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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
President Doe of Liberia
A public address by President Samuel Doe of Liberia
Nigeria's yellow fever epidemic
An outbreak of yellow fever grips Nigeria
Ben Mandelson's African pop adventure
Musician Ben Mandelson aims to bring lesser known African pop to the forefront
Detentions in South Africa
South African's prepare to spend Christmas without members of their family
The Republic of Djibouti
The appeal of the Republic of Djibouti
Mauritania goes to the polls
Mauritania votes in the first open elections for 26 years
South Africa's black miners' strike
Black miners strike in South Africa
Amnesty for Ugandan rebels
Uganda sets a three-month amnesty for rebels and former soldiers
Ghana's president - Jerry Rawlings
Interview with Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings
Ghana PNDC minister of finance
Ghana's PNDC minister of finance talks to the programme
Angola braced for South African offensive
Angola braces itself for a South African offensive