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A report into the dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast by oil company Trafigura is released gag bid is abandoned.

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Guinea's interim military leader is rumoured to be considering running for president in 2010. Do you agree?

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The Republic of Congo signs an agreement to lease 200,000 hectares of land to South African farmers.

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What have the Chinese ever done for us?

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Egypt opposition rallies over succession fears

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Somali migrants find peace but little else in Malta

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Leasing land to rich nations to farm is a growing phenomenon across Africa. Can these deals benefit Africa?

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Millions of people of African descent live outside the continent. How should they relate to their homeland?

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Ethiopia calls for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people, as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1984 famine.

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Fighting in Somalia's capital kills at least 20 people - some of them civilians - as insurgents fire at the president's plane.

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Top South African municipal officials are sacked following violent township protests east of Johannesburg.

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Guinea's military junta is facing an EU arms embargo after the killing of opposition supporters in the capital, Conakry, sources say.

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South African President Jacob Zuma warns that Zimbabwe should not be allowed to fall back into instability.

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Claims that the Congolese president's biography falsely attributed a foreword to Nelson Mandela are angrily denied.

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Mock executions and 107 days out in Darfur's elements

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Pupils and teachers missing after Guinea massacre

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What makes a farmer risk his life for his home

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A white Kenyan aristocrat convicted of manslaughter is freed from jail five months into an eight-month sentence.

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Nigeria says it has shut down 800 fraudster e-mailers and arrested those behind 18 high-profile "cyber crime syndicates".

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The head of Kenya's Anglican Church rejects the Pope's offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church.

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The Red Cross says one of its aid workers has been taken hostage by gunmen near the capital of western Darfur.

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Evidence alleging UK government authorisation of torture during Kenya's independence struggle is revealed in a compensation claim.

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Ghanaian police launch an investigation after the 10-storey Foreign Ministry in Accra is gutted by fire.

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Pictures of Cameroon's new fashion wave

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Tunisia's modern image belies its poll control

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Ethiopia's farmers learn harsh lessons 25 years on

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Police in Zimbabwe have raided a house belonging to PM Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party, a top party official says.

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The party of Niger's president has won a clear majority in the country's controversial poll, national election officials say.

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More than 200 Roman Catholic bishops from Africa tell corrupt political leaders in the continent to repent or step down.

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Crowds welcome the release from prison of a notorious gang leader in Kenya after murder charges against him are dropped.

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Uganda's president says Somali Islamists will "pay" if they carry out a threat to attack the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

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Nigeria's main armed group in the oil-rich Delta region announces an indefinite ceasefire to allow for peace talks.

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Hundreds of people in Somalia are forced to watch Islamist militants executing two people accused of spying.

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Nine-man Gambia lose 2-0 to Iran and Burkina Faso concede an early goal as they are beaten 1-0 by Turkey at the Under-17 World Cup.

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Hosts Nigeria complete a dramatic comeback to hold European champions Germany to a 3-3 draw in their opening match of the Under-17 World Cup.

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Chelsea produce a fine attacking display to thrash Blackburn and move top of the Premier League.

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A football fairy and Ring of Fire in Africa this week

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