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17 November 2012 Last updated at 04:34 ET

Polls close in Sierra LeoneFruit vendor in front of a campaign poster for incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma, in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Polls close in the west African state of Sierra Leone in its third general election since the civil war in which more than 50,000 died.

Members of the security forces in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in 2009Nigeria Islamist chief 'killed'

Nigeria's army kills a top commander of militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, a military spokesman says.

Islamist fighters in Timbuktu, Mali, in August 2012Mali Islamists clash with rebels

Tuareg-led rebels and militant Islamists clash in northern Mali, as mediation efforts continue in Burkina Faso.

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