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Arms embargo on Zimbabwe advocated by Archbishop
The new Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa, the Reverend Thabo Makgoba, Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to impose an arms...
Obama – Clinton : What the Clinton Pennsylvania win indicates
Hillary Clinton just hit that magic number. By winning the Pennsylvania primary with a 10 percentage point margin, Mrs Clinton crossed precisely the threshold...
Tsvangirai promises to protect Mugabe once in power
Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which claims it won last month's controversial presidential election, will not hurt President Robert Mugabe, when it...
Obama – Clinton : Pennsylvania to make or break Hillary
The seven-week campaign in Pennsylvania concluded on Monday much as it had begun – in a swirl of accusations and counter-accusations.
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Zimbabwe vote recount also delayed
Election officials in Zimbabwe said Monday the results of controversial parliamentary vote recounts in 23 constituencies, which started on Saturday, would be delayed beyond...
Obama – Clinton : The Pennsylvania whistle-stop train journey
Perched on the observation balcony at the end of the Georgian Railroad train, Barack Obama waves at passing Pennsylvanian voters and shouts: “The train...
Tsvangirai in Nigeria, Mugabe accused of senile dementia
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), arrived in Nigeria early Monday to confer with former President Olusegun Obasanjo...
Why Obama must represent the democrats
Barack Obama goes into Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary as strong favourite, whatever happens, to secure the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet the vote could still go...
The health of Nigerian President Yar’Adua creates uproar
Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress (AC) party has criticised the federal government for mismanaging the information on the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who...
McCain’s honesty questioned
John McCain on Friday faced accusations of hypocrisy for failing to disclose his wife’s tax records, despite his promise to bring greater transparency and...
Mbeki a longtime Mugabe ally …
South African President Thabo Mbeki has been lampooned and condemned across the world for saying there is "no crisis" in Zimbabwe on his brief...
Ghana : Concerns over state owned refinery
Ghana's main opposition party is raising the red flag over rising debts of the country's state-owned refinery and power generating companies, warning that this...
South African party calls for Mbeki to step down
Kenneth Meshoe, President of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), on Friday added his voice to the calls for South African President Thabo Mbeki...
Several torture camps discovered in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is using a network of informal detention centres to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch...
Vote recount begins in Zimbabwe
Election officials in Zimbabwe on Saturday began recounting votes in 23 constituencies countrywide where the government claims it was cheated in last month's disputed...
Obama stands to gain from Howard Dean call
Barack Obama will on Saturday embark on a whistle-stop train tour of Pennsylvania three days before the state holds a critical Democratic primary in...
Zimbabwe opposition leaders meet Kenyan PM to resolve crisis
Zimbabwe's opposition leaders Friday held talks with Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga to seek his intervention on the country's post-election crisis and sought his...
Zimbabwe : Old Mugabe forgets elections as he condemns Britain
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, speaking in public for the first time since last month's disputed election, Friday sharply castigated former colonial master Britain for...
Ghana : Shocking official’s resignation could lead to breakaway party
A sudden resignation from Mr. Kyeremanteng from Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) comes at a very crucial stage in the country’s election campaign....
Obama charm seduces top McCain adviser
A top adviser to Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has ruled himself out from internal strategic discussions about rival Barack Obama and said he...
Pretoria and AU demand immediate release of Zimbabwe poll results
Urging the authorities in Zimbabwe to declare the results of the general elections held last month, the African Union (AU) Thursday warned that further...
South Africa’s unexpected move against Mugabe
South Africa's government today shocked the world when it called for the first time for the rapid release of results from Zimbabwe's presidential...
Obama – Clinton debate : Mrs. Clinton gains moderators’ alliance
Like the pharisee who prays loudly in the middle of a temple gathering to make sure everyone sees how sanctimonious he is, Mrs. Clinton...
Bruce Springsteen endorses Obama silencing Clinton – McCain alliance
The 2008 presidential race has boiled down to a fight of two against one – John McCain and Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama.
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Egypt jails 25 members of Muslim Brotherhood
An Egyptian military tribunal Wednesday sentenced 25 leading members of the country's powerful Muslim Brotherhood to jail terms ranging from 18 months to 10...
Harare : Anger tamed as economic reality sets in
The second day of an opposition-led general strike in Zimbabwe, to press for the release of delayed results of a presidential vote, was calmer...
South Africa : ANC distances itself further from Thabo Mbeki
The ANC in South Africa strongly believes Robert Mugabe knows exactly what the election results are and have said the delay in making them...
Zimbabwe and Chinese soldiers cause stir as homes are burnt
A GROUP of Chinese soldiers caused a stir last night in the eastern
border city of Mutare as they patrolled the city centre along...
McCain competes with Obama and Clinton on economics
John McCain on Tuesday called for federal gasoline taxes to be scrapped this summer as part of a raft of measures to relieve economic...
Ivory Coast : Set election date commended
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire ( UNOCI) on Monday welcomed the announcement that the much delayed presidential elections would now be...