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African famine
Ethiopian famine is not a new thing, much to the surprise of many
South African violence and deaths
Violence in South Africa leads to deaths
Amnesty and Chad
Report from Amnesty International accuses Chad of summary executions
Voice of the presenter
Presenter Hilton Fyle discusses his voice and the effect it has
Medecins sans Frontieres
Medecins sans Frontieres and its work in African countries
Organisation of African Unity (OAU)
Unity restored to the OAU at a summit in Addis Ababa
Russian military build up in the Seychelles
Fears over a Russian military build up in Indian Ocean, mainly in around the Seychelles
New chair of the OAU
A new chairman for the Organisation of African Unity
Somalian executions of SNM rebels
The 成人快手 World Service Somali section journalist's brother is executed in Somalia
Namibia's independence fight
In Namibia, the fight for independence as troops from Cuba and South Africa join in
Paris - Dakar motor rally
Report from Dakar, Senegal on the end of the Paris to Dakar rally
Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe elections and a move towards a one-party state
Photographer Mohamed Amin
Interview with acclaimed photographer Mohamed Amin
Nigerian Guardian journalists freed in Lagos
Two journalists imprisoned in Nigeria have been freed after seven months
Tanzania President Julius Nyerere on his retirement
Tanzania's Preisdent Julius Nyerere visits the UK
South African police fire on demonstrators
South African police open fire on demonstrators and a funeral march
Swaziland expels ANC members
Swaziland has expelled ANC members and warned people not to help the ANC
Liberia's national debt collection
A report on the Liberian government task force aimed at national debt collection
Assassination attempt on Liberia's Samuel Doe
Martin Plaut on an assassination attempt on President Samuel Doe of Liberia
Black women in South Africa
A report on what life is like for black women in South Africa
Journalists and the resistance
The work of the journalists who are reporting on Africa's resistance armies
South Africa's mixed marriage law
South Africa's race laws are changing to allow mixed marriage
Cameroon's lack of anglophile media
Why there is no anglophile daily newspaper in Cameroon
Lesotho miners among those sacked in South Africa
The sacking of 17,000 striking miners in South Africa
Ethiopia's TPLF
The Ethiopian TPLF is fighting women's cause
Coup d'etat in Guinea
A coup d'etat in Guinea, the head of state has been overthrown
Ugandan elections
Uganda prepares for elections
IMF's Nigerian loan conditions
Nigeria debates whether to accept the tough conditions attached to an IMF loan
Listeners' letters
Listeners' lessons feature at the start of the programme
Network Talkback
Answering letters from listeners expressing their views on African network programming
Making a life for the disabled
Those who have lost the use of their arms