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Botswana/South Africa relationship
Why Botswana and South Africa's relationship has managed to sail stormy waters
Egypt and Sudan's relationship
Concern over Egypt's relationship with Sudan
SWAPO leader released by South Africa
South Africa releases the founder of SWAPO Andimba Toivo ya Toivo
Corruption in Nigeria
Attempts to combat corruption that is endemic in Nigeria
How workers have helped transform Ghana
The central figure in Ghana's revolution has been the ordinary workers
Upper Volta purge
A purge of corrupt ministers in Upper Volta
The LOMA Convention
A look at the LOMA Convention
The independent states of South Africa
The South African independent states that are anything but, according to the UN
Abbas Bundu visits East Africa
Sierra Leone's Abbas Bundu is impressed with Kenya's agricultural policy
Zanu PF's conference gets Africa talking
The Zanu PF party congress is a victory for Prime Minister Robert Mugabe
Hardship in Sierra Leone
A Sierra Leone-born correspondent returns to his homeland
Violence at South African gold mine
Reports of renewed violence at a South African gold mine
South African election boycott
South Africa's new parliament and an election boycott
Tutu wins peace prize
South Africa's Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Golden Octopus award
Award for the most daring export business goes to a Benin-based company
Tensions in Johannesburg
Tensions in Johannesburg townships
Liberian People's Party leader is released from prison
The Liberian People's Party is back in business after the leader is released from prison
Ethiopia's famine
Why the Ethiopian famine is the worst disaster ever
African famine
Ethiopian famine is not a new thing, much to the surprise of many
South African violence and deaths
Violence in South Africa leads to deaths
Amnesty and Chad
Report from Amnesty International accuses Chad of summary executions
Voice of the presenter
Presenter Hilton Fyle discusses his voice and the effect it has
Medecins sans Frontieres
Medecins sans Frontieres and its work in African countries
Organisation of African Unity (OAU)
Unity restored to the OAU at a summit in Addis Ababa
Russian military build up in the Seychelles
Fears over a Russian military build up in Indian Ocean, mainly in around the Seychelles
New chair of the OAU
A new chairman for the Organisation of African Unity
Somalian executions of SNM rebels
The Â鶹Éç World Service Somali section journalist's brother is executed in Somalia
Namibia's independence fight
In Namibia, the fight for independence as troops from Cuba and South Africa join in
Paris - Dakar motor rally
Report from Dakar, Senegal on the end of the Paris to Dakar rally
Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe elections and a move towards a one-party state