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Gaddafi's offensive against Libya's rebel held towns intensifies

Pro-government planes bomb Brega airport and opposition forces in nearby Ajdabiya.

How significant was the rebel victory in Libya oil city of Brega?

The armed capacity for outright victory of both pro and anti-Gaddafi forces appears unlikely.

Why has African response to the Libyan crisis been so muted?

Mozambique's President Guebuza on the lessons to be learnt from Libya's crisis.

Libya unrest: battle over an oil town in the north east

Pro-Gaddafi forces reportedly repelled after targeting Brega and its oil installations in a counter-offensive.

Gbagbo forces open fire on women's demonstration

Laurent Gbagbo's forces open fire on demonstrators in the north of the commercial capital, Abidjan killing at least six women.

UNHCR say attacks by the Lords Resistance Army in DR Congo have risen

Voices from the town of Faradje following an attack by the Lords Resistance Army in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sudanese activists escape to the south after being arrested for demonstrating

Protestors inspired by events in the Middle East talk about why they fled to south Sudan.

'Mama Salone'

Rapper Innocent's song to celebrate 50 years of independence in Sierra Leone.

Fespaco 2011

Algerian director Abdelkrim Bahloul on his Journey to Algiers.

African opinion

Writer Farai Sevenzo on how Gaddafi's African connections are being used against Africans.