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      <title>Cairo clashes over football anger</title>  
      <description>At least four people are killed in clashes between Egyptian protesters and police, amid ongoing anger over deaths after a football match.</description>  
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      <title>Many die at S Sudan peace meeting</title>  
      <description>At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan following a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials say.</description>  
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      <title>Ghana boosted by Annan resolve</title>  
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      <title>Famine 'over' in Somalia, UN says</title>  
      <description>Famine conditions have ended in war-torn Somalia six months after they were first declared but the situation remains serious, the UN says.</description>  
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      <title>Malaria toll 'is twice as high'</title>  
      <description>The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:07:13 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Uganda signs oil production deal</title>  
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      <title>Sinai gunmen release US tourists</title>  
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      <title>Mali protests over Tuareg rebels</title>  
      <description>Protesters surround the residence of Mali's president in angry protests over the government's handling of attacks by Tuareg rebels in the country's north.</description>  
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      <title>Call to reopen Taylor's defence</title>  
      <description>The court trying the former Liberian President Charles Taylor is asked to re-open the defence case to consider a UN report into Liberian mercenaries.</description>  
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      <title>Actor Imam is sentenced to jail</title>  
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      <title>Kenya takes 'key al-Shabab town'</title>  
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      <title>Zambia v Sudan</title>  
      <description>Preview of Saturday's first quarter-final between Zambia and Sudan at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:17:32 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Ivory Coast v Equatorial Guinea</title>  
      <description>Preview of Saturday's second quarter-final between Ivory Coast and co-host Equatorial Guinea at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.</description>  
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      <title>Newcastle v Aston Villa</title>  
      <description>Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Newcastle and Aston Villa in the Premier League.</description>  
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      <title>Nelson Mandela cookbook launched</title>  
      <description>Nelson Mandela's personal chef launches a cookbook featuring the statesman's favourite meals.</description>  
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      <title>Sudan win sparks Khartoum party</title>  
      <description>Impromptu celebrations break out all over the Sudanese capital - and further afield - as the national team qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:08:11 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>African viewpoint: Nigerian brinkmanship</title>  
      <description>Can the president’s new-found confidence help save the nation?</description>  
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      <title>African viewpoint: The politics of credit ratings</title>  
      <description>Should we care that most African nations don't have a credit rating?</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:29:58 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Going back to school</title>  
      <description>Zambian entrepreneur says cash not key to business success</description>  
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      <title>The joys of investing in Somaliland</title>  
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      <title>In pictures: Fighting forgotten tropical diseases</title>  
      <description>The aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is working to combat the tropical disease visceral leishmaniasis (also known as kala azar) in Africa.</description>  
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      <title>In pictures: Combating drought in the Horn of Africa</title>  
      <description>Images of East Africans learning to cope with drought</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:55:55 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Your pictures: Africa, a green continent</title>  
      <description>From verdant views to sweet oranges in your photos</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:36:56 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>In pictures: Focus on Africa in 2011</title>  
      <description>Freedom, flowers and famine - the year in photos</description>  
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      <title>In pictures: Giant guinea fowl art</title>  
      <description>Giant guinea fowl-inspired artwork takes on power and religion</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:59:03 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>In pictures: Saving baby Umi</title>  
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      <title>In pictures: Rwanda's poo-powered prisons</title>  
      <description>Rwanda's bean-eating convicts cook on gas from their own waste</description>  
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      <title>In pictures: Nigerians behind the lens</title>  
      <description>Photographs of how Nigerians see themselves</description>  
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      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Algeria</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:30:49 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Angola profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:51:26 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Benin profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13037572</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:52:27 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Botswana profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13040376</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:53:42 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Burkina Faso profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13072774</link>  
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      <title>Burundi profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13085064</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:03:18 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Cameroon country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Cameroon, including key events and facts about this former French and British colony in Africa</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13146029</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:43:30 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Cape Verde profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13148486</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00:36 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Central African Republic profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13150040</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:20:23 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Chad profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Chad, including key events and facts about this African country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13164686</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:06:56 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Comoros profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13229685</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:03:03 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Republic of Congo profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14121191</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:04:25 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Democratic Republic of Congo profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13283212</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:37:58 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Djibouti profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Djibouti, including key events and facts.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13231761</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:38:43 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Egypt profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Egypt, including key events and facts.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13313370</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:08:48 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Equatorial Guinea profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Equatorial Guinea</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13317174</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:44:11 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Eritrea profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Eritrea, including key events and facts for this country on the Horn of Africa.</description>  
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      <title>Ethiopia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Ethiopia, including key events and facts about this ancient former Christian empire in northeast Africa.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:03:53 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Gabon profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13376333</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:53:32 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>The Gambia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about The Gambia.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:54:08 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Ghana profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13433790</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:20 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Guinea profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13442051</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:59:46 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Guinea-Bissau profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13443186</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:22:01 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Ivory Coast profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Ivory Coast, including key events and facts about this west African country recently plagued by civil war.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13287216</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:41:13 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Kenya profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Kenya, including key events and facts of this East African country.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13681341</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:26:52 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Lesotho profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13728324</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:56:35 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Liberia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Liberia, including key events and facts about this West African country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13729504</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:51:27 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Libya country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Libya, including key events and facts about this major oil producer which was ruled by Colonel Gaddafi for 42 years.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13754897</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:22:04 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Madagascar profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13861843</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:34:25 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Malawi country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Malawi</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13864367</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:41:10 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Mali profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13881370</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:05:04 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Mauritania profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13881985</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:27:28 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Mauritius country profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Mauritius, including key events and facts about this ethnically diverse Indian Ocean island nation</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13882233</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:45:44 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Morocco country profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Morocco, including key events and facts about this mountainous kingdom at the far end of the Maghreb</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14121438</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:36:13 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Mozambique profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Mozambique, including key events and facts about this former Portuguese colony and its recovery from a long civil war in the 1980s.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13890416</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:20:50 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Namibia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Namibia, including key events and facts about this sparsely populated but stable country on Africa's south-west coast.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13890726</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:35:11 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Niger profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Niger, including key events and facts about this arid state on the southern rim of the Sahara.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13943662</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:13:49 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Nigeria profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Nigeria, including key events and facts about this oil-rich country with multiple ethnic and religious divides.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-13949550</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:37:52 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Rwanda country profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Rwanda, including key events and facts about this East African country that is still recovering from the genocide of 1994.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14093238</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:15:10 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Sao Tome and Principe profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Sao Tome and Principe, including key events and facts about this oil-rich island nation - one of Africa's smallest states.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14093493</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:50:17 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Senegal profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Senegal, including key events and facts about this west African country</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14093674</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:07:23 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Seychelles profile</title>  
      <description>Overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14093816</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Sierra Leone profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14094194</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:29:39 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Somalia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Somalia, including key events and facts about this civil war-wracked country on the Horn of Africa.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14094503</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:04:32 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>South Africa profile</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of South Africa, including key events and facts about this diverse country on Africa's southern tip.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14094760</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:47:35 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>South Sudan profile</title>  
      <description>Key facts, figures and dates</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14069082</link>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:49:39 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Sudan profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14094995</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:56:22 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Swaziland profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14095303</link>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:33:18 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Tanzania country profile - Overview</title>  
      <description>Provides an overview of Tanzania, including key facts and events as well as news</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14095776</link>  
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 18:20:09 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Togo profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Togo</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14106781</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:58:46 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Tunisia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Tunisia</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14107241</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:22:08 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Uganda profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Uganda.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-14107906</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:20:40 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Zambia profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Zambia.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:40 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Zimbabwe profile</title>  
      <description>Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Zimbabwe.</description>  
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      <title>Ceuta, Melilla profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:34:02 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Puntland profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:57:28 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Reunion profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:22:26 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Somaliland profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:28:32 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>St Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha profiles</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:36:29 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Western Sahara profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:52:41 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>Zanzibar profile</title>  
      <description>An overview</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:20:12 GMT</pubDate> 
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      <title>VIDEO: Cairo clashes over football anger</title>  
      <description>Protesters have gathered on the streets of Egypt's capital Cairo amid calls for more rallies over the deaths of 74 fans at a football match on Wednesday.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:57:37 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Tomatoes $16 per kilo in Luanda</title>  
      <description>When Wina Miranda moved from Indonesia to Luanda in 2008 with her engineer husband she but she was not prepared for quite how expensive the city is.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:24:40 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Deadly clashes over Senegal elections</title>  
      <description>Two people have been killed in the Senegalese capital during a demonstration against President Abdoulaye Wade's re-election bid.</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:44 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Calls to tackle Somalia problems</title>  
      <description>The UK has called for a stronger international approach to tackle the root causes of the problems in Somalia.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16804953</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:08:43 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Tunisian Jews reject calls to leave</title>  
      <description>In the wake of the Arab Uprising, which began a year ago in Tunisia, an Israeli government minister said that for their own safety all of Tunisia's remaining Jews should move to Israel.</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16805329</link>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:50:59 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>VIDEO: Nigeria at the heart of African economy</title>  
      <description>Despite recent violence in the country, Nigeria is still at the heart of an economic renaissance on the African Continent</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16800822</link>  
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:46:39 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>South Sudan's Nations Cup dilemma</title>  
      <description>Should southerners support Sudan at Cup of Nations?</description>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:11:31 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>'Extra-judicial' Nigeria killings spark fury</title>  
      <description>Is Nigerian army killing innocent Muslims after militant attacks?</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-16860954</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:52:40 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>The toughest place to be a fisherman</title>  
      <description>Log boats against trawlers - the toughest place to be a fisherman</description>  
      <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16841889</link>  
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:34:03 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Darker side of Egyptian football</title>  
      <description>Egypt's football fans care deeply about their teams - too much so</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:34:59 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Living in the world's most expensive city</title>  
      <description>Why Luanda is the world's most expensive city</description>  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:03:24 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Cinema opens up for Morocco's blind</title>  
      <description>How to 'watch' films when you can't see</description>  
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:40:06 GMT</pubDate>  
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      <title>Tunisia's Jews shun 'migrate to Israel' idea</title>  
      <description>The Jews who prefer North Africa to Israel</description>  
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:41:14 GMT</pubDate>  
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