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Page last updated at 09:07 GMT, Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Election winner John Atta Mills gives thanks for his victory in church in Accra, 4 January
New man to take office in Ghana
Thousands of people gather in Ghana's capital to see President-elect John Atta Mills sworn in after his narrow poll win.
Wind of change for Ghana
Profile: John Atta Mills
Ghana voters' views

Niger Delta militants Nigerian pirates free nine crew
Nine crew members of a French ship taken hostage at the weekend off the coast of Nigeria have been released.

A malnourished boy at a feeding center in southern Ethiopia in June 2008 Ethiopia imposes aid agency curbs
Ethiopia's parliament passes a bill imposing restricting aid work, for example promoting the rights of children.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Mali cattle crossing In pictures
Who wins the booby prize in Mali cattle crossings?
Robert Mugabe surrounded by soldiers Year of change?
Mugabe's exit and other forecasts for Africa in 2009
A hospital in Nigeria Kiss of life
Brave doctors try to revive Nigeria's health system

MORE FROM AFRICA
Somalis 'filling' Ethiopian gaps
Crisis talks for Kenya coalition
Tunisian bomb attack trial opens
Zimbabwe cabinet 'next month'
Guinea junta pledges 2009 polls
S African icon Suzman buried

MORE FEATURES
Good old days?
Suzman 'brave voice'
Harare diary: Best of 2008
The Big Picture: War games

BUSINESS
Cocoa prices hit a 23-year-high
WTO scraps plan for trade talks

AFRICA HAVE YOUR SAY
Ghana's National Democratic Congress supporters cheer presidential victory What lessons from Ghana's poll?


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Zakumi, the official mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup (archive picture) World Cup hopes
Africans hope to cash in on the 2010 football tournament
Atta Mills supporters celebrate Wind of change
Narrow win for Ghana opposition in presidential run-off
A boy plays inside an oil drum at the waterfront in Lagos, Nigeria Fuelling greed
The distortion of values in oil-rich Nigeria
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Gunmen kidnap Nigerian novelist
Zuma 'seeks to take third wife'
Ebola alert shuts Angolan border
Niger awards huge uranium licence
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Sudan struggle as Kenya revive
Cricket: Run-chase for South Africa
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