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28 January 2012 Last updated at 05:10 ET

Senegal Wade ruling fuels clashesTyres burn in a Dakar street (27 January)

Violence breaks out in Senegal after the country's top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office.

Wounds on the feet of a suspected Gaddafi loyalist at a detention facility in Misrata (Sept 2011)New Libya torture claims emerge

The BBC hears accounts from prison inmates in Libya suggesting that supporters of former leader Col Gaddafi are being tortured in detention.

Gabon players celebrate their dramatic win over MoroccoGabon stun Morocco with late winner

Co-hosts Gabon snatch an incredible late winner to put them through to the quarter-finals and send Morocco out. BBC Sport

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