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Tsvangirai delays Zimbabwe return
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Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a planned return to Zimbabwe, officials from his party say.
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Kabbah ends honeymoon for trial
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Sierra Leone's ex-president cuts short his honeymoon to testify at the trial of former rebel leader Issa Sesay.
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'Blade-runner' wins Olympics bid
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South African double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius wins an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.
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Nigerian jailed for smuggling baby
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A UK court jails a Nigerian woman accused of buying a baby and bringing him illegally into the UK.
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Somali talks end with no meeting
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Peace talks on Somalia break up without any face-to-face discussions between the government and the opposition.
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BBC editor's death 'was suicide'
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The inquest into former BBC World Service Africa editor Kari Blackburn, who died swimming in the sea off the UK coast, hears she committed suicide.
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Nigeria names new graft tsar
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A retired top policewoman is named to head Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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Burundi rebels arrive for talks
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A delegation of Burundi rebels arrives in the capital for peace talks, after weeks of violent clashes.
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Charges urged for Kenya 'torture'
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Kenya's defence minister and army chiefs should be charged over the alleged torture of civilians, a rights group says.
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Nigeria oil blast site sealed off
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The site of an explosion in Lagos is sealed and the search for bodies halted by the Nigerian authorities.
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Senegal extend Ndiaye's contract
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Senegal's Normalisation Committee extends national coach Lamin Ndiaye's contract until the end of October.
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Liberia's Germany tour collapses
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Liberia's scheduled training camp in Germany has been called off.
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Senegal league to restart
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The interim governing body of football in Senegal announces the start of the long delayed domestic championship.
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Ugandan army kills Congo rebels
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The Ugandan army says it has killed two Congolese rebels who tried to attack a border trading post.
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Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control'
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The US ambassador to Zimbabwe warns post-poll violence is "out of control" as a date is set for a run-off.
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Egypt con man gets 1,000 years
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An Egyptian man is sentenced to 1,000 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of people out of about $52m.
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Zimbabwe issues $500m note
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Zimbabwe issues a Z$500m banknote, worth US$2, as the opposition calls for an emergency summit.
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Taylor 'ignored rebel protests'
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Liberia's Charles Taylor rejected Sierra Leone rebel complaints about his troops' behaviour, an ex-ally says.
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Nigeria evictions condemned
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The Nigerian government forced the evictions of 800,000 people from slums in Abuja, a report says.
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Comoran rebel loses asylum plea
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France rejects a request for asylum by the ousted rebel leader of the Comoran island of Anjouan.
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Nigerian film producer in court
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A film maker in northern Nigeria who defied Islamic censors faces jail.
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Sudan clashes prompt UN pull-out
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The UN withdraws non-essential staff after clashes in oil-rich Abyei which straddles Sudan's north and south.
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Kenya cabinet holds first session
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Kenya's cabinet holds its first formal meeting, amid tensions that threaten to weaken the coalition.
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Madonna adoption case delayed
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A court in Malawi delays its final decision in Madonna's adoption case until next week.
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Migrants tell of township tensions
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As South Africa witnesses a rise in attacks against foreign migrants, the BBC's Joanna Jolly visits a township outside Cape Town, the scene of recent xenophobic violence.
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Zimbabwe's turbulent priests
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Zimbabwe's bitter political divide spills over into the Anglican church, with rival factions coming to blows.
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Kenyan refugees fear going home
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More than 2000 Kenyan refugees in Uganda are moved to the permanent Kiryandongo Refugee Camp.
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Up the Congo without a helmet
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The BBC's Mark Doyle fulfils a lifelong dream of travelling along the Congo and finds much more than the cliches.
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Bharti African talks 'continue'
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Indian mobile firm Bharti Telecom is in talks about buying South Africa's MTN, reports say.
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US court allows apartheid claims
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The US Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit brought by apartheid victims against a number of firms.
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Is extended family a burden?
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In Africa extended family is often as important as the immediate family. But are they draining you?
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Does your faith burden you?
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A Ghanaian man is in court for refusing treatment for a sick child on religious grounds.
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Should Africa go solar?
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Africa needs alternative sources of energy.Should solar panels be state subsidised?
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Send us your pictures of Africa
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BBC News website wants your digital photographs of life in Africa.
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