Supporters of Mozambique's President Armando Guebuza's ruling FRELIMO party distribute pamphlets in Maputo, on the last day of campaigning, October 25, 2009. The country goes to the polls on October 28 for the presidential and parliamentary elections. Picture taken October 25, 2009.

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore (L) is welcomed at Conraky airport by the Guinean leader Moussa Dadis Camara (R) on October 5, 2009 in Conakry. Blaise Compaore, a mediator for the regional ECOWAS block, started talks in Guinea with the military junta and the opposition a week after a massacre by security forces in Conakry.