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Page last updated at 22:46 GMT, Friday, 20 November 2009

Protestors near the Algerian embassy in Cairo
Riot over Egypt football defeat
Police are injured as Egypt fans' anger over reported violence after a World Cup game erupts in Cairo.
Egypt could quit internationals
Algeria qualify for World Cup
Egypt and Algeria: Football rivals

Nigeria's former leader General Sani Abacha, file image Sani Abacha son 'must pay $350m'
A Swiss court orders the seizure of $350m in assets from the son of Nigeria's ex-ruler Sani Abacha after a 10-year investigation.

Democratic Republic of Congo map 'Many flee' Congo fishing clashes
More than 50,000 people flee DR Congo amid deadly ethnic clashes over fishing rights in the north-west, the UN says.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
An EU taskforce soldiers shoots Dangerous seas
Can EU's taskforce defeat pirates off Somalia coast?
A Nigerian beach football player In pictures
From football flips to goat migrations in Africa's week
Jamal Bana Militants' grip
US Somali youths recruited by homeland radicals

MORE FROM AFRICA
Somalia 'to ratify UN child pact'
Mugabe army 'quits diamond field'
Hudson to play Winnie Mandela
US backs Guinea mercenary claim
Somali woman stoned for adultery
Hijacked tanker's captain 'dies'
Africa population tops a billion
Sudan cattle clashes kill dozens

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Hard choices in Malawi
Pictures: Sierra Leone recovery
Rebels Inc in DR Congo
In pictures: Algeria joy

BUSINESS
Super-jumbo flights to seat 840
Congo gold 'still funding' rebels

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Algerian fans supporting their team Are you ready for Angola?


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Archive photo of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his brother Said, May 2007 Family affair
Is North Africa succumbing to dynastic rule?
Cows in Botswana Beefing up
How Botswana is putting more meat on its beef industry
Ahmed Muhamed Dore and his wife on their wedding day African view
Trust this headline: 'Somali man, 112, weds bride, 17'?
OTHER TOP STORIES
Yacht pair plead for ransom talks
East Africa in historic trade pact
EU gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace'
UN condemns SA vineyard attacks
Sierra Leone police enlist youths
Ethiopia convicts coup plotters
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President Umaru Yar'Adua, file image Nigeria's leader delays budget because politicians squabble about venue

Roast chicken Sage, onion... or gold? South African thief tries new chicken stuffing

AFRICAN SPORT
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Fifa to probe Egypt over attacks
Semenya tests not complete - IAAF
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