It's war on tropical diseases

But experts warn that drugs alone will not win it, after the pharmaceutical giants agree to work together on an ambitious project.

Obama to lay out vision in State of the Union address

As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.

VSV calls for new round of monitored elections in DRC

A rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for new elections following November's controversial legislative and presidential polls.

Court reviews DRC vote amid fears of Kabila bias

The Supreme Court now takes centre stage as the arbiter of a poll that five opposition candidates have rejected in the DRC's presidential election.

Tutu: Sudanese vote an 'expression of hope'

Desmond Tutu and other members of a group of global statesmen known as The Elders on Tuesday praised South Sudan's landmark independence referendum.

Count gathers pace in South Sudan nationhood vote

Organisers pressed on with the marathon task of collating the verdict of South Sudan's independence referendum on Monday.

Joy as South Sudan vote confirmed valid

Organisers of a landmark South Sudan independence vote confirmed on Thursday the turnout threshold needed for it to be valid has been reached.

Organisers: Sudan referendum to meet required turnout

Turnout at south Sudan's independence referendum has defied gloomy expectations and is almost guaranteed to reach the 60% needed for a valid poll.

Elders push on with efforts to aid Zimbabwe

Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and Graça Machel visited a church housing Zimbabwean refugees on Sunday as they continued efforts to ease the crisis.

Elders forced to cancel Zimbabwe visit

A delegation of the Elders has cancelled its trip to Zimbabwe after it was refused entry into the country, it was announced on Saturday.

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