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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:44 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:20:31 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/africa(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/06d2bc86-d475-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/06d2bc86-d475-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlInvestigation follows allegations South Africans are illegally training and equipping militias loyal to the military juntaWed, 18 Nov 2009 19:12:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/85d354ba-d45b-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85d354ba-d45b-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlGhana has pledged tough new checks on spending as it wrestles with a record budget deficit inherited from the former administrationWed, 18 Nov 2009 16:15:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f9f34b8-d440-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f9f34b8-d440-11de-990c-00144feabdc0.htmlSpain's decision to pay up to $4m to Somali pirates to secure the release of a fishing ship and its crew is fuelling a controversy over how best to deal with kidnappingWed, 18 Nov 2009 13:52:33 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/be986784-d3a4-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be986784-d3a4-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlThe United Nations is developing a voluntary code of conduct for investors in agricultural land overseas, the first attempt to control a growing international trendWed, 18 Nov 2009 01:34:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6eb0ec02-d3bb-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6eb0ec02-d3bb-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlGerman police have arrested two exiled leaders of the Rwandan Hutu militia alleged to have been behind a long campaign of atrocities in eastern CongoTue, 17 Nov 2009 22:25:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bf4bd5e-d393-11de-9607-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bf4bd5e-d393-11de-9607-00144feabdc0.htmlA leading institute has recommended that China is given a more active role in policy planning and leadership in UN peacekeeping operations. China's participation in international peacekeeping has soared since 2002Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:00:40 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/eea6cc8a-cfb3-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eea6cc8a-cfb3-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlAudio slideshow: See Barney Jopson's report on WaterAid's work to install wells and pumps in drought-stricken southern EthiopiaMon, 16 Nov 2009 14:12:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0f90c34-cfa4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d0f90c34-cfa4-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlMwana, which also owns mining assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Angola, is seeking to prove the doubters wrong, with its gold-mining operations part of an embryonic Zimbabwean revivalThu, 12 Nov 2009 16:25:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a44cb6-ceef-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a44cb6-ceef-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlRevisions to one of China's most controversial investment deals in Africa will allow the Democratic Republic of Congo to take its first steps next week towards securing a new aid package from western donors who had objected to parts of the deal Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:48:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/32f21984-cef2-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32f21984-cef2-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlEskom chief still refusing to quit after chairman resigns and fears increase of supply troubles to come after next year's football World Cup Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:51:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc3e7506-cd7f-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc3e7506-cd7f-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlSouth Africa began laying the basis for a bid to host the 2020 Olympics when the most senior organiser of the 2010 World Cup dared Olympic organisers to turn down the chance to bring the games to the African continent for the first timeMon, 9 Nov 2009 22:53:58 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/460f47ce-cd5a-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/460f47ce-cd5a-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlFinance minister argues that tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations is draining essential revenues from developing countriesMon, 9 Nov 2009 18:50:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed5195d6-cd56-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ed5195d6-cd56-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlChina's state-backed Africa investment fund is seeking to break new ground by pushing Chinese companies to build infrastructure through joint ventures with African governments, according to a senior ­executive Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:51:16 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/96360102-cc6f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96360102-cc6f-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlWen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is 'plundering' the continent's oil and mineralsSun, 8 Nov 2009 18:59:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/367cc8aa-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fafricahttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/367cc8aa-cb01-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlIf Simon Mann was a dog of war, by the time he emerged from the notorious Black beach prison in Equatorial Guinea this week he looked thoroughly de-fangedFri, 6 Nov 2009 22:10:46 +0000