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Germain Katanga is accused of leading the Bogoro massacre

Congolese 'warlords' deny slaughtering entire villages

Second trial at permanent court hears militia leaders raped and killed scores

Inside Africa

Commonwealth offer for Zimbabwe

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Zimbabwe will be offered a seat back in the Commonwealth within two years as long as it agrees to political and economic reform.

Refugees crossing the border into Tanzania

Concerns raised over Rwanda's Commonwealth bid

Monday, 23 November 2009

Daniel Howden: Kigali wants allowances made for how far it's come since the genocide

Band Aid organiser Bob Geldof on a visit to Ethiopia in 1985

Feed the world? Band Aid 25 years on

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Ethiopia's leaders won't admit it, but famine has returned to East Africa. Andrew Johnson reports.

Pirate hostages fear they will be killed in days

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Couple plead for £4m ransom money to be paid in new video broadcast

Egyptians demonstrate near the Algerian embassy in Cairo

He's off! Egypt pulls ambassador in fall-out from World Cup clash

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Diplomatic war breaks out in protest at behaviour of Algerian fans and players

Prehistoric Masterpieces: The Swimmers and The Beast

Thursday, 19 November 2009

The inhospitable plateau of Gilf Kebir in the far south-west Egyptian desert was once home to an early Egyptian civilization, who left behind spectacular cave art.

Woman at a rape treatment centre in Congo

Spirit of the past inspires Congo campaign

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Activists re-enact London demonstration to commit to fighting new injustices

Virgin-Islands tanker's captain dies of wounds

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked earlier this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said today.

Egyptian fans cheer on their team ahead of the World Cup qualifying match against Algeria in Cairo last Saturday

A matter of life and death?

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Tomorrow's Egypt vs Algeria match is much more important than that, explains Daniel Howden

Some African countries are just not viable, says philanthropist

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Sudanese billionaire breaks ranks to blame poor economic performance on bad leadership and fragmentation

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