The bilateral talks held in Gaborone on Thursday between the visiting United States President George Bush and Botswana President Festus Mogae would not change the country’s policy towards Zimbabwe, Botswana’s Foreign Minister Mompati Merafhe said.
Zimbabwe’s food security crisis can literally be relieved ”with the stroke of a pen”, DA agriculture spokesperson Andries Botha said on Thursday.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) called on Malawi’s President Bakili Muluzi on Thursday to ensure that the youths who assaulted a photojournalist on Monday were arrested, tried and sentenced.
British and African conservationists have joined forces to protect endangered plants in sub-Saharan countries.
South Africa’s Western Cape province will soon host a conference aimed at bringing major airlines together to discuss ways of increasing international flights to Cape Town, according to Provincial Premier Marthinus Van Schalkwyk.
South African President Thabo Mbeki sought to inject urgency into the building of the African Union (AU) as the fledgling organisation kicked off its second summit in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Thursday.
Madagascar back in the AU fold
An Austrian doctor working in Basra described a ”disastrous humanitarian and security situation” in Iraq, the Catholic press agency Kathpress reported on Thursday.
Rapule Tabane speaks to Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa about governance, ANC policy and the role of legislatures.