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        <title>Zambian presidential race narrows</title>
        <description>Zambia's incumbent president is closing on his main rival as the counting of ballots from Thursday's poll continues.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>UN 'must drop' Darfur peace force</title>
        <description>Top UN officials say the world body should stop trying to persuade Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers in Darfur.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:12:16 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>SA crime 'deters foreign firms'</title>
        <description>South Africa's high levels of crime are continuing to deter foreign investors, a business group warns.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>African explorer's body exhumed</title>
        <description>The remains of Pierre de Brazza, 19th century French explorer and founder of modern day Congo, are exhumed in Algeria.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:04:56 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Kenyan reporter charges dropped</title>
        <description>Charges are dropped against three journalists following February's police raids on the Standard newspaper.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:04:11 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Somali premier warns Islamists</title>
        <description>Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:34:10 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Europe urged to curb migration</title>
        <description>French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy urges tough, EU-wide rules on dealing with illegal immigration.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:45:57 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Nigeria ruling party suspends VP</title>
        <description>Nigeria's vice-president is suspended from his party's ranks for three months over corruption allegations.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Zuma 'sorry' for gay comments</title>
        <description>South Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma makes a public apology after offending the gay community.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:15:38 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Sfaxien hold Pirates</title>
        <description>Tunisia's CS Sfaxien hold South African side Orlando Pirates to a 0-0 draw in the first-leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Jarrett gets Sierra Leone invite</title>
        <description>Watford midfielder Albert Jarrett receives his first Sierra Leone call-up as he is part of a 22-man squad for next week's  Nations Cup qualifier against Benin.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Senegal recall duo</title>
        <description>Senegal recall Diomansy Kamara and Henri Camara for the Nations Cup qualifier against Burkina Faso next month.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:34:30 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Kenya 'protecting' suspect</title>
        <description>The Kenyan authorities deny protecting the businessman alleged to have financed the 1994 Rwandan genocide.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:27:04 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Nations vie for giant telescope</title>
        <description>Australia or South Africa will get to host the Square Kilometre Array, a giant next-generation radio telescope.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:45:54 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Morocco attacked on US rendition</title>
        <description>Moroccan rights activists call on the government to acknowledge the existence of secret US detention centres.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:46:03 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Army 'breaking' Uganda truce</title>
        <description>Uganda's army is moving its troops to near rebel assembly zones, breaking a ceasefire agreement, rebels say.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:03:40 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Somalia suicide bombing arrests</title>
        <description>Two people are arrested in Somalia in connection with a suicide bomb attack on the interim president.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:39:53 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Aristocrat's farm 'hit by raids'</title>
        <description>A UK aristocrat shot dead a poacher following a spate of armed robberies on his Kenyan estate, a court hears.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:29:39 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Nigeria governors in graft probe</title>
        <description>Almost all state governors are being investigated for corruption, Nigeria's anti-graft agency head says.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:37:35 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>S Africa press backs Tutu warning</title>
        <description>Newspapers in South Africa welcome Desmond Tutu's scathing comments about South African society.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:19:07 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Dirty water 'kills 1.5m children'</title>
        <description>Lack of clean drinking water kills 1.5m children a year, with sub-Saharan Africa a major area of concern, Unicef says.  </description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 05:57:40 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Ivory Coast 'toxic ship' inquiry</title>
        <description>Estonia launches a criminal inquiry into the Ivory Coast 'toxic waste' tanker, after finding poisonous chemicals on board.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:48:02 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Aristocrat 'treated shot poacher'</title>
        <description>A court in Nairobi has heard how a UK aristocrat who shot a Kenyan poacher on his estate rushed the dying man to hospital.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:10:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>S Africa is losing its way - Tutu</title>
        <description>Archbishop Desmond Tutu accuses South Africans of losing moral direction and not showing each other respect.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Fears for two Ethiopian teachers</title>
        <description>Amnesty International expresses fears for  two teachers being held incommunicado by the authorities in Ethiopia.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:24:30 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Jump in SA security van heists</title>
        <description>There is a huge rise in South Africa in the  number of robberies on security vehicles carrying large amounts of cash. </description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:45:10 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Somali town fears return of war</title>
        <description>Following the Islamist takeover in the key Somali port of Kismayo, residents of Baidoa, the last town in government hands, fear they could be next.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:27:08 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Virtual weddings</title>
        <description>Zimbabwe's traditional weddings are now increasingly being held in the absence of brides and grooms who live overseas.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Q&amp;A: Zambia votes</title>
        <description>Polls suggest Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa could face a strong challenge in Thursday's presidential and parliamentary elections.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:37:47 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>China and India 'boosting Africa'</title>
        <description>China and India's growing trade and investment in Africa is spurring African economies, says a World Bank report.</description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:11:20 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Zimbabwe's inflation tops 1,200%</title>
        <description>Zimbabwe's inflation rate continues its upward surge, reaching a record high of 1,204.6% in August.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>No life in Africa without...</title>
        <description>BBC listeners and readers describe who or what you could not live without on the African continent.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Who benefits from tourism?</title>
        <description>Is Africa doing enough to promote its prime sites? Send your views.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:46:45 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Can we stop toxic dumping?</title>
        <description>Is Africa in danger of becoming a toxic dumping ground? Send us your views.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Send us your pictures of Africa</title>
        <description>BBC News Online wants your digital pictures of life in Africa.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 17:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
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