Rebels besieging Monrovia will withdraw immediately from the Liberian capital once west African peacekeepers arrive on Monday, rebel leader Sekou Damate Conneh said in Rome.
Negotiations between the German government and a radical Islamic group holding 14 Europeans hostage in northern Mali have been interrupted, the German news network NTV reported on Monday.
Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki left Nairobi for Pretoria on Monday to begin a three-day visit expected to include trade talks with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma will supply the answers to 35 questions put to him by the Scorpions investigation unit within the next two weeks, his office said on Monday.
Scorpions under the microscope
A thorough review of the Scorpions elite detective unit is underway, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi indicated on Monday.
Some of the Boeremag trialists, just like followers of the Zulu monarchy, were not bound by the Constitution, the Pretoria High Court heard on Monday.
Rights groups on Monday launched an e-mail campaign urging South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela to turn down an invitation to take part in Mahatma Gandhi birthday celebrations in the western Indian riot-ravaged state of Gujarat.
Over three-quarters of South Africa’s municipalities had not submitted financial statements for the 2001/02 financial year by September last year, in contravention of legislation requiring they do so.
HIV-positive judge Edwin Cameron is to lead a delegation of people living with HIV on Monday when they protest their exclusion from key events at the South African Aids Conference in Durban.
Outrage at new block on Aids drug