Targeting Somalia's newly elected president

Just two days after taking office, Somalia's new president narrowly escapes assassination. Next, in Zimbabwe, over 10% of the population will need food aid this year. We find out why the agricultural sector has gone from boom to bust in what was once known as the breadbasket of Africa. Finally, pop star Youssou N'Dour uses his status as culture minister to keep Senegal's struggling film industry alive.

THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Genie Godula

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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.

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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.

THE WEEK IN AFRICA

Guinea's junta is yet to call elections

In this edition: The junta in power in Guinea has yet to fulfil its promises; the life of genocide perpetrators in Rwanda; a rocky start for Zimbabwe's national unity government; and is China really Africa's benefactor?