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Q&A: The Doha Round of World Trade Organisation

What is the point of the talks? | What would a deal look like? | What is the timeframe? | Why is the US election so important?

Free trade: the sticky issue of bananas

On the eve of the world trade summit, negotiators have yet to reach agreement over imports of the fruit into Europe

Poachers terrorise Zimbabwe’s rhinos

Zimbabwe's rhinos and elephants are at risk as thousands are snared by poachers or shot illegally

Bongo, the des res despot

President of Gabon uses treasury cash to fund luxury lifestyle in Europe for him and his family

Mandela, 90, warns against forgetting African poor

Former South African leader, who led country out of apartheid, celebrates 90th birthday in village where he grew up

Nation toasts Nelson Mandela at 90

World's best loved statesman retreats to his rural roots to celebrate his 90th birthday as his countrymen pay him tribute

Scientists make gene link to African HIV epidemic

A genetic variant which is carried by 90 per cent of Africans has been found to raise the risk of infection by 40 per cent

UK drug-smuggling girls freed from Ghana jail

Two teenagers from London freed after spending 12 months behind bars in Accra for smuggling cocaine

Sudan threat: we will turn Darfur into a graveyard

Furious reaction as international prosecutor accuses President al-Bashir of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

Warning of more violence and blood

Crowds took to the streets as President al-Bashir faced indictment by the International Criminal Court

Brown turns to EU after failed Zimbabwe vote

PM vows to raise pressure on Zimbabwe with European help and denounces China and Russia's veto against UN sanctions

The music that healed

How Mandela got the Springboks to sing the black resistance anthem

My friend Nick, the forgotten mercenary of the wonga coup

James Brabazon tells how the man who twice saved his life became involved in the ill-fated plot to seize power in Equatorial Guinea. The hired gun...

No 10 plans new curbs on Mugabe after setback

Gordon Brown is set to press ahead with tougher sanctions against Zimbabwe despite Russia and China's vetoes at the UN

West suffers historic defeat over Zimbabwe sanctions

Russia and China wielded their veto to kill a resolution imposing UN sanctions on President Mugabe and his inner circle

Britain to continue to fight for UN envoy despite veto

Foreign Secretary David Miliband said a decision by Russia and China to block Western sanctions against Zimbabwe was "incomprehensible"

Peacekeepers face attack over genocide charges

Sudan’s Ambassador to the UN gave warning of revenge attacks saying: 'All options are open for us. All reactions are open'

Charges would be justice over peace

In endless conflict between peace and justice in Sudan, justice has the upper hand as Omar al-Bashir faces genocide charge

Villagers in Darfur living in fear of attack

Out of the sky and out of the shadows: how death keeps its cold grip on villagers living through the conflict in Darfur

Zimbabwe facing UN sanctions

The African country will become a pariah state tonight when the United Nations punishes Robert Mugabe's crimes