among 500,000 who may be forced to leave.
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Ugandan LRA 'commander' seized
Uganda's army says it has captured Caesar Achellam, a top commander in the Lord's Resistance Army in the Central African Republic.
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VIDEO: UN 'outrage' at Sudan bombing
The United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay says the bombing of territory in South Sudan despite a UN resolution demanding an end to hostilities is an outrage.
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Congo clashes as deadline expires
Heavy fighting breaks out in eastern DR Congo as a deadline expires for army mutineers loyal to the warlord known as the 'Terminator' to surrender.
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'Militant leader' held in Nigeria
Nigerian police say they have arrested a senior commander of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the troubled northern city of Kano.
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Refugees begin journey to S Sudan
The first group of South Sudanese from among thousands stranded for months in a camp in Sudan is on its way to the south.
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Havoc as Congolese flee the 'Terminator'
Congolese fear rape and forced recruitment after army mutiny
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VIDEO: Kenya trial Briton linked to 7/7 bomber
A British man has gone on trial in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, accused of plotting bomb attacks and of having links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
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SA anger over spy chief removal
South Africa's opposition says controversial crime intelligence chief Richard Mdluli should be suspended, amid allegations of political interference.
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Briton on trial over Kenya 'plot'
A British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist militants is to go on trial in Kenya for allegedly plotting a bomb attack.
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'Terminator' arms cache found
A massive arms cache is uncovered in DR Congo on the farm of renegade soldier Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", the army tells the BBC.
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Sudan accused of border attacks
South Sudan's information minister accuses Khartoum of bombing within its territory, in violation of a UN Security Council resolution to end hostilities.
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What will Hollande mean for Africa?
How will Hollande's victory change France's relations with Africa?
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SA seizes $7m from 'rhino gang'
South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.
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