04:43 GMT 14th February 2011
Intervening militarily in Cote d'Ivoire, where disputed presidential elections have resulted in a dangerous standoff, is easier said than done.
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04:28 GMT 14th February 2011
Obama's plan to disarm the LRA will fail says the rebel group which also accuses Washington of scuppering the Juba peace talks of two years ago.
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03:54 GMT 14th February 2011
It's election time again as shotgun marriage with Tsvingari is over, confirms Mugabe.
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03:47 GMT 14th February 2011
As the country prepares for elections due later this year, the ruling MMD intends to ride on the crest of its record on economic management.
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03:12 GMT 14th February 2011
'Africa must insist on a quid pro quo from China since its natural resources play such a key role in the country's rapid expansion'
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02:55 GMT 14th February 2011
A small box containing historic images of black people and the earliest known portrait of a free African in Britain got Oliver Barret thinking
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02:43 GMT 14th February 2011
Tamam Ahmed Jama salutes a young Somalian who came from nowhere to become one of Canada's top rappers
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02:28 GMT 14th February 2011
Amidst tears and songs, tens of thousands of southern Sudanese queued up last month to cast their vote in an historic referendum on whether to secede from the north of the country following decades of civil war. The expected violence did not take place and it now looks as if Africa's 54th nation is waiting in the wings.
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02:10 GMT 14th February 2011
After decades of economic neglect, creating a new nation will be a huge undertaking for South Sudan.
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02:05 GMT 14th February 2011
'His-story is the story of the white male as told by him and only from his point of view'
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12:21 GMT 9th February 2011
A military court in Rwanda has sentenced four former top officials who have fallen out with the government to long prison terms, the BBC has reported.
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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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