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» 17.07.2008 - EU agrees to tighten Zimbabwe sanctions
» 17.07.2008 - MDC snubs crisis deal
» 17.07.2008 - Rwanda ex-leaders granted life immunity
» 15.07.2008 - Former Malawi president seeks third term
» 14.07.2008 - Congo's mining renegotiation faulted
» 14.07.2008 - UN denies Zimbabwe bias
» 14.07.2008 - UK steps up tough Zimbabwe sanctions
» 14.07.2008 - Comoros gets new government
» 04.07.2008 - Gambia leader validates Mugabe's re-election
» 02.07.2008 - Tsvangirai rejects AU's unity government call
» 01.07.2008 - Egeland tells UK to "shut up" on Zim
» 25.06.2008 - "Tsvangirai withdrawal unconstitutional"
» 24.06.2008 - Somali pirates kidnap German tourists
» 24.06.2008 - ANC "dismayed" by Zimbabwe's "rough riding"
» 24.06.2008 - "Public debate in Benin being silenced"
» 24.06.2008 - Bacar's extradition ruled out
» 23.06.2008 - Zimbabwe's 'thug' gets slapped
» 23.06.2008 - Guinea PM names new cabinet
» 22.06.2008 - Tsvangirai quits Zim presidential race
» 20.06.2008 - Mugabe won't retire unless...
» 20.06.2008 - UN extends Liberia embargo
» 19.06.2008 - Mbeki "tells Mugabe to call off elections"
» 19.06.2008 - Namibia reaches 30 percent women MP target
» 17.06.2008 - Simon Mann trial underway in Equatorial Guinea
» 12.06.2008 - Kenya's ODM wins 3 parliamentary seats
» 10.06.2008 - Ethiopia separatist rebels launch major operations
» 10.06.2008 - Kenya set for crucial by-elections
» 09.06.2008 - Zim runoff "dead on arrival"
» 06.06.2008 - Unity govt seen as only hope for São Tomé
» 05.06.2008 - Mugabe regime alienates last friends
» 05.06.2008 - Tsvangirai freed, continues campaign
» 05.06.2008 - Zim police nabs diplomats
» 04.06.2008 - Zimbabwean police detains Tsvangirai
» 03.06.2008 - Court remands 14 Zimbabwean activists
» 29.05.2008 - Ex-soldiers want Liberia's president impeached
» 29.05.2008 - More punishment for Sierra Leone's war criminals
» 28.05.2008 - Japan offers Africa more aid
» 28.05.2008 - 'We have learnt our lessons'
» 27.05.2008 - PDP maintains winning steak
» 27.05.2008 - Uganda establishes war crimes tribunal
» 27.05.2008 - Bemba's arrest spurs protest
» 27.05.2008 - Zimbabweans in fear as run-off approaches
» 26.05.2008 - Burundi's rebels sign truce
» 23.05.2008 - Zim police nabs armed thugs
» 23.05.2008 - UNAMID suffers horseback ambush
» 23.05.2008 - Mauritania meeting discusses terror
» 22.05.2008 - CFA 18 billion needed for Habré trial
» 22.05.2008 - Right abusers secure UN seats
» 22.05.2008 - Mali attacks claim 27 lives
» 21.05.2008 - Obasanjo free from probe
» 21.05.2008 - "Rigged" Equatoguinean poll results confirmed
» 21.05.2008 - Burundi peace still fragile
» 20.05.2008 - 2.6m Somalis face hunger
» 19.05.2008 - Senegal blamed for "flouting" UN decision on Habré trial
» 19.05.2008 - Mbeki: "Zimbabweans must be free to vote"
» 19.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinea's election results "rigged"
» 15.05.2008 - Taylor's RUF link exposed
» 15.05.2008 - Sudan suspends rebel talks
» 15.05.2008 - Bacar denied French assylum
» 15.05.2008 - Zimbabwe extends run-off
» 14.05.2008 - Mandela cautions against "destructive divisiveness"
» 14.05.2008 - Sudan wants rebel leaders
» 14.05.2008 - 'Address Congo's challenges'
» 13.05.2008 - 500 killed in Sudan clash
» 13.05.2008 - Burundi media worker killed
» 12.05.2008 - Sudan opposition leader freed
» 12.05.2008 - Western monitors still barred
» 12.05.2008 - Anjouan ready for presidential olls
» 09.05.2008 - Zim tensions worry monitors
» 09.05.2008 - 'Embrace green revolution'
» 08.05.2008 - Armed bandits chop off Senegalese villagers' ears
» 08.05.2008 - DRC projects attract $60m
» 08.05.2008 - Egypt, Mauritania targeted for torture missions
» 07.05.2008 - Rights abusers want UN seats
» 07.05.2008 - Chad joins worst regimes
» 07.05.2008 - Mauritania Premier replaced
» 06.05.2008 - Ethiopia troops "slit throats"
» 06.05.2008 - Rebels fear Puntland, Ethiopia secret pact
» 06.05.2008 - Zanu-PF urges peaceful polls
» 06.05.2008 - More DRC refugees returned
» 06.05.2008 - UN boasts S. Leone progress
» 05.05.2008 - Monitors want timely run-off
» 05.05.2008 - Kenyan victims return home
» 02.05.2008 - Tsvangirai wins Zim polls
» 02.05.2008 - Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators
» 30.04.2008 - Zim police probes poll fraud
» 29.04.2008 - ICC unseals DRC warrant
» 29.04.2008 - Zim candidates to verify results
» 28.04.2008 - Malawia MPs boycott session
» 28.04.2008 - Kenya army tortures civilians
» 28.04.2008 - ICC cries for Sudan arrests
» 25.04.2008 - 6 MDC members shot dead
» 25.04.2008 - Striking "Liberian refugees" await repatriation
» 24.04.2008 - Critic musicians still detained
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