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Page last updated at 21:46 GMT, Monday, 6 July 2009 22:46 UK

President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf at the AU summit in Libya, 02/07
Sirleaf 'surprised' at ban call
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is surprised by a commission's call to bar her from office, her spokesman says.
Sirleaf 'sorry' she backed Taylor
Profile: Liberia's 'Iron Lady'
Country profile: Liberia

President Jacob Zuma, left, dances with a local dancer outside the high court in Durban, South Africa, on 7 April 2009 Zulu party snubs ANC merger call
A mainly Zulu opposition party rejects South African President Jacob Zuma's offer to join his African National Congress.

Robert Mugabe Mugabe calls US envoy 'an idiot'
The Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe brands a US envoy an "idiotic little fellow" with a condescending attitude.

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