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World Aids Day 1988
Bus ban in Kenya
Kenya's President Daniel arap Moi has stepped in to diffuse a bus fare dispute
French-African summit in Casablanca
A francophone summit in Morocco is attended by French President Francois Mitterrand
Review of the year 1988 - part one
A look back at 1988 and the events that shaped the last 12 months
Review of the year 1988 - part two
Review of the year 1988
SPLA rebels in Sudan
The SPLA rebels in Sudan
African students in Chinese street protests
The arrests of African students in China
Nigeria denies deporting immigrants to Benin
The illegal West African immigrants who have fled Nigeria to avoid arrest
France changes immigration laws
French President Francois Mitterrand announces a change in immigration
Network Talkback - Idi Amin
Listeners' views on former Uganda President Idi Amin
ZAPU supporters return
ZAPU supporters return to Zimbabwe
Senegal's camel war
A camel war has broken out between Senegal and Mauritania
Kenyan politics
A report on Kenyan politics and a man who would be president
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida
Nigerian President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida visits Britain
Namibia's human rights violations
A report on human rights violations in Namibia
Casablanca conference
George Bennett attends an international conference in Casablanca
President Babangida
The birthday of Nigeria's President Ibrahim Babangida
Hopes for peace in Eritrea
Ethiopian peace talks with the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF)
Coup in Burkina Faso
There has been an attempted coup in Burkina Faso
World Health Organization report on Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) report on Africa
Malawi attack kills journalist
The government of Malawi is accused of being behind a petrol bomb attack
Review of the Year
A look back at 1990 including when Nelson Mandela was freed from prison
Western Sahara
UN efforts to bring peace to Western Sahara
Mugabe victorious
Two Mugabes - one victorious and one not so
New leader for Cote d'Ivoire
In the Cote d'Ivoire, news of a possible successor to Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Sudan earthquake and clashes in South Africa
An earthquake in Sudan
Reunion's new television station
A new television station in a French island colony causes mass demonstrations
Liberia - violence continues
In Liberia things are still tense but no gains have been made by either side
SA communist party rally
In South Africa the communist party holds a rally, its first after being made legal
Egypt and the Gulf crisis
How Egypt is being affected by the Gulf crisis
Tutsi versus Hutu in Rwanda
A report on the political future for Ghana