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Western Virginia : A hostile country for “Black” Obama
Like most people in Mingo County, West Virginia, Leonard Simpson is a lifelong Democrat. But given a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain...
Mugabe : The beggar’s choice
Zimbabwe’s losing presidential candidate, Robert Mugabe, has set tough
conditions before the election runoff can take place, insisting that the MDC first call on the...
Tsvangirai not to betray Zimbabweans
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, on Saturday sought to reclaim the initiative in his country’s political crisis, saying he would return to his homeland...
Horrific recounts of terror and desperation in Zimbabwe
On Friday, I spent the whole day in Plumtree area, a border town with Botswana where I heard horrific accounts. Villagers I spoke to,...
The possibility of an Obama – Clinton unity ticket looms
Barack Obama for the first time on Friday overtook Hillary Clinton’s support among the unelected “super-delegates” who will ultimately settle the Democratic nomination amid...
Hillary Clinton under intense media fire for playing the race card
Hillary Clinton added fresh fuel to the racially charged Democratic presidential race on Thursday when she touted her appeal among “hard-working” white Americans.
By...
Thabo Mbeki goes to Zimbabwe again
South African President Thabo Mbeki was due in Zimbabwe Friday for crisis talks with President Robert Mugabe over an election impasse and politically-motivated violence...
Angola urges Zambia to help find solution to Zimbabwe’s political crisis
A visiting Angolan government official, Nilsa Batalhia, has urged Zambian President levy Mwanawasa not to relent in his efforts to find an amicable solution...
Obama gains wind beneath his wings
This week's Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina may not have been the knockout blow Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking. But...
Tens of thousands of local Zimbabwean farmers violently removed
An estimated 40 000 farm workers and their dependants have been violently removed from farms countrywide rendering them homeless and ZANU-PF ...
Zimbabwe : Two parties demand another recount
The election impasse in Zimbabwe deepened Wednesday after two political parties lodged fresh petitions challenging parliamentary results in 105 constituencies.
The southern African country held...
Obama – Clinton : Losing money, time and lots of superdelegates
Hillary Clinton was on Wednesday scrambling to raise new money to keep her presidential hopes alive amid speculation that she can no longer afford...
Embattled Malawi president calls opposition to a crisis meeting
Embattled Malawi president Bingu wa Mutharika, whose minority government has come under pressure in the opposition-dominated 193-member parliament, on Wednesday called opposition leaders to...
South Africa : Zuma attacked
A church in South Africa has attacked ANC president Jacob Zuma saying he has beeas been "extremely unwise" to claim divine blessings for the
leading...
Zimbabwe : Zanu-PF issues licence to kill
A group of Zanu-PF youth militants, one of whom was dressed in Zimbabwean army uniform and armed with an AK47 assault rifle, launched an...
AU to actively monitor Zimbabwe presidential run-off
The African Union (AU) has called on all stakeholders in Zimbabwe's forthcoming presidential runoff to ensure that peace and security would be maintained, and...
Obama – Clinton : Barack Obama widens gap
Barack Obama moved closer to the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday night by sweeping to victory in the North Carolina primary election and restricting...
Obama – Clinton : Fuel price demagoguery deals heavy blow to Hillary
When Hillary Clinton called for suspension of the federal petrol tax this summer to provide relief from soaring energy prices, Dereje Kitle was the...
Obama – Clinton : Obama’s pains albeit Hillary’s untrustworthy ratings
Barack Obama faces his fifth – and probably final – chance of seizing the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s showdown with Hillary Clinton in the...
Seun Kuti follows Fela’s steps
You probably know Fela Kuti and his son Femi. Well now you will have to take count of Seun, the new prince of Afro...
Egypt : Israeli Palestinian peace negotiations shrouded in secrecy
Egypt has expressed dismay at the secret nature of Israeli and Palestinian diplomacy over peace negotiations.
In comments published by the Qatari daily Ash-sharq newspaper,...
Obama – Clinton : Bridging the racial divide
About three-quarters of the 9,000 people who turned up to see Barack Obama at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday evening were...
Zimbabwe run-off could take up to a year
Zimbabwe's electoral commission has said it will soon decide the date for a second round of presidential elections, amid mounting tension as the...
Egypt under heavy criticism for supplying oil to Israel
Egypt's largest opposition group has condemned a government decision to continue supplying Israel with gas. The banned Muslim Brotherhood said in a statement on...
Obama – Clinton : Hillary, a ticket to a democratic loss
The hole the US Democratic party is digging for itself just keeps getting deeper. In the past few days, after the grisly reappearance of...
MEND – Nigeria militant group heeds to cease fire call from Obama
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has confirmed the latest attack on a 30,000bpd Shell flow station in Nigeria's oil-rich...
Zimbabwe : Tsvangirai’s dilemma
Zimbabwe’s opposition faced a difficult decision on Friday night over whether to contest a presidential run-off after the long-delayed official election results were finally...
Obama and Clinton tackle two primary states’ opposing economies
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton face pressure from both sides of the debate over biofuels and soaring food prices as they prepare for Tuesday’s...
Ghana : Alan Kyerematen returns to party
Former presidential hopeful, Alan Kyerematen, who quit the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) citing harassment and discrimination against his supporters, has returned to the...
Makoni, Tsvangirai’s ally
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has won the first round of a presidential election against Robert Mugabe with 47.9% of the vote, an election...