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The Libyan commander whose forces captured Col Gaddafi tells the BBC of the ex-leader's last moments and says he tried to keep him alive.
The United Nations children's organisation, Unicef, has discovered an outbreak of polio in Madagascar.
A cameraman for the Nigerian state-run television network is killed in northern Nigeria, apparently by Islamist militants Boko Haram.
Why do extended families "hijack" Ghanaian funerals?
How important are Tunisia's polls for the rest of the continent?
Article written by Andrew Harding
Andrew Harding
Africa correspondent
12:52 UK time, Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Torture claims
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Baptism of blood
Gaddafi's brutal end could come back to haunt new Libya
Grotesque theatre
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Looking forward
What Tunisians want from country's first free general election
Zimbabwe dictionary unifies rival sign languages
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