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Wednesday 29th October
Last month, the World Bank announced that it was pulling out of the flagship Chad oil project because agreements to make sure profits from oil extraction reach the local population had not been respected. A meeting in Athens of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative or EITI, aims to get mining companies and governments to disclose how much they earn. Representatives from Chad's civil society will be there - Could EITI help to put monitoring of Chad's oil wealth back on track? The BBC'sCeleste Hicks sent this report from N'Djamena
Monday 27th October
Chakuchanya Harawa took a trip to a deprived area just outside of the capital Lusaka to find out if residents feeling optimistic ahead of Zambia's presidential election.
Friday 24th October
While stock markets and investors across the world struggle against what may be one of the worst global financial crises the world has ever seen, Madagascar plans to set up a stock exchange. In Antananarivo, the BBC's Christina Corbett, asks why the current financial crisis hasn't scared them off.
Thursday 23rd October
Rural areas in Zambia rely utterly on local radio stations for their information. With elections coming up next week their role is crucial because there are complaints that privately owned media houses are biased towards the opposition and the public broadcaster is accused of favouring the incumbent.Where does this leave those who need balanced, clear information? Musonda Chibamba visited a radio station in Mongu in the south west
Friday 17th October
The World Health Organisation has been holding workshops in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in an effort to reduce the high levels of sexually transmitted diseases - particularly HIV - among sex workers. The sex industry operates on the margins of the law and is often difficult to reach with health campaigns and projects. Our correspondent John James reports from the streets of Abidjan.
Thursday 16th October
This year's World Food Day comes at a time of crisis: rising food prices for consumers, rock bottom prices for producers, unstable oil prices, mayhem in the global financial markets and food insecurity. Well they used to say there's plenty of fish in the sea, or is there? Our Ghana correspondent David Amanor visited a fishing community in the Central Region port town of Elmina and found that despite good yields of fish, all is not well.
Wednesday 15th October
According to the UN's office of humanitarian affairs, over 40,000 people have been displaced following attacks on several villages in the north east of DR Congo by the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army since the middle of last month in the Dungu territory. Most of the affected fled to the main town of Dungu as well as nearby villages. At least 50 people were killed and over 100 abducted, the majority of them children. The displaced people are now living in very uncertain conditions as the BBC's Thomas Fessy found out when he visited the area recently.
Tuesday 14th October
Despite the state of chaos and bloodshed in Iraq for the past five years since the US led invasion, the country still offers employment for many of Africa's jobless. Now, workers in Sierra Leone have had this source of employment closed to them by new goverment legislation banning the practice. We get reaction from Sierra Leoneans, but first our correspondent Lansana Fofana asks the Minister if Labour and Employment, Minkailu Mansaray why they've made this move.
Monday 13th October
The wives of the Presidents from seven West African countries have organised a meeting in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagdougou, to discuss ways of ending Female Genital Mutilation or FGM. FGM is still practiced in around 30 countries in Africa. Despite years of campaigning and numerous laws, the practice is still carried out on an estimated two million women every year, according to Amnesty International. From Ivory Coast, our correspondent, John James looks at the situation around the continent.
Does what goes on behind closed doors for consenting adults in a hotel room matter to its management? Apparently in Kenya it does. A few hotels in Nakuru town are demanding a marriage certificate for any man and woman booking a room for the night or day. One such hotel is Murui's Guest House which was visited by our Western Kenya correspondent, Muliro Telewa.
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