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Mali: Bamako's last Tuaregs

In Mali, our reporters spoke to Tuaregs in Bamako to get their take on the crisis in the north of the country. One year ago, Ivory Coast ended months of post-election violence by arresting Laurent Gbagbo - we look at how the country is doing one year on. And in Botswana, we meet the Bushmen who were forced out of their homes on an animal reserve.

09/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

African women honoured

This week in Africa focuses on African women: those who are helping rebuild Rwanda, those who are fighting violence in South Africa, and a Malian singer who wrote an album about being a woman in Africa.
02/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

France looking to stem illegal immigration

In this edition: French government efforts to reduce the flow of illegal migrants; the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte votes to become France's 101st department; and re-living Kenya's post-election violence, on cinema screens.
27/03/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Darfur refugees welcome Bashir indictment

In this edition: French President Nicolas Sarkozy in search of closer ties in Africa; in Chad, Darfur refugees welcome the ICC's indictment of Sudan's president; and South Africa's 2010 World Cup preparations.
12/03/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Humanitarian crisis looms in Darfur

In this edition: Sudan's president orders the expulsion of a dozen aid groups after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for him; the army enters the political battle in Madagascar and a focus on the African film industry.
05/03/2009 - THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Assassinations bring turmoil to Guinea-Bissau

In this edition: Guinea-Bissau's president and army chief killed in back-to-back assassinations; the Chikudu, a bike made of wood is omnipresent in the streets of Goma, DR Congo; and, in Nigeria, Islamists crack down on film production.

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