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Pro-Ouattara forces storm Laurent Gbagbo's presidential home

Laurent Gbagbo again refuses to step down as his residence is surrounded by Alassane Ouattara's forces

Botswana's president on solving the crisis in Ivory Coast

Botswana's President Ian Khama criticises Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to surrender.

Abidjan calm as ceasefire negotiations continue

Following French and UN air strikes against Laurent Gbagbo's military, his government enters exit talks.

Pro-Ouattara forces spokesman confident of Gbagbo overthrow

'This is a surgical attack on very targeted areas... whatever time it takes, Gbagbo is going to have to leave'.

Nigeria's youth has little hope at elections

Seventy percent of Nigerians are under thirty, what do election candidates have to offer the young?

Price hikes expected in Mozambique as government ends subsidies

The Mozambique goverment has said that it can no longer afford to subsidise fuel prices.

Daaba's singing wells

Villagers in northern Kenya no longer have to walk 70 km to access water for their needs.

Kenya's condom crisis

Kenyan health minister on the country's current condom shortage.

Tipo Msafiri

Bucking Bukavu's music scene

Boko Haram sect strikes fear in northern Nigeria

Radical Muslim group has been waging war with Nigerian security forces in Borno state.