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Commonwealth leaders accused on Zimbabwe

Commonwealth leaders gathering in Trinidad for a summit next Friday have surrendered their “moral leadership” by failing to act on the crisis in Zimbabwe, according to a report

Pretoria probes Guinea mercenary reports

Investigation follows allegations South Africans are illegally training and equipping militias loyal to the military junta

Ghana pledges tough curbs on spending

Ghana has pledged tough new checks on spending as it wrestles with a record budget deficit inherited from the former administration

Spanish opposition questions pirate ransom

Spain’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 kidnapping

UN to regulate farmland grab deals

The United Nations is developing a voluntary code of conduct for investors in agricultural land overseas, the first attempt to control a growing international trend

Hutu leaders arrested in Germany

German police have arrested two exiled leaders of the Rwandan Hutu militia alleged to have been behind a long campaign of atrocities in eastern Congo

China seeks reform of UN peacekeeping

A 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 2002

Audio slideshow: Quenching the thirst in Konso

Audio slideshow: See Barney Jopson’s report on WaterAid’s work to install wells and pumps in drought-stricken southern Ethiopia

Mining offers hope for Zimbabwe business

Mwana, 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 revival

Congo cuts back aid deal with China

Revisions 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

Crisis deepens at South African energy group

S Africa starts lobbying for 2020 Olympics

South Africa’s Gordhan calls for tax crackdown

China seeks Africa joint ventures

China pledges $10bn in loans to Africa

Puzzle remains as dog of war returns

Turkey defends Bashir invitation

South Africa drops Airbus contract

Editorial: Coup de theatre

ICC to launch inquiry into Kenya violence