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Page last updated at 00:07 GMT, Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Goodluck Jonathan - file photo from 13 November 2009
New acting president for Nigeria
Nigeria's Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan becomes acting president in place of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua.
Viewpoint: Should Nigeria split?
Nigerians still waiting
Nigeria's leader breaks silence

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, right, receives Chad President Idris Deby in Khartoum, Sudan, on 8 February 2010 Sudan and Chad to end hostilities
Sudan says it is ready to normalise ties with neighbouring Chad, raising hopes of an end to the Darfur conflict.

Al-Shabab militants, 01/01 Somali forces 'kill al-Qaeda man'
Somali officials say their soldiers have killed a "senior Jordanian al-Qaeda fighter" who also belonged to the al-Shabab group.

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