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The Week in Africa
civil war - Ivory Coast - presidential elections - Somalia
Ivory Coast presidential election could be delayed again
The Week in Africa looks at why there is a chance the Presidential election in Ivory Coast may be postponed once again, examines the humanitarian disaster in Mogadishu, and investigates diamond trafficking in Namibia.
African Union - refugees
African Union adopts convention on internal refugees
In this edition: Tough sentences handed down in the Angolagate arms trafficking trial; the Nelson Mandela foundation slams Congo-Brazzaville's leader; and the African Union adopts a convention offering protection to millions of uprooted Africans.
agriculture - Ethiopia - Ivory Coast - Jacob Zuma - poverty - South Africa
Zuma urged to act on plight of South Africa's poor
In this edition: Concern grows over the likelihood of Ivory Coast ever holding promised elections; South Africa's Zuma under pressure to tackle growing poverty; and foreign investors plunder Ethiopia's farming land.
Guinea Conakry - Kenya - Moussa Dadis Camara - Rwanda
Franco-Guinean relations tainted after massacre
In this edition: an exclusive report from Guinea where political tensions remain high after a bloody military crackdown; the 'butcher of Butare', one of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's genocide is arrested; Kenya suffers a killer drought.
Benin - Guinea Conakry - Moussa Dadis Camara - music
Bloodbath in Guinea
In this edition: The bloody military crackdown in Guinea on opposition protesters: a focus on cross-border banditry, on the rise in Benin; and a tribute to Miriam Makeba, the South African music legend.
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THE WEEK IN AFRICA
Guinea junta lead war on drugs
In this edition: Spotlight on Guineas where captain Moussa Dadis Camara consolidates his grip on power and takes on a wide range of issues from corruption to drugs; and the settlement of Ivory Coast's toxic dump case.
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THE WEEK IN AFRICA
Separatism winds blow upon Uganda
In this edition: the Baganda ethnic group riots against the Ugandan President; in Nigeria, the country's main militant group extends a ceasfire in the restive Niger Delta; some who fled Zimbabwe in the last decade, are returning home.
Cameroon - floods - Gabon - Paul Biya - Senegal - Sudan
Violence sweeps Gabon after victory for Bongo Jr
In this edition: floods caused by heavy rain have killed nearly 160 people since June in West Africa; post-election violence mars Ali Bongo's victory in Gabon; and Cameroon responds to a report on the lavish holidays of President Paul Biya.
2010 FIFA World Cup - Ali Ben Bongo - Burundi - Cameroon - Gabon - rape - South Africa - transport
The challenges awaiting Ali Bongo
In this edition: What's ahead of Ali Ben Bongo as newly elected president of Gabon?; the desperate situation of raped women in Burundi; a new public transport system in South Africa ahead of the FIFA World Cup causes uproar.
athletics - Gabon - Nigeria - Omar Bongo - presidential elections - South Africa
Gabon goes to the polls on Sunday
In this edition: Gabon goes to the polls this Sunday in an election to replace late president Omar Bongo; in Nigeria, several animal species are becoming endangered; and a rousing welcome for South African athlete Semenya.
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