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Thousands of Cuban troops fought with Angola's Marxist government forces in the civil war
How Mobutu Sese Seko run a kleptocratic dictatorship in Congo for 32 years.
In the dying years of Apartheid, the white government was desperate to keep control.
Gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in her cabin in Rwanda on 26 December 1985
The socialist leader of Mozambique was killed in a plane crash and many were suspicious.
In 1986 the Kenyan government began a programme of secretly torturing suspected opponents
It is 25 years since the poet was imprisoned without trial in Malawi.
The journalist who became an unwitting voice against Ethiopian ruler Col. Mengistu
How a dramatic bonfire in Nairobi National Park highlighted the threat from poaching
In March 1990, Namibia became independent from South African rule.
He was the President of Liberia and in September 1990 he died a very violent death.
The biggest refugee camp in the world was established 21 years ago.
In 1991 14000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel during Operation Solomon
The civil war in Sierra Leone left hundreds of thousands of civilians dead or mutilated.
The story of the 1992 film which launched Nigeria's hugely successful movie industry
How one young woman fled war in Somalia to grow up in Kenya's massive refugee camp
The battle in Mogadishu in 1993 which had a dramatic impact on US foreign policy.
In 1993, Marguerite Barankitse came to symbolise hope for peace in Burundi's civil war
On April 6th 1994 the genocide in Rwanda began. Journalist Lindsey Hilsum lived through it
How Zambia overcame tragedy to reach the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1994.
In 1995, archaeologists in Egypt's Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery
The woman forced to bear the children of the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
How cross-country skiing united a Kenyan farmer and a Norwegian Winter Olympic hero
"Battle Bus" was a sculpture in memory of Nigerian environmentalist Ken Saro Wiwa
