Guinean police arrest a protester on September 28, 2009 in front of the biggest stadium in the capital Conakry during a protest banned by Guinea's ruling junta. Opposition political parties, labor unions and civil society groups reacted by swiftly agreeing to proceed with the rally to protest against junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara Camara running in a presidential election. The protest was dispersed with tear gas. Speaking on national television on September 27, Interior Minister Frederic Kolie declared that 'all demonstrations on national territory are prohibited until the national holiday on October 2.'

American couple Iris Botros, left, and Louis Andros, center left, both of Durham, North Carolina, and Egyptian-born American Suzan Hagoulf, right, holding a photo of an unidentified infant, and her husband Medhat Metyas, 2nd right, are seen inside the defendant's cage of a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. An Egyptian judge has convicted two American couples of human trafficking in an illegal adoptions case and sentenced them to two years in prison.

A Ugandan policeman raises his weapon and a stick as he instructs residents to run along Wandegeya street in the capital Kampala September 12, 2009. Security forces in Uganda clashed with rioters for a second day on Friday over a row between the government and the kingdom of Buganda. Violence has been triggered by land and power disputes between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's government and leaders of Buganda -- one of Uganda's four ancient kingdoms.

Crowds attend the Homowo traditional festival at Teshie community in Ghana's capital, Accra, September 5, 2009. Homowo festival marks the beginning of a new harvest and is celebrated by the Ga people around the coastal regions of Ghana. Picture taken September 5, 2009.

Solidiers guard the city of Democracy, the offices of the Electoral Commission, on September 2, 2009 in Libreville while officials met candidates and party leaders ahead of an expected announcement of presidential vote results.