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Ghana anger at UK gay aid threatGhana's President John Atta Mills (15 December 2010)

Ghana's President John Atta Mills rejects the UK prime minister's threat to cut aid if the West African nation refuses to legalise homosexuality.

An illegal Zimbabwean diamond dealer holding gems from Zimbabwe - (Photographed in Manica in Mozambique, near Zimbabwe's border, September 2010)Zimbabwe diamond sales approved

An international ban on Zimbabwe selling diamonds from several of its rich Marange mines is lifted by the watchdog which polices "blood diamonds".

Al-Shabab fighters pictured in Mogadishu, October 2011Eritrea 'not flying arms to al-Shabab'

Eritrea denies reports that it delivered weapons by air this week to the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab which is battling Kenyan troops in Somalia.

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Libyans celebrate at Martyrs" Square in Tripoli October 20, 2011.Libya: New era dawns

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