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South Africa's ruling African National Congress' (ANC) hopes for a smooth transition of power after its ousting of President Thabo Mbeki were quashed Tuesday when 11 cabinet ministers resigned in a shock move.
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, credited with keeping the country on a steady course over a decade, was among those who quit in sympathy with Mbeki.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe downplayed
the suspension of talks between his party and the opposition on a unity
government, echoing South African President Mbeki in assuring the
negotiations were going 'well.' 'We are still negotiating and
want success... Some areas are debatable but we debate. It is not easy
but I hear...
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The UN Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to terminate the
mission of military observers at a disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The 15-nation council decided to entirely withdraw the mission,
which since last year had begun relocating their personnel out of a
temporary security zone after Eritrea increasingly...
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Despite South African President Thabo Mbeki's
assessment that the stalled talks between Zimbabwe's political parties
taking place in Pretoria were going 'very well' there were signs
Tuesday that the current impasse could drag on. In a
characteristically positive assessment of the situation, Mbeki, the
regional mediator in...
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South African President Thabo Mbeki was due to
meet Wednesday with his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe and the
leader of a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic
Change after meeting Tuesday with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a bid
to restart stalled talks. Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni
Ratshitanga confirmed...
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on
Wednesday said he was committed to a speedy conclusion of stalled unity
talks between his Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC). 'Speaking for Zanu-PF and myself we
are committed and want to see the speedy and successful conclusion of
the talks so that we can...
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Hundreds of African refugees and asylum seekers who were displaced by a spate of xenophobic violence in South Africa in May were evicted Monday by police from the roadside camp they have occupied for days in protest over their treatment.
The group of around 415 mostly Congolese, Burundians and Ethiopians,
among them large numbers...
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Powersharing talks between Zimbabwean
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for
Democratic Change broke down Monday, sources within and close to to the
MDC reported. An MDC official in Zimbabwe told Deutsche
Presse-Agentur dpa that the talks had reached an impasse over the
distribution of posts in the...
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai
was in South Africa Tuesday for talks with negotiators from his
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on the suspension of talks with
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. Tsvangirai's spokesman
George Sibotshiwe confirmed that the MDC leader was in South Africa,
where multi-party talks...
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Eight foreign oil workers abducted by Niger
Delta militants were freed several hours later, a Nigerian military
spokesman said Sunday. The eight were released overnight
Saturday, the spokesman was quoted by the BBC as saying, but he
disputed allegations that a ransom was paid. There was no
official confirmation given as to the...
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Johannesburg - Nelson Mandela, South Africa's national hero and anti-Apartheid fighter, has a dispute with his own family.
Johannesburg's The Sunday Times reported Sunday on its front page about
a 'bitter' feud which is dividing the family of the Nobel Peace Prize
laureate. The dispute even led his ex-wife...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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