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Bashir, the Big Party PooperKenya caused a diplomatic stir by hosting the Sudanese leader who is wanted by the ICC | Full Story
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Ageing Senegalese leader claims he has not yet served a second term | Full Story
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Harmonisation and creation of realistic election calendar in the country is the only way out of this bedlam | Full Story
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Has the South African president lost his ability to charm poor South Africans? | Full Story
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The commission wants the registration period reduced from three to two months. | Full Story
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Nigeria President suddenly finds the odds of a successful 2011 bid considerably shortened | Full Story
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Southern African Development Community still on track towards achieving its goals | Full Story
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Opposition had good proposals but with Kagame's impressive record, it was hard to sell. | Full Story
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Only South Africa is on course to meet SADC gender targets | Full Story
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Citizens feel involved, leaders maintain sanity. | Full Story
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Anti-graft watchdog's recent bribery index lays bare region's lip service to fighting graft | Full Story
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SA party officials' remarks anger Gaborone ruling party | Full Story
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Terrorism remains a big challenge for Bamako | Full Story
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The anti-apartheid icon is too frail as he turns 92 | Full Story
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Congolese now look forward to better resource management by their government | Full Story
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An indigenous internet technology catches on in Burundi | Full Story
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Burundi presidential election was boycotted by all opposition candidates | Full Story
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China's relationship with Africa has stirred a development revolution | Full Story
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Sudanese-born tycoon to sponsor Fellowships for African professions | Full Story
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The Rawlings family steps up their campaign against Ghana's President | Full Story
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Kagame rivals signal rising tensions against RPF government | Full Story
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Several electricity projects coming up as continent falls behind in providing access to its growing population | Full Story
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President Kabila says the work that the UN force can now be handled by his own security services | Full Story
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The DRC government faces a constitutional crisis with a deadline to establish new administrative units having passed; it pleads | Full Story
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Claims of tit-for-tat as two top government officials of the West African country denied entry | Full Story
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Hope and fear as Burundi's four-month elections begin on Friday | Full Story
Business & Finance
East Africa's common market will not disadvantage its EPZ firms, says analysts | Full Story
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The Comoros probably holds the world record for the number of coups, will a recent ruling stoke further tensions? | Full Story
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Last productive House session in Mogadishu held in October 2009 | Full Story
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The soft-spoken leader leaves a benign legacy | Full Story
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The rise and rise of Goodluck Jonathan | Full Story
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Shanghai fair an opportunity for Africa to market itself to Asian giant | Full Story
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The Iranian President has recently stepped up his efforts to woo African states. What does he bear in his mixed bag? | Full Story
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The World Bank pointman in Accra annoys opposition party | Full Story
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African air operators say EU ban discriminatory | Full Story
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Army calls the tune in Guinea-Bissau | Full Story
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Analyst's take on Egypt's political undercurrents | Full Story
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The national polls in Africa's largest country are likely to be a watershed moment | Full Story
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For the US, China and many others, Sudan is a cake to be shared | Full Story
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South Sudan leader focuses more on next year's referendum as national elections draw closer | Full Story
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Anxiety in Ghana as ruling party youth demand jobs | Full Story
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President's extra condom request makes sense, but legalising prostitution still up for debate | Full Story
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Sino-India formula slowly loosening the Anglo-American grip on African oil | Full Story
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Beijing's less intrusive approach endears it to most African governments | Full Story
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Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire confident of finding amicable solution to oil deposit boundary dispute | Full Story
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Amnesty programmes in West African country's strife-torn region left in abeyance | Full Story
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Congolese stake claim to rich offshore oilfields already in Angolan hands | Full Story
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Experts look at the likely scenarios and how to manage each | Full Story
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Swaziland drags it's feet on issues related to women's empowerment | Full Story
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Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has striven to be a softer version of his father Eyadema, but as GITAU WARIGI argues in this | Full Story
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Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has striven to be a softer version of his father Eyadema, but as GITAU WARIGI argues in this | Full Story
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Hundreds killed in fresh flare-up of inter-religious animosity in Nigeria's north | Full Story
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Nigerian lady minister who speaks her mind and has annoyed vested interests | Full Story
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Power intrigues intensify as Jonathan asserts himself | Full Story
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Relations between Algeria and former colonial power France take a rocky course as the two disagree on several issues | Full Story
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Rajoelina fails to restore constitutional order in Madagascar, putting into jeopardy country's political and economic future | Full Story
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in of Kigali after visiting Gabon in a tour largely seen as the former colonial | Full Story
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Series of grenade attacks rock Rwandan capital, heightening the Hutu-Tutsi tensions as country heads for elections. The attacks | Full Story
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Having been named acting president by the national assembly on Tuesday, Nigeria's VP has acted swiftly to stamp his authority | Full Story
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One year after election, Ghanaian President finds himself under siege as his popularity and authority wane | Full Story
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Hopes for new laws ahead of 2011 elections fade as stakeholders haggle over a host of contentious issues | Full Story
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Mandela's release commemorated 20 years on | Full Story
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Attracting new investors and increased donor support to determine continent's future, says Zoellick | Full Story
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France seeks to rebuild influence after recent setbacks in central Africa | Full Story
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Saif al-Islam's liberal leadership viewed as offering country better path to reforms | Full Story
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Improved trade relations with China among Africa's milestones in 2010 | Full Story
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Top Washington security officials in Nairobi as worries over terrorism rise | Full Story
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Court ruling on Nigerian VP's position fails to resolve power crisis created by Yar'Adua's absence | Full Story
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Zuma’s instinct of dealing directly with the people’s problems has been endearing, but the recession has nonetheless played | Full Story
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Former nuclear agency boss ready to contest Egyptian presidential race but on clear terms | Full Story
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It is difficult to speak about post-war Mozambique without mentioning the role of former President Joaquim Chissano who oversaw | Full Story