ZIMBABWE'S opposition Movement for Democratic Change party is appealing to the United Nations to intervene to avoid bloodshed as the country prepares for a presidential run-off.
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) reasserted on Saturday that it had won outright last week's presidential election and signalled its reluctance to go into a second round run-off .
THE ruling Zanu PF party has snubbed suggestions by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change to form a national unity government following last week's elections.
Communal farmers in areas surrounding the capital have dismissed comments by war vet leader Jabulani Sibanda, suggesting that black farmers that were resettled by the government were being threatened by white farmers who had returned to their properties.
The drama over the delay in announcing results from last Saturday's presidential election continued on Saturday, when lawyers for the MDC were briefly prevented from entering the High Court by armed police.
A determined activist protesting outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in Washington DC, made so much noise that the officials there were forced to invite him inside for a chat.
FIVE workers of Express /Shebah Petroleum and Gas Company Limited, kidnapped by militant youths in Ilaje oil rich communities areas of Ondo State, have been released to the state government.
By Thursday, April 10, Ugandans crammed in displacement camps in the north of the country will have known their fate. Their hope for an early peace deal following the Juba peace talks for the last 22 months has been cut
At least seven people including four civilians were killed in Somalia's capital today as a guerrilla war continues to rage between Ethiopian-backed government troops and Islamist insurgents, sources said.
FIVE workers of Express /Shebah Petroleum and Gas Company Limited, kidnapped by militant youths in Ilaje oil rich communities areas of Ondo State, have been released to the state government.
The Mozambican and Vietnamese governments on Friday signed agreements to establish a joint cooperation commission between the two countries, and to abolish entry visas for holders of diplomatic, official and service passports.
The writing is on the wall - the most President Kibaki could give Kenyans is either his side's share of the 40-member Cabinet or nothing. That is unless something comes up to unlock the latest stalemate before the end of
Ethiopian troops backed by more than 22 military trucks returned to the provincial capital of Lower Shabelle region to reinforce security operations in the region.
