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Hope for Mogadishu as peace talks lead to a breakthrough in Somalia
Test your knowledge of Africa鈥檚 most talked-about news stories
Arms dump explosion rocks Mali capital of Bamako
Zaire government jets bomb rebels in Bukavu hitting civilian targets
Zimbabwe's Canaan Banana accused of rape; Nelson Mandela backs Zaire peace process; Mali floods; Monrovia prison conditions. Presenter. Robin White.
Lauren Kabila talks of the imminent fall of the Zairian town of Kisangani
Rebel forces claim spectacular successes in South Sudan
Laurent Kabila's rebels to begin peace talks with the government in Zaire
Angola gets a government of national unity - but will it help the country find peace?
Sanctions lifted in Burundi but the civil war rages on
The UK's new Labour government on plans for aid and debt relief in Africa
President Mobutu of Zaire flees the country
Laurent Kabila renames Zaire the Democratic Republic of Congo
President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah ousted during coup in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's military coup fails to get recognition
Resistance movement in Sierra Leone to restore elected government
Mayhem in Kenya as government and opposition groups clash
Liberians go to the polls as the country hopes for a smooth elections
Charles Taylor claims a landslide election victory in Liberia
The IMF suspends loan programme to Kenya
Armed assailants kill scores during violent rampage in Mombasa
Senegalese separatists flare up in the region of Kasamas
Brazzaville descends into violence as civilians flee the Congolese capital
Former Zaire leader Mobutu Sese Seko dies in exile
German tourists massacred outside a hotel in Cairo
Hundreds killed in islamic insurgency attack near Algerian capital of Algiers
Fighting in Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville escalates despite peace talks