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John McAslan's British Embassy building

Building for diplomacy: Our men in a mess

The new British Embassy building in Algiers is a striking piece of modernist design. But cutbacks mean it could well be the last of its kind, warns Jay Merrick

Inside Africa

Henri Bura Ladyi, Peacebuilder for Peace Direct in Congo

Independent Appeal: Africa's Schindler

Monday, 7 December 2009

Claire Soares learns how one man has saved thousands from the clutches of lethal militias.

Scientists examining the flaking King Tut murals.

The secrets of Tutankhamun's decaying tomb

Monday, 7 December 2009

Guy Adams: Millions of visitors to the Egyptian king's chamber are destroying the wonder they came to see.

Guinea leader 'doing fine' after shooting

Monday, 7 December 2009

Morocco's chief military doctor says the president of Guinea is doing fine after surgery following an assassination attempt.

Moussa 'Dadis' Camara, pictured, was shot after an argument with the head of the presidential guard, Abubakar 'Toumba' Diakite

Guinea plunged into chaos

Saturday, 5 December 2009

With military leader recovering after a gun attack, the African state awaits next chapter in its turbulent history.

Somalis with al-Qa'ida link deny hotel blast

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Somalia's Security Minister has blamed Islamist militants linked to al-Qa'ida for a bomb attack that killed 22 people at a university graduation ceremony at a hotel in the Somali capital.

Debris litters the ballroom in the wake of the blast at the Shamo Hotel. The Somali government has blamed the Islamic extremist militia al-Shabaab

Somalian ministers killed in hotel bomb attack

Friday, 4 December 2009

Suicide bomber dressed as veiled woman kills 19 people at graduation ceremony

Orphaned gorilla Ndeze interacts with carer Andre Bauma

Going home: orphans of the gorilla massacre

Friday, 4 December 2009

Two baby gorillas who survived an attack in a Congo national park have made their first move back to the wild.

Guinea's junta leader injured in shooting by rebel soldier

Friday, 4 December 2009

Country's deep rifts exposed after aide opens fire at a military camp in Conakry

A government soldier stands next to the body of a fighter at KM4 X-Control frontline section of Mogadishu where Islamist Fighters belonging to the Al-Shabab attacked the stronghold of the Government positions in the early hours of 1 December 2009

Ruthless clashes inside the world's most hostile city

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Matteo Fagotto reports from Mogadishu - bloated with arms and young men with nothing to do but kill after 18 years of civil war

The Big Question: Was President Zuma's speech a turning point for Aids in South Africa?

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The South African leader has just announced a barrage of new HIV and Aids commitments that he bills as "the opening of a new era" in the fight against the disease.

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