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Page last updated at 20:33 GMT, Thursday, 1 January 2009

Helen Suzman in 1999
Anti-apartheid icon Suzman dies
Helen Suzman, a celebrated South African MP and anti-apartheid campaigner, dies at the age of 91.
Obituary: Helen Suzman
'Brave voice' on apartheid

Map Pirate clampdown 'working'
There has been a sharp reduction in the number of ships seized by pirates off Somalia, the International Maritime Bureau says.

File photograph of Joseph Kony from 2006 Rebels 'advancing towards CAR'
The UN says it fears Lord's Resistance Army rebels are advancing towards Central African Republic (CAR).

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Helen Suzman with a recently released Nelson Mandela on 26 February 1990 'Brave voice'
South African MP who spoke out against apartheid
Somali al-Shabaab militia at a military training camp outside Mogadishu Covert failure
Islamists unbroken despite Ethiopia's US backing
Zimbabweans chant slogans praising Mr Mugabe Harare diary
A look back at the lows and highs of 2008 in Zimbabwe

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Guinea junta names banker as PM
Ethiopia's pardoned critic jailed
Zimbabwe charges on 'toilet bomb'
Somalis killed as Islamists clash
African Union bars Guinea on coup
Cholera deaths soar in Zimbabwe
Ebola death toll up in DR Congo
Top Nigerian militant 'arrested'
Zimbabwe child malnutrition rises

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Harare diary: 'Unhappy Christmas'
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe by Zapiro In cartoons
From divine power to pirates' booty in Africa's year
Armed al-Shabab insurgents in Mogadishu 2009: New fears
Somalis wary as new year dawns with power vacuum
Mali supporters cheer in the stands in match between Mali and Nigeria (Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP - 25 January 2008) Year in pictures
From delighted cries to fishermen's warnings in Africa
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