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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11:02 GMT 26th January 2012
'As Europe and the US are trying to solve their economic crisis, many African countries are proud of their prudent debt management'
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10:38 GMT 26th January 2012
'As the price of food and fuel surges, many people have had a hard Xmas'
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10:21 GMT 26th January 2012
The unfreezing of billions of dollars in Libyan assets by the UN last month has prompted a fierce battle for influence by the country's militias, in which the frontline is set to be Tripoli's international airport, the UK's Observer newspaper reported last month.
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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.
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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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01:29 GMT 26th January 2012
Building on a globally successful social programme, Shell introduced the Live Wire programme in Nigeria in 2003 to facilitate the emergence of youth-owned businesses, which will help to contribute towards a more buoyant economy and create communities with more fulfilled youths.
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01:27 GMT 26th January 2012
A police officer has been killed and two others seriously wounded following a landmine attack on their patrol vehicle in Hagadera within Dadaab refugee camp.
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01:26 GMT 26th January 2012
Shell's corporate responsibility programme has made a significant contribution to empowering communities in the oil-producing areas
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01:19 GMT 26th January 2012
Community and faith leaders across Nigeria united to condemn the Islamist Boko Haram group for a series of Christmas Day bombings that killed at least 39 people.
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01:18 GMT 26th January 2012
When news emerged that Britain's historic Africa Centre was to be sold off, a campaign immediately sprang up to save it. By Hawwa Adam
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01:16 GMT 26th January 2012
Angola's signing of several deals with major firms to explore for oil in ultra-deepwater or '(I) 'subsalt' offshore blocks means the country has entered a new era in the business, state oil company Sonangol's CEO was quoted as saying in December.
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01:11 GMT 26th January 2012
China's sovereign wealth fund has taken a 25 per cent in South Africa's unlisted but prominent Shanduka Group, the latest investment by the Asian giant keen to gain greater access to Africa's resources.
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01:09 GMT 26th January 2012
Guinea has indefinitely postponed legislative elections initially set for December 29 to meet opposition demands for a role in planning the polls to prevent fraud, officials said.
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01:03 GMT 26th January 2012
Tunisians have unveiled a statue in honour of the man who set himself alight a year ago, unleashing a protest movement that ended President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year rule, the BBC has reported.
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