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Nigerian gov’t under fire for Zimbabwe stalemate silence
The Nigerian government is under tremendous pressure to break its silence on the election impasse in Zimbabwe, as the electoral authorities in the Southern...
Obama – Clinton : Rev. Wright denounced by Black leaders
Barack Obama has received the blessing of the most senior African-American in Congress for his decision to sever ties with Jeremiah Wright, the former...
Robert Mugabe gains support from Namibian workers union
Namibia's umbrella workers' union has condemned the ongoing international attack on the Zimbabwean government, saying workers still have fresh memories of the agonies of...
Ghanaians resident abroad not to vote in december
Ghanaians living abroad cannot vote in presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for December 7 because steps to enable them to cast their ballots have...
Obama – Clinton : Joe Andrew switches allegiance
Indianapolis – Superdelegate Jo Andrew who endorsed Hillary Clinton last November, unexpectedly and without the knowledge of the two democratic presidential candidates switched allegiance...
Children under great threat in post election violence
Children are not being spared the impact of Zimbabwe's post-election violence.
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Zimbabwe told IRIN its work was being...
Obama – Clinton : Hillary zooms in to take advantage of Wright issue
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday fanned the flames surrounding Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright when she voiced outrage over “anti-American” remarks by her rival’s former...
Brotherhood throws weight behind 4 May general strike in Egypt
Egyptian opposition groups expressed excitement on Wednesday after the nation's largest and most popular opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, threw its support behind a...
Zimbabwe inflation reaches 200% World bank steps in
A World Bank senior official on Wednesday said the international donors are ready to help Zimbabwe's ailing economy recover as soon as the government...
Zimbabwe : Party reveals results of presidential elections
Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change last night circulated statistical evidence to the press to back up its claim that it won with an...
Britain and Mauritius discuss Chagos sovereignty
Mauritius Premier Navin Ramgoolam told the Parliament on Tuesday that Great Britain has accepted to initiate top level discussions on the sovereignty of Chagos...
Obama – Clinton : Obama loses his cool and denounces Wright
A visibly angry Barack Obama on Tuesday all but disowned Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor, whose increasingly provocative comments are widely believed to have...
Mugabe – Mbeki alliance shaky
No official results have been released exactly one month after presidential elections were held in Zimbabwe on March 29th. The two main parties involved...
Obama – Clinton : Democrats reach out a helping hand to McCain
Last week’s vote in Pennsylvania was an even worse result for the Democratic party than is widely supposed. Hillary Clinton’s impressive victory will sustsain...
ANC planning to fire Thabo Mbeki before the end of his mandate
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe is set to be deployed to the cabinet within days —...
Scared teachers stay home as schools reopen
Schools are supposed to reopen today for the second term countrywide after a five week long break. But that is not the case here....
Obama – Clinton : Rev Wright meets the media
Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s former pastor, on Monday gave a defiant address in Washington DC that looks likely to add to Mr Obama’s growing...
Murderer changes journalist killing story and blames another
The man who led the death squad that murdered Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, in November 2000, Monday changed his story and claimed...
Thabo Mbeki’ incendiary Freedom Day speech sparks controversy
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has stirred up controversy with a speech appearing to characterise the Western Cape as a place of...
Nigeria : Nurse relates Adesenya’s death as well wishers pour in
Nigerians from all walks of life mourned Chief Abraham Adesanya, the Pan-Yoruba cultural group, Egbe Afenifere, who died on Sunday.
Adesanya died peacefully in...
Zimbabwe police deny favouritism and brutality accusations
The MDC says 10 of its supporters have been killed in the violence while 3000 others have been displaced from their homes, in what...
Obama – Clinton : Obama stays focused and unfazed
Barack Obama on Sunday said that Reverend Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor, was a “legitimate issue”, surprising those calling on the Republican party...
Three constituencies still waiting to vote in Zimbabwe
An independent candidate has filed an urgent court application to force Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to order elections in a...
Babies and children locked up in Zimbabwe prisons
Twenty-four babies and 40 children under the age of six are hold up in
Southerton Police cells after police raid MDC offices...
Obama – Clinton : Howard Dean declares campaign deadline
The Democratic party’s “superdelegates” have every right to overturn the popular vote and choose the candidate they believe would be best equipped to defeat...
Southern Africa to hold protest marches
South Africa’s labour movement and other civic groups are planning to stage weekly marches and protests against Robert Mugabe’s government they accuse of...
MDC headquarters raided, hundreds forcefully arrested
Riot police on Friday carried out their first major crackdown on the MDC when they raided its headquarters detaining scores of people.
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Hillary Clinton to obliterate Iran or Barack Obama ?
When I first heard Hillary Clinton had promised to annihilate someone, I assumed the chosen target was Barack Obama.
by Philip Stephens
Well...
Panick strikes Zimbabwe as hospitals choke with tortured victims
Doctors at two secret medical centers set up in Harare and Bulawayo
speak of being overwhelmed with patients suffering burns,...
Obama – Clinton : Obama’s loss still a win and a threat to McCain
Is Hillary Clinton’s Pennsylvania win and its accompanying exit polls representative of a strong social disparity that has long existed in America or a...