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Drones are latest weapon against Somali piracy

US remote-controlled surveillance aircraft are being launched from the Seychelles to scour the Indian Ocean for pirates

Piracy battle must be won on land, not at sea

Spy drones, warships and helicopter gunships will not put an end to the threat, the problems lie in war-ravaged Somalis itself

War on pirates rests in creaking Kenyan courts

Efforts to keep shipping safe in the Gulf of Aden often hang on attempts to win convictions in a Mombasa courtroom

Anger as American cast as Winnie Mandela

South African film industry dismayed that Hollywood star has been cast for a movie on the life of the controversial figure

Coalition pulls Zimbabwe back from brink

An economic rebound is being attributed to the power-sharing deal between President Mugabe's Zanu-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC

From the archive: Mugabe stifles resistance with rape and murder

April 15, 1984: Peter Godwin finds evidence of brutality as troops lay siege to Matabeleland

SolarAid brings village its first picture show

A charity chosen for The Times Christmas Appeal is offering light to remote areas of Africa that can save lives and money

Death sentence for former British soldier upheld

Joshua French and his friend, Tjostolv Moland, a former Norwegian soldier, deny murdering their Congolese driver in May

Government ministers die in Mogadishu attack

Health and Education ministers killed in bomb attack on university graduation ceremony in Somali capital

Military leader of Guinea shot in attempted coup

President Moussa Dadis Camara, leader of hardline military junta, said to have been injured after being shot

Green energy offered to rural Africa

The Times Christmas Appeal witnesses a solar solution in that can transform poor people’s lives by providing light and energy

Super tanker and $20m cargo seized by pirates

The Greek-flagged 300,000-tonne Maran Centaurus oil tanker was hijacked on Sunday 800 miles off the Somali coast

£6bn Aids project 'not reaching most in need'

International Development Committee says that sex workers and drug-users are not benefiting from healthcare strategy

Piracy is costing shipowners millions in insurance

The cost of insuring container ships to travel through high-risk routes has risen fivefold in the past year

Inside the EU’s anti-piracy bunker

From a basement in Northwood, Middlesex, a joint task force is tackling pirates in the world’s most dangerous waters

Somali pirates seize oil tanker off Seychelles

The 300,000 tonne Maran Centaurus is only the second tanker to be seized by pirates off the East African coast

Cricket-loving Rwanda joins the Commonwealth

In another step forward after years of unrest and violence the central African state was approved at a two-yearly summit

alMegrahi linked to Libya’s chemical weapons

The man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing is implicated in the purchase and development of chemical weapons by Libya

Cabal seizes diamond riches to buy power

A valuable diamond field in Zimbabwe has fallen under the control of a select few at the top of the country’s security forces

Navy releases pirates caught red-handed

More than 340 suspected Somalian pirates have been captured in operations over the past year and subsequently released