Charles Taylor stepped down as president of Liberia and flew into exile last night as three US warships neared the country’s coast, boosting hopes that US marines would join Nigerian-led peacekeepers enforcing a fragile ceasefire.
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Minister of Minerals and Energy Mlambo-Ngcuka has called on successful black professionals to create footholds and meaningful benefits for others through broad-based black economic empowerment deals and relationships.
The $1,09-billion takeover bid of Ashanti Goldfields, Ghana’s premier company, by AngloGold, SA’s largest and the world’s second-largest gold producer, has shown that Africa can transform itself without giving up an inch of its mineral wealth.
Blair has often taken it upon himself to placate criticism of US military aggression abroad by pointing to its social achievements at home. And there can be few greater American accomplishments, in his mind, than race.
Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli was surprisingly upbeat on Monday despite his team losing both away Vodacom Tri-Nations matches against Australia and New Zealand on consecutive weekends.
Beaten, bruised and raped, Zimbabwean women will not keep silent about the atrocities and horrors they are subjected to any longer. Brave survivors are telling their stories home and abroad to force the government to put an end to the violence.
An annual three-test series to decide the Bledisloe Cup has the approval of senior All Blacks, provided it doesn’t drag out the international rugby calendar.
Controversial Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne needs to clear the air with his teammates about his latest off-field drama, in which a South African woman has accused him of harassment, his state coach David Hookes said on Tuesday.
Will Liverpool’s capture of Australian international midfielder Harry Kewell be enough to carry the team to their first league title in 13 years? That is the question at Anfield, where former Leeds star Kewell will link up with Michael Owen in an attacking partnership that should give Manchester United’s Ruud van Nistelrooy or Arsenal’s Thierry Henry a run for their money.