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Page last updated at 02:50 GMT, Sunday, 4 January 2009

Supporters of John Atta Mills celebrate (03/01/09)
Opposition leader wins Ghana poll
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills narrowly wins Ghana's presidential run-off and vows to be a unifying leader.
Wind of change for Ghana
Profile: John Atta Mills
Ghana voters' views

Ethiopian soldiers in Mogadishu Ethiopia begins Somalia pullout
Ethiopia says its troops have begun pulling out of Somalia, after two years helping the government fight insurgents.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki Kenyan 'media gag' law approved
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki signs into law a media bill that journalists say will curtail press freedom.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Self-coronation of Emperor Bokassa I (Jean Bedel Bokassa) Good old days?
Why some fondly recall Bokassa dictatorship
Helen Suzman with a recently released Nelson Mandela on 26 February 1990 'Brave voice'
South African MP who spoke out against apartheid
Somali al-Shabaab militia at a military training camp outside Mogadishu Covert failure
Islamists unbroken despite Ethiopia's US backing

MORE FROM AFRICA
Zimbabwe activists to stay jailed
Migrant killed by Morocco police
Christmas massacres 'kill 400'
Brazil embraces spelling reforms
Couple jailed for Gambia sedition
Guinea junta names banker as PM
Ethiopia's pardoned critic jailed
Zimbabwe charges on 'toilet bomb'
Somalis killed as Islamists clash
African Union bars Guinea on coup

MORE FEATURES
Christmas quiz
The Big Picture: War games
Harare diary: 'Unhappy Christmas'
Bristol to Mogadishu, with love

BUSINESS
Cocoa prices hit a 23-year-high
WTO scraps plan for trade talks

AFRICA HAVE YOUR SAY
Sowetan kids What is next for Africa in 2009?


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Zimbabweans chant slogans praising Mr Mugabe Harare diary
A look back at the lows and highs of 2008 in Zimbabwe
Armed al-Shabab insurgents in Mogadishu 2009: New fears
Somalis wary as new year dawns with power vacuum
Mali supporters cheer in the stands in match between Mali and Nigeria (Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP - 25 January 2008) Year in pictures
From delighted cries to fishermen's warnings in Africa
OTHER TOP STORIES
EU force 'foils Somali pirates'
'Two die' in Mali grenade assault
'Bug' could combat dengue fever
Anti-apartheid icon Suzman dies
Rebels 'advancing towards CAR'
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Slates with writing in Algeria
AFRICAN SPORT
Somalia's Hassan Ali (right) Mrisho Ngassa of Tanzania (left) Somalia stun lacklustre Tanzania

Kalou on target in Chelsea draw
Weir wants Bougherra to stay put
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