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Page last updated at 12:13 GMT, Wednesday, 25 November 2009

UN troops in DR Congo (file image)
UN-DR Congo rebel fight 'failing'
UN-backed forces are failing to stop Rwandan-Hutu rebels in eastern DR Congo, a report seen by the BBC reveals.
Congo’s multinational rebels
In pictures: Behind rebel lines
Congo gold 'still funding' rebels

Children eat in a camp in Mogadishu, Somalia (file image) Buy local, Somali rebels tell WFP
Powerful Islamist insurgents in Somalia tell the UN World Food Programme to stop importing food and buy local produce.

drought Climate cash is 'unaccounted for'
Funds promised to developing countries to help tackle climate change are unaccounted for, a BBC investigation finds.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Waves Waters rising
Two cities, in Africa and Europe, braced for higher seas
A man in Guinea holds up a photo of his son killed at the stadium Mass killing
Will UN unearth the truth of Guinea's stadium massacre?
Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee electricians Walter and Levy, in Soweto Power arrangers
The electricians who connect South Africans - for free

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Darfur rivals 'prepare new war'
Ivory Coast Climbie school opens
Most 'orphans' have living parent
SA economy grows again
US-Somali 'terror man' charged
French aid workers seized in CAR
S Africa creates World Cup courts

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Congo's enabling rhythms
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Minneapolis to Mogadishu

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Heritage sells oil field stakes
Trade deal agreed in East Africa

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Families continue to face difficult conditions if their children remain at home On the street
Kenya orphans face drug addiction and violence
men drinking sorghum beer bought from women sellers at Kauda market The next Darfur?
Region which could become new Sudan front line
Algerian fans celebrate on 18 November 2009 in the Barbes-Rochechouart neighbourhood of Paris, after the victory of Algeria over Egypt during the World Cup 2010 qualifying football match Not just a game
African writer asks if football is too big for its boots?
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Gaddafi 'to mediate' football row
Pirates attack tanker off Benin
Congo 'warlords' deny atrocities
Climate 'drives African conflict'
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HIV infections and deaths drop
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