By Tom Burgis in Johannesburg The fate of Levy Mwanawasa, Zambia's president, was last night shrouded in confusion amid reports that he had died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke. Mr Mwanawasa, one of the continent's...
JOHANNESBURG – Morgan Tsvangirai’s withdrawal from the presidential run-off scheduled for June 27, and his decision to seek the protection of the Dutch embassy in Pretoria, has secured for Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe a...
Zimbabwe's opposition has accused the government of a campaign to wipe out its newly won majority in parliament after one of its MPs was abducted in broad daylight by soldiers outside the high court in Harare. The Movement for...
By Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor The South African President had the unusual duty yesterday of mourning the death of the President of Zambia with a minute's silence, then hours later wising him a speedy recovery. President...
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent, and Andrew Porter, Political Editor Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, have both dropped strong hints that the planned 2p-a-litre increase in fuel duty due in the autumn...
What are they teaching our kids? Half of children do not want foreigners living in Britain, a study reveals today. And a fifth of youngsters do not talk about major worldwide issues such as the Zimbabwe crisis and the Beijing...
THE Archbishop of York is calling for the establishment of a new civil-rights movement in Britain to bring an end to the brutalisation of the people of Zimbabwe. For the whole story, subscribe to the Church Times today. You can...
Friday 04th July, 05:19 AM JST JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Some 200 opposition supporters mobbed the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe on Thursday, seeking refuge amid new reports of violence against dissenters. Loyalists of Mugabe,...
Posted to the web 4 July 2008 Aya Batrawy Cairo Civil society organisations (CSOs) have mixed feelings about the outcomes of the latest African Union Summit, which concluded in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh earlier...