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The removal of President Jacob Zuma as the South African president is not on the ruling party's National Executive Council (NEC) meeting agenda this week. The NEC is having its first ordinary sitting since the ANC's 106 birthday celebrations in December where Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the new party president. SOUNDBITE
South Africa announces it is pulling its troops out of Central African Republic, after the death of 13 of its soldiers in Bangui. Meanwhile, in Soweto, residents celebrate Nelson Mandela's recovery in hospital. We also discover Ivory Coast's latest fight against internet scammers. Finally, we will catch up with singer Alpha Blondy at his recent concert in Paris.
First, we bring you an exclusive report from our reporter embedded with the French army in northern Mali. Next, we look at how the Congolese M23 rebel movement has split into two with one wanting talks with the army and the other wanting to keep fighting it. Finally, we meet the African model who inspired French designer Yves Saint Laurent in the 1980s.
Northern Mali is slowly getting back to life without Islamist rule, but for many Arab families, things are almost worse than before. Next, the case of Oscar Pistorius, accused of the murder of his girlfriend, is provoking a new debate on gun control in South Africa. And the short film "Asad" not only takes a hard look at how boys are pushed into piracy in Somalia - it's also up for an Academy Award.
Could the next Pope be from Africa? We look at some of the cardinals on the continent who just might be up for the Catholic Church’s top job. Next, history was made in Kenya this week as TV viewers watched their first ever live presidential debate. And there's shock in South Africa as national hero Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee 'Blade Runner', is charged with murder.
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