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Kenya : Grand opposition to check grand coalition
Kenyan parliamentarians have begun talks on the formation of a "Grand Opposition" party to avoid the possibility of what they termed a "grand dictatorship"...
Zimbabweans strike amid clashes with police and army forces
Soldiers and police Tuesday clashed with protesters in several suburbs of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, as the opposition pressed on with an indefinite general strike...
Obama accuses Clinton and McCain of ‘singing from the same hymn book’
Barack Obama on Monday struggled to fend off accusations of being a cultural elitist as Hillary Clinton piled on charges that her opponent “looks...
Tsvangirai sets conditions for run-off as strike set to begin
The Zimbabwean opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has softened his
party's stance, for now, on boycotting a run-off presidential vote by setting conditions on participation.
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Obama – Clinton : Clinton seeks big break over “bitter” remarks
Hillary Clinton sought political advantage this weekend from comments by Barack Obama about "bitter" voters in smalltown America.
By Andrew Ward
The Clinton...
SADC calls for the immediate release of election results
Heads of state and government of Southern African Development Community (SADCC) have called for the "expeditious" release of the results from Zimbabwe's presidential election,...
Thabo Mbeki under fire for lopsided comments on Zimbabwe crisis
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has come under intense criticism in South Africa for publicly stating that there was no crisis in Zimbabwe.
Mbeki who...
Policeman uncovers rigged ballots ahead of vote recount
PROFESSOR Welshman Ncube, one of the authors of Zimbabwe's new electoral laws says next week's scheduled recount of 23 constituencies will be illegal.
Ncube, one...
Medical contorversy over Aimé Césaire’s death
Aimé Césaire, the writer and politician from Martinique who was reported dead on Saturday evening by a relative, was still battling for his life...
Obama – Clinton : Rendell on the press’ penchant for Obama
The US media have abandoned all pretence at neutrality in the Democratic presidential contest and are heavily biased towards Barack Obama and against Hillary...
Zimbabwe : Court order to release results could be rejected by Mugabe
The High Court in Zimbabwe was Monday expected to make an eagerly-awaited ruling on an opposition petition to force the country's electoral body to...
Kenya : Full list of coalition government ministers
The following is the who's who (party by party) in the newly-unveiled coalition cabinet in Kenya.
Mwai Kibaki (PNU) - President
Office of the President -...
Zimbabwe : MDC to challenge vote recount
Zimbabwe’s political crisis intensified on Sunday as authorities ordered a partial recount of the votes in last month’s elections, paving the way for President...
Kenya announces coalition cabinet ministers
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki demoted some of his allies, brought in new ministers, and left a few ministries to his former opponents in the...
Clinton attacks Obama on “bitter” comments
Senator Clinton condemns Obama on his use of the word "bitter" in his description of the people of Pennsylvania in a San Francisco fund...
Obama explains his San Francisco comments
A brief preview of Senator Obama's explanation of his San Francisco comments, which attracted criticisms from both Senator's Clinton and McCain.
They don’t vote on...
Zimbabwean army meets the press
The Zimbabwean army will not intervene against civilians after the disputed
March 29 poll and soldiers will remain in their barracks, Information Minister
Sikhoanyiso Ndlovu said...
Kenya : Compromise on cabinet ministers reached
Kenyan leaders appeared to inch closer to a deal on power-sharing Saturday after six weeks of straight bargaining over the sharing of five key...
SADC discusses Zimbabwean post-election stalemate
ZIMBABWE’s election stalemate is not a crisis and its electoral commission must be given time to release the results of a presidential poll held...
Thabo Mbeki eases tensions after meeting with Mugabe
South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe, which has prompted a regional summit, was still manageable.
Political tensions are rising...
Obama – Clinton : Pennsylvania changes from Swing to Democratic
Neil Samuels is typical of many Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania – a picturesque suburb of northern Philadelphia. A former Republican, Mr Samuels is...
Thabo Mbeki meets with Robert Mugabe
South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe Saturday for peace talks with President Robert Mugabe over the electoral impasse in the country.
Political tensions,...
Obama distances himself from Jimmy Carter on Hamas position
Barack Obama has distanced himself from Jimmy Carter, the former US president, who plans to meet Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas, the radical...
Thabo Mbeki to meet Mugabe as pressure mounts
Embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Saturday snubbed a regional summit in Zambia, called to resolve a tense electoral impasse in his country, as pressure...
Zimbabwe : MDC calls for a general strike
An indefinite nationwide strike called for by the Movement for Democratic Change kicks off Tuesday until presidential results are released. Thirteen days after the...
Can Condi Rice offset the Obama Clinton appeal ?
Condoleezza Rice has been cited as the only person in US politics capable to offset Barack Obama’s appeal as the first black president of...
Mugabe and Tsvangirai in a face to face confrontation
Heads of state of the Southern African sub-region will meet with Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugae on Saturday in Lusaka, Zambia to discuss the...
Obama and Clinton attack McCain on US housing crisis proposal
John McCain, the Republican's presidential nominee, on Thursday sought to push back against criticisms of his alleged do-nothing approach to the US housing crisis,...
Obama – Clinton : Colombia free trade debate goes to congress
The fight over the US-Colombia free trade agreement escalated dramatically on Wednesday, when congressional leaders said they would seek to delay indefinitely a vote...
MDC and Makoni urge SADC to ask Mugabe to step down
The Zimbabwean Electoral Commission has been moved to a secret location and is now subject to national security.
from our correspondent in Harare...