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Few remaining employees in Zimbabwe stuck at home as prices sky rocket
As the economic situation continues to worsen in Zimbabwe most civil
servants have stopped going to work as they have run out money for
transport.
AS the...
Is Obama’s background still an issue in the US presidential race ?
When Democrats criticise John McCain, they first praise his honourable military record. When Republicans do the same to Barack Obama, many begin by conceding...
Prime Minister Odinga should resign, says MP
Kenyan parliamentarians Tuesday asked Prime Minister Raila Odinga to resign over the sale of a five-star hotel, but the call forced the Speaker to...
Obama – McCain : Fighting for New York’s natural resource
It’s politics as usual in New York City, the financial capital and political pariah of the US.
By Sarah Mishkin in New York ...
Sierra Leone elections free, fair and orderly
The Acting Executive Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Mr. Michael v.d. Schulenburg, has described Saturday council polls in the country...
Obama’s health plan tackles disparity : Scrapping risk-based pricing
A Barack Obama administration would seek to ban risk-based pricing on all individual health insurance plans to stop companies cherry-picking healthy customers, a senior...
Mbeki’s PM proposal for Tsvangirai suspicious ?
South Africa’s president has proposed for a creation of a Prime Minister post for Morgan Tsvangirai but Robert Mugabe would remain president.
Under the power...
Secret video of how Mugabe rigged the elections released
Between June 18 and 20, Zimbabwean armed forces were made to vote days before the general elections. The reason given by the ZEC (Zimbabwe...
Mugabe asks to be obeyed or else …
Zimbabwe’s political crisis deepened on Friday when on his return to the country from the African Union summit in Egypt, Robert Mugabe said there...
Mbeki in Zimbabwe to mediate between MDC and Zanu-PF
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa arrived in Zimbabwe Saturday for talks with President Robert Mugabe and other political leaders to try and break...
Is Obama’s determination making or breaking him ?
Brendhan from Florida is not happy with Barack Obama. “What the heck is going on?” he asks the senator in a blog entry on...
Vodafone lands telecom deal in Ghana amid foul cry from opposition
The Ghana government and mobile giants, Vodafone Thursday announced a deal under which the UK-based company will buy 70 per cent of its shares...
South Africa insists on a transitional and not unity gov’t in Zimbabwe
An echo of Zimbabwe's past is increasingly being viewed as the only peaceful solution left to save the country from itself.
South African President...
Did Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa die in Paris ?
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who was evacuated to Paris, France, for specialist treatment, as announced by Vice President Rupiah Banda Tuesday night, is reported...
Tsvangirai agrees to meet Mugabe for a political solution
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday he welcomed proposed talks with the government over a possible power-sharing deal to heal rifts caused...
16 arrested over savage beatings of three white Zimbabweans
Two elderly white Zimbabwean farmers Mike Cambell (75), his wife Angela (70) who made history by taking the Robert Mugabe regime to a...
Obama : A tougher clearer Iran and Iraq plan
The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is the biggest threat facing the world, according to one of Barack Obama’s senior foreign policy advisers. He...
Mugabe – Tsvangirai : Who is suggesting a unity government ?
The Zimbabwean government, breathing a sigh of relief after President Robert Mugabe's controversial re-election last week, has come under concerted domestic, regional and international...
Mugabe attacked by three men in Sharm El Sheikh as he walks out of conference
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Monday had a heated exchange with three Europeans, whose identity or profession were not disclosed, as they accosted him on...
Thuram : A heart too big for football but good for politics
The news cut like a knife : Lilian Thuram cannot play for Paris Saint Germain (PSG) due to a cardiaque enlargement -- an increase...
African observer team at Zimbabwe polls calls for new free and fair elections
A GROUP of African lawmakers which observed Zimbabwe’s one-man election has today called for the holding of a new round of polling, dismissing...
ANC to bring Zuma rape accuser back to SA from Netherlands to apologise
The ANC leadership is reported to be keen to have Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser brought back from the Netherlands to apologise for making...
McCain’s plan to woo Obama supporters backfires
Three hours after John McCain’s campaign bus left General Motors’ plant in Lordstown, Ohio, workers started streaming in and out of the factory’s gates...
Zambian President suffers heart attack at AU summit in Egypt
President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia was rushed to hospital in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh late Sunday after a health emergency, it...
Zimbabwe spoiled ballots defaced with Mugabe insults
Its now official. Robert Mugabe has been declared winner of a widely condemned election in which he was the only candidate.
The electoral commission announced...
Mugabe prepares to attack AU after swearing in ceremony
Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe, certain of a sweeping victory after a
one-man election, is expected to be sworn in today, government
sources said.
The expected...
First batch of Impartial Zimbabwe poll results …
Vote counting began Saturday in Zimbabwe's controversial presidential run-off poll, concluded Friday, in which President Robert Mugabe stood alone after his opponent withdrew in...
Obama and Clinton unite in Unity in co-ordinated clothes
After sixteen months of often bitter disunity, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Friday staged a “Unity Rally” in the town of Unity, New...
A seven year term for Nigerian president ?
Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recommended a seven-year single term for President, according to Friday's edition of the privately-owned This Day newspaper.
In...
Mugabe cheers himself up as militants hunt down non voters
Massive voter apathy has marred Zimbabwe's a one-sided presidential run-off as they heeded MDC's call of pulling out.
This leaves the only candidate Robert...