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Page last updated at 21:06 GMT, Monday, 16 February 2009

Image from April 2008 showing Roy Bennett (L) with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in South Africa
Court delay for Zimbabwe nominee
Zimbabwean ministerial nominee Roy Bennett's court date on terrorism charges is delayed as prosecutors fail to turn up.
Profile: Roy Bennett
Hope amid harsh reality
Tsvangirai's tough choice

Young child left paralysed by LRA rebel attack Call for more UN troops in Congo
The UN should send more troops to north DR Congo to halt attacks on civilians by Ugandan rebels, Human Rights Watch says.

African migrants off Spanish Canary Islands (file pic) African migrants drowned at sea
Spanish rescuers say the drowning death toll from a capsized migrant boat off the Canary Islands has risen to 19.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
The Jackson Five Slave to music?
Jackson Five in Nigeria museum controversy
Robert Mugabe Secret meetings
Testing the ground for Zimbabwe's power sharing
Tanzania police officer Painfully late
Teacher tells how police caned him for missing school

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Genocide expert dies in US crash
Tanzanian teacher whipping move
Somali prime minister sworn in
Hutu rebels killed in Congo raid
Judge leaves Nigeria rebel trial
Annan hints at ICC Kenyan trial
Russians capture Somali pirates
Sirleaf 'sorry' she backed Taylor
New Somali prime minister named

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Ivorian sweet cocoa success
MDC views on Zimbabwe's PM
Lesotho Aids diary
Zimbabwe's hat man

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Nigerian oil workers go on strike

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Morgan Tsvangirai Beyond repair?
Can Zimbabwe's new government fix broken economy?
Dr Ave Kludze, Nasa Space odyssey
Ghana's rocket man aims for the Moon and beyond
Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, 29 October 2008 Career candidate
Algeria's dandy diplomat turns leader for life?
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Top envoy probes Kenya killings
HIV gene therapy trial promising
Uganda army 'to stay in DR Congo'
China's Hu grants aid to Tanzania
SAA crew held over cocaine haul
New Zimbabwe minister blames bank
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