A discussion of the latest hot topics making headlines in Africa
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Talks collapse between South Africa and SWAPO over Namibian independence
President Ahijo of Cameroon resigns from power three years before the end of his term
New President Mobutu banknotes spark violent outbursts in Zaire
Government and rebel forces clash in Rwanda as refugees flee
Rebel RPF movement accused of Hutu ethnic cleansing in north Rwanda
Senegal's incumbent President Abdou Diouf takes the lead in election race
Zambian government acts to stop opposition plot to oust President Chiluba
UNITA seizes military and political initiative under Jonah Savimbi in Angola
The people and events that have made news in Africa this week: arms in Angola; ceasefire in southern Sudan; whether Liberia's Charles Taylor has fled; Zaire's two prime ministers; Zambia's foreign minister receives bullet in post. Presenter: Robin White.
Attack on President Eyadema's main headquarters in Togo blamed on foreign forces
Opposition parties refuse to take part in Togo's elections
South African loses one of its most important black leaders, Chris Hani
An air crash kills 14 members of Zambia's national football team
Charles Taylor on the battle raging 50 miles north of Monrovia
Central African Republic President Andre Kolingba survives two army mutinies
The UN fails to negotiate a peace deal with UNITA and the Angolan government
UN retaliates in Somalia, massacre in Liberia, Nigeria goes to the polls, Malawi holds referendum. Presenter: Jeremy Skeet.
UN peace keeping forces launch attack on Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Rwandans living in Zaire have been forced off their land
Nigeria's military government moves to annul the country's elections
Protests and riots on the streets of Lagos following election annulment
UN clashes in Mogadishu leads to the death of 18 people
New peace agreement sparks hopes for an end to the Liberian civil war
Eleven people killed after grenades were thrown into a Cape Town church service
Are the days of the union between Zanzibar and Tanzania numbered?
Ugandan NALU rebel leader Amon Bazira assassinated in Kenya
Nigeria's President Babangida steps aside as an interim government takes the reins
Despair as 30 people are killed in South African drive-by shootings
Is the UN being forced to rethink its role in Somalia?
Chief Abiola home at last; Sierra Leone jets bomb border village; Zambia's border problems with Zaire; Banda challenges Banda in Malawi. Presenter: Robin White.