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As Somalia continues to be embroiled in a conflict, African Union peacekeepers in the war torn zone share their experiences.
2009-12-02 09:51
More than 92 000 people have fled sectarian violence that erupted in the northwest of the DRC, the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees says.
2009-12-01 19:31
A Tunisian court has sentenced Zouhair Makhlouf, a journalist who edits an opposition daily, to three months in jail for publishing damaging photos without consent.
2009-12-01 22:02
South Africa will continue to help Sudan's unity government overcome its problems, says President Jacob Zuma.
2009-12-01 17:28
Sudan needs to redouble efforts to register voters ahead of its first elections in 24 years, amid reports that many sates appear to lag behind meeting registration targets.
2009-12-01 15:50
Malawi has again postponed elections that are constitutionally required to be held by May 2010, local government minister Goodall Gondwe says.
2009-12-01 14:49
Border guards have seized more than a ton of cannabis along with weapons and ammunition abandoned by traffickers not far from the Algerian-Malian border, reports say.
2009-12-01 13:38
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, in power since 1979, has won re-election by a crushing margin of 95.1%, an official says.
2009-12-01 08:55
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is undergoing treatment for a heart condition in a Saudi hospital, is "improving steadily", his ruling party says.
2009-11-30 22:07
Namibia's general elections were "free and fair", observers from neighbouring countries have said.