12:18 GMT 9th February 2011
The opposition in Uganda has attacked President Museveni for involving foreign politicians in his bid to be returned to power in the forthcoming elections.
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05:24 GMT 9th February 2011
To many analysts, the term 'self determination' had gone out of fashion in Africa.
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04:09 GMT 9th February 2011
'How do we know that those diplomats outed by WikiLeaks are not embellishing the truth?'
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01:49 GMT 9th February 2011
The political crisis is hitting an already broken education system, with gunfire disrupting classes, teachers staying home for political reasons and families increasingly desperate about their children's schooling, the UN news agency IRIN has reported.
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01:44 GMT 9th February 2011
Allies of Eldoret North MP William Ruto are planning a mass walkout from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) because the party refused to support the proposed withdrawal of Kenya from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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01:15 GMT 9th February 2011
A Mauritanian woman has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for keeping two children in slave-like conditions.
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01:03 GMT 9th February 2011
Pirates took a record 1,181 hostages last year, despite increased patrolling of the seas, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has reported.
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12:45 GMT 6th January 2011
As a young photographer, James Barnor had Ghana's future president frequently in the frame, as a recent exhibition of his work shows, writes Angela Cobbinah
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12:44 GMT 6th January 2011
Although he passed away more than 10 years ago, Fela Kuti's star is rising even higher as a Broadway musical of his life hits London, writes Rita Hernandes
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12:35 GMT 6th January 2011
As Canada's former governor general takes a lead role in rebuilding her native Haiti, the hurricanehit island remains in a state of emergency. By Tamam Ahmed Jama
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12:19 GMT 6th January 2011
Once the region in the world to be worst hit by HIV/Aids, Africa is now seeing a significant drop in infections. By Tamam Ahmed Jama
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12:04 GMT 6th January 2011
African nations, among the most vulnerable to global warming, are urged to adopt a common position at Cancun, writes Zachary Ochieng
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11:56 GMT 6th January 2011
Sam Avornyo, an ICT eacher at the Maabang Senior High School in Ghana, won the Best Practice Award at the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum held in Cape Town, South Africa, in October.
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11:38 GMT 6th January 2011
An initiative by software giants Microsoft to boost education shows how teachers in Africa have gone 'over and above' to teach and engage their pupils. Jon Offei-Ansah reports from Cape Town
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11:21 GMT 6th January 2011
'Subsidies affect the income of poor country farmers by distorting the market to the west's benefit'
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