Angolans head to the polls for the first time in 16 years; South Africa's governing ANC give President Mbeki his marching orders; and Somali pirates seize a Ukrainian ship with a cargo of arms.
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30th September
A Ugandan minister wants relief organisations to withhold food aid from the rebel LRA.
The US congress reject the $700 billion dollar financial rescue plan - should Africa be worried?
The Premier of South Africa's richest province quits out of loyalty to the former president.
Three Somali's on a hijacked Ukranian ship are reported to have died in a shootout.
29th September
The foreign tourists and Egyptian guides kidnapped ten days ago have been freed.
Amnesty report says child soldiers are being recaptured and forced to fight in DR Congo.
Pirates demand $20 million for a ship-load of weapons hijacked off the Somali coast.
28th September
The leader of a self-defence militia in Mali is arrested in neighbouring Niger.
26th September
Another ship is hijacked off the Somali coast - this time one carrying miltary tanks.
Two men of Somali origin arrested at a German airport in connection with terrorism.
New proposals from the United Nations to get the Chad peace talks back on track.
Pledges by world leaders of over three billion dollars for a new Global Malaria Action plan.
25th September
South Africans get a new President as Kgalema Motlanthe is sworn in to office.
Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe says he sees no reason why he can't work with the opposition.
South Africa's new president - Kalema Motlanthe if all goes to plan - will be sworn in.
24th September
British government announces USD 50 million aid to Ethiopia for humanitarian relief.
Hundreds flee continued fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Ten years on, the African Court on Human and People's Rights has not heard any cases.
AU troops in Somalia come under sustained and heavy attack. Are they the answer?
23rd September
Transparency International says corruption costs Africa half the global aid budget.
Political drama in South Africa as cabinet members and other ministers resign.
South African President Mbeki's brother reacts to his announced departure from office.
Hands off the Sudanese president Omar el-Bashir - Africa tells the United Nations.
22nd September
Foreign tourists kidnapped in Egypt. The authorities blame ransom seekers.
Opposition leader Helen Zille of the Democratic Alliance party reacts to Mbeki's resignation.
The political fallout in South Africa following President Mbeki's resignation.
21st September
Twelve abducted Mauritanian soldiers are slain and their bodies dumped in the desert.
It's curtains for South Africa's president Thabo Mbeki as his party shows him the door.
20th September
Swaziland awaits the outcome of yesterday's parliamentary elections.
An uncertain future for South Africa's President Mbeki as his party deliberates his future.
19th September
New parliamentarians are being elected in Swaziland although not everyone is voting.
South Africa's president condemns critics in his own party calling for his removal.
Voters in Swaziland go to a controversial poll today to elect a new parliament.
Ceasefire signing between some of Somalia's warring parties on the cards in Djibouti.
18th September
Pro-democracy demonstrations rock Swaziland on the eve of parliamentary elections.
No cabinet yet in Zimbabwe as power sharing talks stall over allocating ministeries.
Pro-democracy groups blockade Swaziland's borders on the eve of parliamentary elections.
As Zimbabwe's leaders prepare to choose a cabinet, President Mugabe shares his regrets.
17th September
South African prosecutors to appeal high court ruling to dismiss charges against Zuma.
It's impossible to know who won Kenya's last elections, says an independent commission.
New Niger Delta Commission Chairman speaks about the area's latest violence.
Opposing sides meet in Djibouti to hammer out final details of a ceasefire in Somalia.
16th September
Zimbabwe's PM calls for forward thinking in his first BBC interview after the peace deal.
South Africa's president called to resign by the opposition and the ANC youth league.
In Somalia, Al Shabaab threatens to halt Mogadishu's international airport operations.
The political deal may be signed but are Zimbabweans in exile ready to return home?
15th September
The leaders of Zimbabwe's three main parties announce a power-sharing agreement.
Should those who fled Zimbabwe go home? Exiles in Botswana speak out.
Rwandans go to the polls this morning to begin voting in parliamentary elections.
Zimbabwe's political rivals are set to sign a historic power-sharing deal.
14th September
On the eve of parliamentary elections in Rwanda, is the country ready?
Last minute activities in Zimbabwe ahead of announcement on power-sharing.
13th September
Nine Senegalese officials indicted in France over the 2002 Joola ferry disaster.
Complaints over campaigning from opposing political parties as Rwandans get ready to vote.
12th September
ANC leader Jacob Zuma will not face corruption or fraud charges in South Africa.
Internally displaced people in Kenya face forcefull eviction from a camp in Eldoret.
Rape survivors in the DRC recount their ordeals in a new campaign against the vice.
11th September
Can the peacekeeping force really sort out Darfur's problems? We ask the force commander.
Thousands of internally displaced Kenyans told to leave camp by tomorrow morning.
The ruling MPLA party reflects on a resounding win.
10th September
Urgent security needed for thousands of civilians in Chad, says aid agency Oxfam.DRC's army accused of exploiting the country's mineral wealth and colluding with rebels.
An outbreak of the deadly bird flu is confirmed outside the Togolese capital, Lome.
We learn about the world's largest science experiment and it's impact on Africa.
9th September
Kenyan authorities step up their fight against a dreaded goat and sheep plague.
Calls for investigation around presumed mass grave found on the Namibia/Angola border.
Angolan opposition UNITA party concedes defeat in last Friday's parliamentary vote.
No deal in sight yet, as rival political parties in Zimbabwe resume mediation talks.
8th September
South Africa's ANC leader appears on the internet social networking site Facebook.
Angola's ruling MPLA dismisses allegations of election irregularities.
South Africa's president attempts a last ditch effort to strike a deal in Zimbabwe.
Angolans are now waiting for confirmation of what looks like a landslide victory for the ruling MPLA.
7th September
Ordinary Moroccans are suspicious as they play host to the US Secretary of State.
Early provisional results give Angola's governing party a strong election lead.
6th September
Angola's historic parliamentary elections spill over to a second day after a chaotic start.
Libya and the US cement their new-found friendship with a high-level US official visit.
5th September
Landmark voting gets underway in Angola.
Hopes for equality in their own country by returning black Mauritanians.
Zambia's ruling party picks its candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections.
4th September
Ministers and UN disarmament meet to discuss ways of stopping the flow of small arms.
Ethiopians celebrate the unveiling of an ancient monument.
How ready is Angola for landmark elections?
3rd September
Zambians say farewell to President Levy Mwanawasa who was buried in Lusaka today.
African leaders pay their last respects to the late Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa.
Pirates strike again off the Somali coast, capturing a vessel carrying French tourists.
Electoral violence rears its ugly head in the north of Ghana.
2nd September
A conference in Accra, Ghana explores the effectiveness of international aid.
An aircraft with aid workers crashes into the mountains in the DRCongo with no survivors.
A Sudanese editor dismisses government orders to suspend his newspaper.
An Egyptian MP has been stripped of his immunity and charged with the murder of a Lebanese singer.
1st September
The UN head of humanitarian affairs issues a bleak warning on the situation Ethiopia.
Why are Kenyan torture victims not happy with the compensation they've been given.
Bush fires and bad weather leave a trail of destruction in South Africa.
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