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Page last updated at 23:57 GMT, Sunday, 22 November 2009

Guard in Guantanamo Bay detention centre (file image)
Algeria clears ex-Guantanamo men
Two Algerian men formerly held by the US in Guantanamo Bay are acquitted of terror charges at a trial on their return home.
Q&A: Closing Guantanamo
Obama vow on inmates
Country profile: Algeria

Hosni Mubarak Egypt leader enters football row
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak steps into a row with Algeria following violence over World Cup football matches.

Somalia locator map Al-Shabab 'captures Somali town'
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab says it has taken control of a key southern town without resistance from rival militants.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Ricky Lickabu from the band Staff Benda Bilili Enabling rhythms
Congo band shines despite disability and poverty
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

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EU gives Nigeria $1bn 'for peace'
UN condemns SA vineyard attacks
Sierra Leone police enlist youths
Ethiopia convicts coup plotters
Somalia 'to ratify UN child pact'
Mugabe army 'quits diamond field'
Hudson to play Winnie Mandela
US backs Guinea mercenary claim

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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
Jamal Bana Militants' grip
US Somali youths recruited by homeland radicals
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
OTHER TOP STORIES
Angola head urges action on graft
Four on Hajj killed by swine flu
Sani Abacha son 'must pay $350m'
'Many flee' Congo fishing clashes
Yacht pair plead for ransom talks
East Africa in historic trade pact
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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
Bryan Habana goes over for a try Four tries for Springboks against Italy

Injured Kallis will miss series
Nations Cup draw
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