The independent states of South Africa

The South African independent states that are anything but, according to the UN

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Abbas Bundu visits East Africa

Sierra Leone's Abbas Bundu is impressed with Kenya's agricultural policy

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Zanu PF's conference gets Africa talking

The Zanu PF party congress is a victory for Prime Minister Robert Mugabe

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Hardship in Sierra Leone

A Sierra Leone-born correspondent returns to his homeland

• 27 mins

Violence at South African gold mine

Reports of renewed violence at a South African gold mine

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South African election boycott

South Africa's new parliament and an election boycott

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Tutu wins peace prize

South Africa's Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize

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Golden Octopus award

Award for the most daring export business goes to a Benin-based company

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Tensions in Johannesburg

Tensions in Johannesburg townships

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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

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Ethiopia's famine

Why the Ethiopian famine is the worst disaster ever

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African famine

Ethiopian famine is not a new thing, much to the surprise of many

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South African violence and deaths

Violence in South Africa leads to deaths

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Amnesty and Chad

Report from Amnesty International accuses Chad of summary executions

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Voice of the presenter

Presenter Hilton Fyle discusses his voice and the effect it has

• 26 mins

Medecins sans Frontieres

Medecins sans Frontieres and its work in African countries

• 26 mins

Organisation of African Unity (OAU)

Unity restored to the OAU at a summit in Addis Ababa

• 28 mins

Russian military build up in the Seychelles

Fears over a Russian military build up in Indian Ocean, mainly in around the Seychelles

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New chair of the OAU

A new chairman for the Organisation of African Unity

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Somalian executions of SNM rebels

The BBC World Service Somali section journalist's brother is executed in Somalia

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Namibia's independence fight

In Namibia, the fight for independence as troops from Cuba and South Africa join in

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Paris - Dakar motor rally

Report from Dakar, Senegal on the end of the Paris to Dakar rally

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Zimbabwe elections

Zimbabwe elections and a move towards a one-party state

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Photographer Mohamed Amin

Interview with acclaimed photographer Mohamed Amin

• 27 mins

Nigerian Guardian journalists freed in Lagos

Two journalists imprisoned in Nigeria have been freed after seven months

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Tanzania President Julius Nyerere on his retirement

Tanzania's Preisdent Julius Nyerere visits the UK

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South African police fire on demonstrators

South African police open fire on demonstrators and a funeral march

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Swaziland expels ANC members

Swaziland has expelled ANC members and warned people not to help the ANC

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Liberia's national debt collection

A report on the Liberian government task force aimed at national debt collection

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Assassination attempt on Liberia's Samuel Doe

Martin Plaut on an assassination attempt on President Samuel Doe of Liberia

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