12:07 GMT 31st January 2012
Zimbabwe has at last got the go-ahead to export its diamonds, but there are fears that the expected bumper revenues will be squandered. By Earnest Mudzengi
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11:50 GMT 31st January 2012
The ICC's new chief prosecutor is expected to rehabilitate the court's image as a neo-colonial tool and begin to dispense impartial justice. By Tamam Ahmed Jama
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11:35 GMT 31st January 2012
With most of the country's electricity coming from coalfired plants, the government aims to significantly increase its renewable energy output. By Bill Corcoran, Durban
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11:29 GMT 31st January 2012
Rich western countries bully and bribe poor countries into supporting their priorities at climate summits, writes Chofamba Sithole
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11:19 GMT 31st January 2012
Central African Republic- Francois Bozize was reelected to a second term in January.
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10:35 GMT 31st January 2012
The UN human rights chief has strongly condemned what she described as the 'brutal suppression' of demonstrations by the military and security forces in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, saying the violence has resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.
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01:36 GMT 31st January 2012
'A government borrows money to fund a world bank study that has already been done by its own agency.
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04:26 GMT 30th January 2012
Olufemi Solola hopes to make history by becoming the new mayor of London. Oliver Barrett spoke to him
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04:09 GMT 30th January 2012
With Africa's biggest football tournament kicking off later this month, European clubs are seeing the departure of some of their best players, writes Oladipo Okunbanjo
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04:01 GMT 30th January 2012
Intra-Africa trade has expanded significantly in the last decade, with regional heavyweights leading the charge. By Jeremy Stevens
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03:56 GMT 30th January 2012
The latest seizure of illegal ivory in Kenya signals a resurgence in elephant poaching and other endangered animals. By Zachary Ochieng, Nairobi
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03:52 GMT 30th January 2012
Kabila is holding up against Tshisekedi's refusal to acknowledge defeat in last month's elections, buoyed by Sadc support. By Chofamba Sithole
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03:44 GMT 30th January 2012
Residents are up in arms as their homes are demolished as part of the war against ai-Shabaab. By Zachary Ochieng, Nairobi
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12:59 GMT 26th January 2012
The developments in 2011 will go down in history as totally unprecedented.
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12:40 GMT 26th January 2012
'The incursion into Somalia has made Kenya a more dangerous place, not safer as Al-Shabaab takes its revenge'
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