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Film director Simon Bright discusses his new film about Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's triumphs and failings.

President Joyce Banda says Malawi will overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994.

Swaziland's King Mswati III is among controversial monarchs expected at a Diamond Jubilee lunch hosted by The Queen later.

US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security in Africa ahead of a G-8 summit near Washington.

Zambia's sports minister says that funds are finally in place to secure the services of Africa Cup of Nations-winning coach Herve Renard.

Save the Children says serious malnutrition has spread across the African state of Niger, despite giving warnings for months about the situation.

A painting showing President Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out sparks the anger of South Africa's ANC, which says it will go to court.

Angola's Supreme Court blocks the appointment of the election commission head, seen as a close ally of President dos Santos.

The UK asks other donors to help Malawi's new government, which has devalued the currency as demanded by the IMF.

The young Farka Toure still singing Mali's desert blues

Contradictory opinion polls give few clues on Egypt's election

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Sudan to try to restart talks between Sudan and South Sudan after heavy fighting last month.

2012-05-17 - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_PAIGC_%28variant%29.svgFor Guinea-Bissau to achieve stability, there must be a return to constitutional order and a conclusion of presidential elections.

2012-05-16 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyk3r/2087147146/By the late 2000s, the bed had turned into a fully fledged forest. Not content with what were already very decent wage packages financed by the public purse, high-ranking politicians and public sector officialdom at every level were awarding themselves with super-salaries and a huge range of benefit sweeteners. Indeed, South Africa has to be one of the countries in the world where the majority of this public sector ‘cadre’ are made millionaires every year and that’s not counting what many of them make on the side.

2012-05-16 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/31100956@N06/4036385714/The South African academic community should break out of its “silent and inert”, albeit sympathetic, posture toward the Palestinians and fully reject cooperation with Israeli institutions.

Why the banks must be nationalized 2012-05-17 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbobolas/3418258257/As central bankers from China to Venezuela and from Argentina to Japan are seeking ways to exit from the contagion of the speculative trading of US bankers, progressive forces must renew the call for the nationalization of the big banks, which are supposed to be too big to fail.

2012-05-17 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/expertinfantry/5416253564/The story of Haiti represents that of the Africa of today: trying to stand up, to reconstruct, to rebuild, she stumbles, hesitates, and sometimes retreats in the face of threats from the watchdogs seeking to liquidate humanity and replace it with a substitute known as humanitarianism.

2012-05-16 Something fishy is definitely going on in the belated trial of journalist Ramiro Aleixo over articles he wrote nearly five years ago. It is an extraordinary opportunity to evaluate the Angolan judicial system.

2012-05-17 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiap/5082202709/The celebrated Kenyan writer reflects on how much India has been an important thread in his life and in the wider anti-colonial struggle in Africa, and calls for greater interaction between Africa, Asia and South America to escape the long shadow of the ‘Age of the European Empire’.

2012-05-17 - https://plus.google.com/photos/104137798352539516133/albums/5532003071968325601/5582467686755000034?banner=pwaDr Nawal al Saadawi’s continued hope, after decades of persecution by the Egyptian political and religious authorities, and the as yet unfilled promise of Tahrir, offers inspiration to everyone challenging the violence and abuses of patriarchy and capitalism.