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Zimbabwe faces new deadline for reforms

AFP - Yesterday, 11:46 am

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended a boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes. More »

Tsvangirai calls off Zimbabwe unity government boycott
AFP - Thursday, November 5 08:54 pm
MAPUTO (AFP) - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday said he had called off a boycott of power-sharing ties with President Robert Mugabe that had paralysed the fragile unity government for three weeks. More »
Danish firm launches vitamin-rich gum for 3rd world kids
AFP - Thursday, November 5 07:29 pm
NAIROBI (AFP) - A Danish firm has launched Vitamin A-packed chewing gum in Nairobi to help fight malnutrition among children in developing countries, the company said in a statement Thursday. More »
Fresh diplomatic push to break Zimbabwe impasse
AFP - Monday, November 2 07:46 pm
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's neighbours Monday intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Congolese leader Joseph Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week. More »
Deadly tropical disease hits south Sudan
AFP - Yesterday, 05:52 pm
MALAKAL, Sudan (AFP) - Southern Sudan is facing a "serious outbreak" of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned on Friday. More »
Southern Africa holds emergency summit on Zimbabwe
AFP - Thursday, November 5 06:16 pm
MAPUTO (AFP) - Southern African leaders held an emergency summit Thursday aimed at hauling Zimbabwe's fragile power-sharing deal out of a three-week impasse that has paralysed the unity government. More »
Southern Africa opens emergency summit on Zimbabwe
AFP - Thursday, November 5 05:40 pm
MAPUTO (AFP) - Southern African leaders Thursday opened an emergency summit aimed at hauling Zimbabwe's fragile power-sharing deal out of a three-week impasse that has paralysed the unity government. More »
Fresh Twist In Row Over Gender Test Runner
SkyNews - Thursday, November 5 04:38 pm
The row over controversial runner Caster Semenya has taken another turn after the president and board of Athletics South Africa (ASA) were suspended. More »
Southern African leaders meet on Zimbabwe crisis
AFP - Thursday, November 5 01:38 pm
MAPUTO (AFP) - Zimbabwe's rival leaders met with the head of a regional security body Thursday, ahead of an emergency summit aimed at hauling a fragile power-sharing deal out of a three-week impasse. More »
Who is Luis Moreno-Ocampo?
Reuters - Thursday, November 5 11:50 am
(Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he will ask the court to open an investigation into last year's post-election violence that killed 1,300 people and uprooted more than 300,000. More »