There is a major change to the rule regarding a second visit to Europe/Middle East in conjunction with travel to/from Africa.

The new wording is:^This is much simpler to understand than the previous version
^Gone is the restriction on flights between the two zones of the Europe/Middle East continent
Still there is the restriction on including South Africa or Mauritius if you go through the Europe Zone each way
Can no longer stopover on both visits if travelling one way through Europe and the other way through Middle East

I'm going to give myself a big pat on the back for this change - I believe my perserverance with BA last year has resulted in this rule change
(see posts 73 and 91 in this thread - http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onewo...cpt-done5.html)