Harare/Johannesburg, May 2 (DPA) Zimbabwe's Election Commission said Friday neither President Robert Mugabe nor his main challenger Morgan Tsvangirai had won outright in the March 29 presidential election, meaning a runoff vote was needed.
The commission said that while Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai had beaten Mugabe, he had won only 47.9 percent of […]
Harare/Washington, May 2 (DPA) The United States Friday sharpened its criticism of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe's regime, five weeks after the disputed presidential elections.
US State Department spokesman Tom Casey, in unusually sharp tones, called for an end to the violence against the opposition, indirectly signalling Washington's desire to see Mugabe relinquish power.
The verification process […]
Windhoek (Nambia), May 2 (DPA) Geologists prospecting for diamonds off the Namibian coast discovered a shipwreck laden with gold coins, cannons and elephant tusks on the seabed, reports said Friday.
The remains of the ship were first found April 1 when geologists, who had cleared a stretch of seabed at the site and drained it, came […]
Nairobi/Khartoum, May 2 (DPA) Twenty-six people including a minister and Sudanese politicians were killed when a Southern Sudan Air Connection plane crashed Friday in southern Sudan, al-Arabiya news channel reported.
Major General Dominic Dim Deng , minister for Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs, was among the dead, the report said.
A spokesman for flight authorities in […]
Johannesburg/Harare, May 2 (DPA) The verification process of the Zimbabwe presidential election entered its second day Friday amid reports that the parties were deadlocked with the opposition continuing to say it won the poll.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) played down the impasse, saying the process was progressing well.
'We have resumed well, the first day was […]
Johannesburg, May 2 (IANS) Despite their passion for the game, South African Indians have so far managed to get only one member selected in the national cricket team, Hashim Amla. But there is no shortage of administrators from this group.
This was proved again this week when Mohammed Moosajee was appointed the new manager of the […]
Nairobi, May 1 (DPA) German Ambassador to Kenya Walter Lindner has great faith in the hushed tones of quiet diplomacy. Lindner is among the European Union (EU) and US diplomats who had been working over the last few months to resolve the internal political crisis that gripped the country after the disputed presidential elections in […]
Johannesburg/Zimbabwe, April 30 (DPA) The Zimbabwean Army is responsible for a new wave of brutal attacks against opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members and supporters throughout Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday.
The Malawian HRW delegate told South African radio that military forces were providing trucks and equipment to militias, so-called 'war veterans' […]
Harare, April 30 (DPA) The US has said delay in releasing results of Zimbabwe's March elections has created a humanitarian crisis because of violence.
Washington's envoy to Zimbabwe, James McGee, told reporters Tuesday that the international community has identified the victims and also the perpetrators of the violence.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has refused to release […]
Harare/Lusaka, April 28 (DPA) Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will take its claim of victory in last month's election over President Robert Mugabe to the UN Security Council this week, the party said Sunday.
MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti will lead a delegation to New York, where he will tell a Security Council session on […]
Harare/Lusaka, April 27 (DPA) Top US official for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, held talks Sunday with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa over the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe, where the opposition appeared to have held onto parliament in a vote recount.
The chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), George Chiweshe, said that with 18 parliamentary seats recounted […]
Durban, April 27 (IANS) Indian navy staff enroute to Cape Town to participate in an IBSA (India-Brazil-South Africa) naval exercise next week, stopped over here to repair a local school, offer medical assistance to the underprivileged, and allow locals an opportunity to see India's naval might first hand.
The inaugural IBSA (Indian-Brazil-South Africa) Maritime Exercise will […]
Durban, Apr 27 (ANI): Indian Navy ships INS Mumbai and INS Karmukh have reached Durban to take part a ten day long exercise with South Africa and Brazil naval forces.
The exercise would be held along the Cape Town coast.
The Indian officers and the crewmen were accorded with a very special reception when they reached Durban. […]
Lusaka (Zambia), April 25 (Xinhua) UN Children's Fund (Unicef) has called for sustained efforts to control malaria, saying more than 800,000 children in Africa die annually of the totally preventable disease.
In a press release issued Friday, Unicef executive director Ann M. Veneman said, 'Malaria is a curable and preventable disease that can be controlled by […]
Harare, April 25 (DPA) Zimbabwean armed police Friday raided the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Harare, seizing computers and detaining people who had sought refuge there from post-election violence, a party official said.
Speaking to South African radio MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said 500 police officers took part in the […]
