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Page last updated at 01:32 GMT, Sunday, 28 December 2008

Guinea's coup leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara
Guinean junta warns mining sector
The leader of Guinea's coup says contracts for the country's vital mining industry will be reviewed as he pledges to stamp out corruption.
Q&A: Guinea's power struggle
In pictures: Ex-leader buried

Zimbabwean children eat donated bread. File photo Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises
Acute child malnutrition in parts of Zimbabwe increases by more than 60% compared with 2007, an aid charity says.

Election candidates John Attah Mills (left) and Nana Akufo-Addo (composite image) Ghana poised for run-off election
Ghanaians head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential run-off after the first round did not produce an outright winner.

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