GENEVA – Switzerland is seeking a rapid resolution to a diplomatic crisis with Libya, a spokeswoman for its economy ministry said yesterday, stressing that there is no risk of fuel shortages. The Libyan national maritime transport company said early ...   Lees meer

Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) march through the streets of Johannesburg, to protest against a jump in electricity, food and fuel prices on Wednesday. Thousands of striking South African workers brought mines and businesses ...   Lees meer

JOHANNESBURG – Senior negotiators from Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC and the ruling ZANU-PF party began talks yesterday and a report indicated they were close to reaching a deal on forming a unity government. The talks were under way on Thursday, ...   Lees meer

NAIROBI, Kenya – A fundamentalist Muslim suspected by the U.S. of collaborating with al-Qaida said yesterday he has taken over leadership of Somalia’s opposition alliance. Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys – who denies any links to terror – said he deposed the former chairman, ...   Lees meer

LONDON – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may need to be allowed a “peaceful, decent exit” to resolve the country’s political crisis, Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga said yesterday. The comments by Odinga – who himself ...   Lees meer

HARARE – Captains of industry are pinning their hopes on talks between Zimbabwe’s political rivals as a chance to stop the rot after a survey yesterday showed investor confidence at a new low of two percent. “Industry will give full support to the agreement signed on Monday, ...   Lees meer

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir greets supporters during his tour in El-Fasher in north Darfur yesterday, guarded by bristling security, and dismissed as lies accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region. ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo last ...   Lees meer

PRETORIA – Emergency workers with rescue dogs are searching the Pretoria high-rise where a fire broke out, killing at least six people. Police said yesterday two people jumped from the building and three burnt to death. The cause of other deaths is unknown.   Lees meer

A new study has revealed that significant reductions in infectious diseases in children under five can be achieved if their families practise good hygiene. This is according to the Reckitt Benckiser company yesterday. Director of shared services at Reckitt Benckiser’ ...   Lees meer

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Diplomats say European Union foreign ministers have agreed to increase sanctions against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to keep pressure on him to agree to share power with the opposition. They say the EU ministers meeting ...   Lees meer

ALGIERS – Mali’s government and Tuareg rebels agreed Monday on an end to their conflict after talks in Algiers, mediator Algeria’s ambassador to Mali said. “The two delegations representing the Malian government and the May 23 Democratic ...   Lees meer

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (L) shakes hands with Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai as South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) looks on yesterday after the si gning of a deal between Zimbabwe’s opposition and ruling party, paving the way for full-scale talks.   Lees meer

ABIDJAN – Ivory Coast’s commercial capital began to return to work yesterday after the government agreed to cut the fixed price of diesel fuel, ending a transport strike in the world’s top cocoa grower. Last week’s strike disrupted ...   Lees meer

LUSAKA – Zambia’s ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy will meet to discuss the future of ailing President Levy Mwanawasa after suggestions he be replaced as its president, a senior party official said yesterday. Mwanawasa, 59, was rushed to ...   Lees meer

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday signed a deal laying down the framework for formal talks on forming a power sharing government to end a deep political crisis. It was the first meeting in 10 years between the two rivals, ...   Lees meer

DIE leier van die Beweging vir Demokratiese Verandering (MDC), mnr. Morgan Tsvangirai, is in beginsel gereed om die voorlopige ooreenkoms wat as voorloper sal dien tot die volwaardige onderhandelings om ’n regering van nasionale eenheid, te teken. Mnr.   Lees meer

VREDE in Soedan sal nie ondermyn word as die Internasionale Strafhof pres. Omar el-Basjhir vervolg nie – dit sal geregtigheid na die mense van daardie land bring. Só het me. Hlengiwe Mkhize, Suid-Afrikaanse ambassadeur in Nederland, aan Beeld gesê. Sy het verlede week die tien jaar- ...   Lees meer