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MSF ordered out of Niger
International NGO Médecins Sans Frontière (MSF), which recently started operations in Niger - mainly in the Maradi region (670 Km east of Niamey) where...
Al-Bashir promises to compensate Darfur victims
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir has pledged to offer state protection to the joint UN peacekeeping force in Darfur and scoffed at efforts to slap...
Europeans welcome Obama
If Germans could vote in US elections, then Barack Obama would probably win with ease.
More than 200,000 people packed into a central Berlin park...
Zimbabwe : A nation of billionaires
Where in the world could you be a multi-billionaire and still go hungry? The answer is, of course, Zimbabwe.
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)...
Expanded list of banned Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWE’S central bank governor, the country’s cricket boss, two journalists and several officials from the security services are all on a new expanded list...
Zuma’s court appearance may trigger violence
JACOB ZUMA, South Africa's ruling ANC president would be going to the courts in August and already warning of violence have been issued by...
Ngwenya now in charge of all security matters in Malawi
MALAWI leader, Bingu Mutharika has reportedly placed the intelligence security system in jeopardy by his need to get intelligence information from various sources and...
More sanctions on Zimbabwe
European Union foreign ministers widened sanctions against Zimbabwe on Tuesday, adding dozens more people to a list of individuals under a visa ban.
The list...
Mbeki at first SA-EU summit in France
South African President Thabo Mbeki is expected in France Friday where he will attend the first European Union-South Africa summit, official sources announced.
Shortly on...
International Court of Justice to solve border dispute
Gabon and Equatorial Guinea said on Tuesday that they had made substantial progress towards referring their border dispute to the International Court of Justice...
US-based Gambian opposition condemns coup celebration
The New York-based chapter of Gambia's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) on Wednesday condemned the celebration of the 14th anniversary of the 1994...
The Arab League to help secure peace in Darfur
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has said the Arab League needs to work closely with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations...
The new faces of Zimbabwe
For the first time since 1998 Morgan Tsvangirai, met Robert Mugabe and shook hands in a historic meeting to sign an agreement to pave...
US delegation ends visit in Rwanda
A delegation from the US Republican party Monday rounded off a short visit to Kigali as part of a global campaign to fight poverty...
14 years of President Jammeh in Gambia
Supporters of Gambia's ruling party, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC), are busy preparing to celebrate the 14th anniversary of President Yahya Jammeh's...
MDC – Zanu pf agreement : To be or no to be ?
ZIMBABWE'S political foes, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai could today- for the first time come in many years come face to face as they...
Odinga in the UK to promote investments in Kenya
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga leaves for the United Kingdom (UK) Monday, heading a high-powered government and private-sector delegation that will spell out the...
Al-Bashir’s indictment criticised by Arab league
The head of the Arab League travelled to Sudan on Sunday night to discuss an Arab plan aimed at defusing the crisis over the...
World Bank to cover drought risks in Malawi
Malawi, riding high on recent cereal surpluses, is hedging its bets against inclement weather disrupting its good fortune by using a financial derivative to...
Obama to take on the world
Purely as a matter of domestic politics, Barack Obama’s impending tour of foreign parts could be the most important manoeuvre of his campaign.
When...
Obama’s foreign policy unveiled
When Barack Obama delivered a key foreign policy address in Washington on Tuesday, he spoke in front of an array of US flags, from...
Obama attacked by McCain for pledging before going to Iraq
Barack Obama this week renewed his case for ending the war in Iraq and focusing attention on Afghanistan before a trip to the countries...
Minister slammed for suggesting replacement for ‘paralysed’ President
Zambia's ruling party on Monday rebuked a senior member after saying it was time to begin the process of choosing a successor for stricken...
Feuding President and Ex-President challenge constitution over third term ban to settle scores
Lawyers for Malawi's former President Bakili Muluzi will be in court Tuesday to argue that their client is still eligible to stand election despite...
Shock over New Yorker cartoon depicting Obama as a Muslim and Michelle Obama as a terrorist
The magazine considered the bible of the white, liberal US intelligentsia was under attack on Monday for a satirical cover depicting Barack Obama as...
South African Presidency : One foot in for Zuma
Jacob Zuma, the leader of South Africa’s ruling party, strengthened his hold on power over the weekend as his right-hand man assumed a cabinet...
Is President hitting it out with divorced former First Lady ?
Is Malawian President Bingu Mutharika doing the Madiba Act?
Well not that he is turning 90 or being jailed for 27 years, Mutharika is reportedly...
Robert Mugabe jumps for joy after UN decision
A UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent June 27 presidential poll boycotted by the opposition candidate was vetoed in...
Signs of civil strife as MDC supporters prepare to hit back
Zimbabwe now stands on the brink of civil strife, a new report released Thursday say.
This is the dire warning contained in a fresh report...
Jesse Jackson’s mic gaffe delivers a gift to Barack Obama ?
Jesse Jackson’s foul-mouthed tirade against Barack Obama in a Chicago television studio this week might have delivered the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate an unwitting...