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  • A beacon state beckons

    04:55 GMT 21st December 2011

    As Tunisia's post-Arab Spring poll results are declared, the country has embarked on the road to full democracy. By Taman Ahmed Jama
     
  • Unfinished Revolution

    04:50 GMT 21st December 2011

    The road to democracy in post-Mubarak Egypt has not been a smooth one as a new wave of protest against the interim military government has resulted in violent clashes. By Tamam Ahmed Jama
     
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  • 2011 - A Year of Shocks

    04:54 GMT 26th January 2012

    It was a year of revolutions, interventions and breakthroughs. As the continent reached a watershed moment, NewsAfrica writers look back on some of the turbulent events of 2011.
     
  • A Lot of Hot Air

    04:05 GMT 26th January 2012

    As parts of Africa experience severe long-term drought, the climate change conference in Durban resulted in a fudged deal to to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By Bill Corcoran in Durban
     
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Business & Economics

  • The People's Budget

    04:45 GMT 21st December 2011

    Zambia's new government has delivered a pro-poor budget funded by a hike in mines royalties. By Nawa Mutumweno, Lusaka
     
  • Crash Landing

    04:40 GMT 21st December 2011

    Efforts to improve aviation safety in Africa are being undermined by an alarming number of accidents in the DRC. By Keith Mwanalushi
     
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Back of the Book

  • Niger Delta amnesty: the fruits of peace

    04:40 GMT 21st December 2011

    Two years on, the Federal Government's historic Niger Delta amnesty programme is helping to reintegrate former militants into society and paving the way for sustainable development of the region.
     
  • Making a difference

    04:35 GMT 21st December 2011

    Kano State has become a pacesetter in more ways than one. Governor Rabiu' Musa Kwankwaso talks to Nsineno May Anthony and Rosemary Udoh about his vision for the future
     
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Politics

  • Jakaya Kikwete

    Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician, the fourth and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Kikwete was also the Chairperson of the African Union from 31 January 2008 to 2 February 2009.
  • Atta Mills

    John Evans Atta Mills (born 21 July 1944[1]) is the current President of Ghana. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the ruling party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo by 50.23% - 49.77% in the 2008 election. He was Vice President from 1997 to 2001 under President Jerry Rawlings, and he stood unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections as the candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
  • Jacob Zuma

    Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, elected by parliament following his party\'s victory in the 2009 general election.
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