The Indonesian president's corruption-fighting credentials were on the line on Wednesday after his son was embroiled in vote-buying allegations.

Burundian peace facilitator, Jan van Eck, died of a heart attack on Tuesday at the Constantia Medi Clinic in Cape Town, the SABC reported.

Barack Obama, who is generally regarded as a gifted orator, would do well to find time to unwind before he delivers the speech of his lifetime.

Before flying with his family for a week's holiday in Hawaii on Friday, Barack Obama expressed concern about taking a break in election year.

It was, for a Democratic Party anxious to project an image of a happy family before the presidential election, an irresistible conjunction of symbols.

Hillary Clinton refused to surrender to Barack Obama in the Democratic race for the United States presidency on Tuesday or to acknowledge she had reached the end of the road in her bid for the White House. Rather than concede the loss to Obama, the New York senator told a cheering crowd she would consult supporters and party leaders to decide the future of her campaign.

Cape Judge President John Hlophe should step down from his post until the latest complaint against him has been resolved, according to the Cape Bar Council. "It would be untenable for Judge Hlophe to continue in office pending the determination of the complaint by the Judicial Services Commission," the council said on Tuesday.

Cape Town Judge President John Hlophe must step down, political parties said on Sunday. Hlophe is accused of attempting to influence the Constitutional Court's decision over search-and-seizure raids carried out by the Scorpions on properties of Jacob Zuma and French arms manufacturing giant Thint.

Macedonia's parliamentary election descended into chaos on Sunday after one person was killed and nine wounded in shootings in ethnic Albanian areas, with voting halted in one town after a gun battle. The poll is seen as a test of the nation's political maturity after campaign violence raised fears that slow progress toward European Union membership could be further delayed.

At least three people were wounded in a shooting in an ethnic Albanian area of the Macedonian capital, Skopje, during the country's parliamentary election on Sunday, police and party officials said. "We were attacked," said Izet Mexhiti, a senior official of the ethnic Albanian Democratic Union for Integration party.