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30-12 ION - Africa Missionaries sentenced to hard labour A Gambian court has punished two British missionaries found guilty of sedition.
30-12 ION - Africa Ebola virus kills eleven people in Congo Congolese Health Minister August Mopipi has confirmed the deaths of eleven people who contracted the Ebola virus in the province of Western Kasai.
30-12 ION - Africa Guinea junta names civilian prime minister The junta that seized power in Guinea shortly before Christmas has named a civilian banker as the country's new prime minister.
30-12 ION - Africa Egyptian consulate invaded by marchers Demonstrators in the Yemeni port city of Aden have forced their way into the Egyptian consulate during a protest against Cairo's response to Israel's offensive against Gaza.
30-12 ION - Africa Homes and crops lost as floods hit Mozambique Torrential rains in Mozambique have forced more than 2 000 people from their homes and severed road links throughout the Inhambane region.
30-12 ION - Africa UN buys wheat for Sudan and Ethiopia A United Nations aid agency has purchased 30 000 tons of wheat that will be donated to the struggling citizens of Sudan and Ethiopia.
30-12 ION - Africa Harare judge delays bail ruling for activists A Zimbabwean magistrate has delayed a ruling on whether a human rights campaigner and other activists charged with plotting to overthrow the government should be freed pending trial.
30-12 ION - Africa Opposition leader held in Sudan Sudanese opposition leader Ali Mahmoud Hassanein has been taken from his home in Khartoum by state security troops, according to his lawyer.
30-12 ION - Africa Congo counts the cost of church 'massacre' Congolese officials are trying to determine the exact number of people who were hacked to death by machete-wielding assailants at a Catholic church in the eastern part of the country.
30-12 ION - Africa Guinea finds itself isolated after coup The African Union has suspended Guinea from the organisation after the coup by junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and his military allies.
30-12 ION - Africa Washington calls for speedy polls in Somalia The United States government has hailed the resignation of Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed.
29-12 ION - Africa Zambia urges mining firms to stay the course The Zambian government has asked foreign mining firms to use the profits they made when copper prices were high to keep working in the downturn.
29-12 ION - Africa Cholera takes heavy toll on Zimbabweans The cholera epidemic has claimed almost 1 500 lives in Zimbabwe since August, according to the World Health Organisation.
29-12 ION - Africa Violence in Somalia claims five lives Five people have been killed and eight others have been wounded in fresh clashes between Somalia's hardline Shebab militia and fighters from another religious group.
29-12 ION - Africa SADC leaders pressure Mugabe The power-sharing deal signed by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition parties in Harare should be implemented without delay to allow the country to heal, according to SADC officials.
29-12 ION - Africa Ugandan rebels killed 189 villagers - UN Lord's Resistance Army rebels have been blamed for the deaths of 189 villagers in the northern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
29-12 ION - Africa MDC demands fair deal on top jobs in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has called for an "equitable" sharing of the most powerful ministries in the new unity government.
29-12 ION - Africa Fate of missing diplomats remains unknown Efforts to secure the release of Robert Fowler, the United Nations envoy to Niger, have been shrouded in secrecy.
29-12 ION - Africa Camara sends junta generals on their way Guinea's military junta has announced the retirement of 22 senior army officers - including the army chief who was a leading critic of the coup.
29-12 ION - Africa Vote-rigging claims cloud election in Ghana International observers and analysts are happy with the smooth progress of Ghana's presidential runoff election, despite allegations of vote-rigging.
29-12 ION - Africa Somali leader tenders his resignation President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has stepped down as the leader of Somalia after a bitter power struggle within the transitional government.
29-12 ION - Africa Nguesso supporters campaign for signatures Supporters of Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso have launched a petition against two organisations that have accused him of corruption.
29-12 ION - Africa Peacekeeper gunned down during Darfur attack A surprise attack in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has claimed the life of a United Nations peacekeeper, according to officials.
29-12 ION - Africa Islamists seize Somali towns A moderate Islamist organisation has captured two towns in Somalia from al-Shabaab, a hardline militia group operating in the East African country.
29-12 ION - Africa Guinea pays high price for coup The African Union has suspended Guinea after the recent military coup by junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and his supporters.
29-12 ION - Africa SA opens the door for aid to Harare The South African government has reviewed its decision to halt aid to Zimbabwe amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Harare.
28-12 ION - Africa Five killed in Somali militia fighting The local militia, a moderate Islamist group known as Ahlu-Suna, reportedly attacked the Shebab fighters who had seized control of Dhusamareb.
28-12 ION - Africa Voting starts in Ghanaian presidential run-off Nana Akufo-Addo of Kufuor's New Patriotic Party is squaring off against John Atta-Mills of the opposition National Democratic Congress of ex-president Jerry Rawlings.
28-12 ION - Africa Guinea coup leaders postpone meeting Guinea's new military junta has postponed a meeting aimed at wooing foreign diplomats until next week.
28-12 ION - Africa 'Zim to prosecute white farmers' It is not yet clear what charges the farmers would face - but law experts say it could be trespassing for failing to comply with the government ultimatium.
28-12 ION - Africa Desperate Zimbabweans pour into SA In the blazing midday sun, Fungai Lindlela watches as her baby pushes a sticky ball of maize meal into her mouth in a makeshift refugee camp near South Africa's border with Zimbabwe.
27-12 ION - Africa Zim police mount roadblocks Fifty-nine people were killed and 231 were injured in road accidents in Zimbabwe over Christmas and Boxing Day.
27-12 ION - Africa Ghana presidential race heads to runoff vote Ghana's presidential contest heads to a runoff vote on Sunday, a race that has become a referendum on whether the West African country's stunning growth of the past eight years has trickled down to ordinary people.
27-12 ION - Africa Thousands protest in Niger Thousands of people took to the streets of Niger's capital Niamey to protest against a move to extend President Mamadou Tandja's rule, due to expire at the end of 2009, by three years.
27-12 ION - Africa Guinea coup leader gets Senegal's backing Guinea's military junta was boosted by the endorsement of neighbouring Senegal as it attempted to garner international backing.
27-12 ION - Africa 'Zim appeals against release of activists' Zimbabwe has appealed against a court ruling ordering the release of top rights activist Jestina Mukoko and several others.
27-12 ION - Africa More immigrants arrive on Italian island Hundreds of African immigrants continue to arrive on the Italian southernmost island of Lampedusa.
26-12 ION - Africa Tension rises in Ghana before run-off Ghanaian voters are waiting for the second round of voting on tenter hooks as attacks between political parties become increasingly personal.
26-12 ION - Africa Detained Zim activists 'remain in jail' The Zimbabwean regime of Robert Mugabe has "no intention" of releasing a rights activist and several opposition figures, a lawyer said.
26-12 ION - Africa Lawyer and professor in Ghana run-off Two candidates will compete in a run-off in the second round of Ghana's presidential election. Here is a brief look at each.
26-12 ION - Africa 'Rebels raid DRC villages' Suspected rebels from Uganda's LRA have allegedly killed at least 26 civilians in the DRC.
25-12 ION - Africa Nkunda accuses army of breaching truce Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda has urged the UN to intervene after the state allegedly redeployed troops in the DRC volatile east.
25-12 ION - Africa Zim police ignore court order The freedom of human rights activists and other people kidnapped by Zimbabwe's police is "doubtful", their lawyer said.
25-12 ION - Africa Background to Guinea's Camara Captain Moussa Dadis Camara rose from relative obscurity to lead a coup in Guinea and then declare himself the new president, but his peers say he is no stranger to mutiny.
25-12 ION - Africa Ebola epidemic kills scores in DRC A deadly Ebola outbreak in the central DRC has reportedly killed nine and infected 21.
25-12 ION - Africa Guinea coup leader promises elections "Free and transparent" elections are being planned for Guinea, according to Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. Analysts beg to differ.
25-12 ION - Africa Take activists to hospital, Zim police told A judge has dismissed an argument by Zimbabwe police that human rights campaigners and activists were kidnapped to ensure national security.
25-12 ION - Africa Teacher jailed for kicking child to death An Egyptian maths teacher has been convicted of manslaughter after kicking a 11-year-old boy for allegedly failing to do his homework.
24-12 ION - Africa China helps Zim to fight cholera China had initially intended to donate cholera vaccines worth 500 000, but there were some technical problems.
24-12 ION - Africa Incoming Somali premier quits Mohamoud Mohamed Guled was named prime minister by President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed last week.