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Page last updated at 09:56 GMT, Friday, 21 November 2008

Islamist fighters (File photo)
Fierce gun battle rocks Mogadishu
At least 15 people are killed as insurgents attack the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses say.
Fear grows of Islamists
Meeting the militants
Mogadishu 'ghost city'

UN troops in Goma 'Elite troops' needed in DR Congo
The 3,000 extra UN troops being sent to DR Congo must be elite soldiers from Europe, the UN's ex-peacekeeping chief says.

Robert Mugabe, 9 November 2008 S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe
South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Hijacked Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star 'Not just pirates'
Somali man says world ignores their real problems
A CNDP rebel fighter salutes Rewriting history
How Congolese rebels are changing life under their rule
Rebels in Darfur, Sudan See you in court
Could Darfur rebels meet Sudan leader in The Hague?

MORE FROM AFRICA
UK charities launch Congo appeal
UN calls for stop to Darfur fighting
Rwanda aide questioned in Paris
Rebels withdraw in DR Congo
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk'
Officials quit Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF

MORE FEATURES
Senegal bowled over by boules
Life in the shadow of deadly TB
Harare diary: New abductions
Somalis grow fearful of Islamists

BUSINESS
Daewoo leases African plantation
African free trade zone is agreed

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Kayma Victor Triangle of death
Villagers tell of life at the heart of Africa's war zones
Soldier in training Training mission
How Sandhurst was brought to the DR Congo
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South Africa poised to change famous rugby symbol
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