Britain and France are still looking for dates for their foreign ministers to travel together to tour hotspots in central Africa’s Great Lakes region, a Foreign Office spokesperson said on Thursday.
Fast bowler Makhaya Ntini took 4-45 on Thursday as South Africa restricted Zimbabwe to 173 for eight in a tri-series one-day international at the Rose Bowl.
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that famine risks were increasing because of political and bureaucratic delays by the Zimbabwe government in appealing for emergency food aid.
West African nations have agreed to form a peacekeeping force for war-torn Liberia and will send a first contingent in the next two weeks, Ghana’s foreign minister said on Wednesday by telephone from Maputo.
President Thabo Mbeki will depart for Maputo later on Wednesday to attend the African Union summit and the Nepad Heads of States Implementation Committee meeting.
United States President George Bush’s South African visit clearly pleased the Pretoria government on Wednesday, while scores of protesters condemned his presence in the country.
The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has suspended its international coordinator for alleged fraud and sexual harassment, its electronic newsletter said on Wednesday.
Three hundred thirty Jewish immigrants from the US and Canada arrived in Israel on Wednesday, and were told by an enthusiastic Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that ”we always needed you…and now we need you much more than ever ”.
Heads of state opening talks at the African Union (AU) summit on Wednesday night will focus on ways to implement an ambitious plan for the economic recovery of Africa.