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• Tuesday, 18 Jan 11

  Tue, 18 Jan 11

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  Protests continue in Tunisia as demonstrators call for a government free of Ben Ali's former ministers. Rwanda's President Kagame wants Interpol to help arrest four top dissidents. And why Hassan al-Turabi, the Sudanese Islamist opposition leader, needs to be careful what he wishes for.

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• Monday, 17 Jan 11

  Mon, 17 Jan 11

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  Tunisia on the edge as efforts continue to create a unity government, but protests continue. Social media blamed for creating public alarm about Nelson Mandela in South Africa. And why tensions in the oil-rich region of Abyei threaten the peaceful separation of north and south Sudan.

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• Friday, 14 Jan 11

  Fri, 14 Jan 11

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  Demonstrations continue in Tunisia. Goodluck Jonathan to carry Nigeria's PDP flag. And three former Rwandan high ranking military officers and a former prosecutor general sentenced to more than 20 years in jail.

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• Thursday, 13 Jan 11

  Thu, 13 Jan 11

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  Delays as Nigeria's ruling PDP party delegates hold presidential primaries amid tight security. Another day of running battles between police and demonstrators in Tunisia. And two days before polls close in the referendum on the independence of South Sudan, women take a moment to reflect.

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• Wednesday, 12 Jan 11

  Wed, 12 Jan 11

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  Why has the government fired a top official and released demonstrators in Tunisia? In Sudan: southerners expected to cross the magic sixty percent that would validate their vote for independence. And we hear what happened to Bruno the chimp in Sierra Leone.

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• Tuesday, 11 Jan 11

  Tue, 11 Jan 11

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  Protests continue in Tunisia; at least 50 people are now known to have died in clashes. Fresh violence in Ivory Coast as security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo target opposition strongholds. The independence referendum vote continues in south Sudan but there are reports of clashes in oil-rich Abyei.

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• Monday, 10 Jan 11

  Mon, 10 Jan 11

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  Clashes in Sudan's disputed oil-rich Abyei region on day two of the historic referendum on independence for the south. We speak to Rebecca Garang, whose husband led the southern Sudanese through two decades of war with Khartoum. And a Chinese vice premier on an Africa trip.

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• Friday, 07 Jan 11

  Fri, 7 Jan 11

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  Ghana's President John Atta Mills departs from West Africa's official stance on the crisis in Ivory Coast. Two days before an historic referendum on independence for South Sudan, the residents of the regional capital Juba go on their "final march to freedom". And the young man who foiled a terror attack in Mali earlier this week explains why he did it.

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• Thursday, 06 Jan 11

  Thu, 6 Jan 11

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  We hear how preparations are going in South Sudan for the referendum on independence which is due to begin on Sunday. The UN reveals ethnic clashes have caused deaths in the west of Ivory Coast; while Alassane Ouattara questions his rival's call for a recount of the presidential vote. And Malians still in shock as the man responsible for an attack on the French embassy in Bamako is being questioned by police.

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• Wednesday, 05 Jan 11

  Wed, 5 Jan 11

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  Countdown to the independence referendum in South Sudan’s, a senior American foreign affairs politician Senator John Carey commends President al-Bashir for saying he will recognise the vote outcome.... meanwhile, observer missions speak about what they're looking out for. As the Ivory Coast crisis shows no sign of ending, can the Catholic Church intervene? And there are growing security concerns in Nigeria after a number of gun and bomb attacks on civilians in Nigeria.

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