The US is planning a long-term military presence in Iraq, in a move which will dramatically extend American power in the region and spread dismay and fear among its opponents across the Arab world.
The Chinese government sacked its health minister and another senior official yesterday in an attempt to establish credibility for its handling of the Sars health crisis as the death toll continued to mount.
Less than two weeks after the collapse of the regime, thousands of members of the Arab Ba’ath Socialist party, the all too willing instrument of Saddam, are resuming their roles as the men and women who run Iraq.
A member of Zimbabwe’s opposition has died as a result of police torture, according to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC say Tonderai Machiridza (32) died after six days in Zimbabwean police custody.
Year-on-year producer price inflation for all commodities sank to 5,1% in March from 14,1% in the same period last year, Statistics SA reported on Wednesday.
Nigerians waited nervously on Sunday for the results of landmark presidential and state governorship elections which observers said were marred by violence and ballot rigging.
A month into one of France’s biggest ever corruption trials, an avid public has gorged on a rich diet of African bribes, political skullduggery and sensational divorce — all paid for from the illicit millions of the formerly state-owned oil company Elf.
The deadly Sars virus claimed 12 more lives yesterday as fears over the menace posed by the outbreak rose with reports of fresh cases in countries around the world.
The United Nations is to be cut out of any involvement in the hunt for weapons of mass destruction ”for the foreseeable future”, after Washington made it clear it sees no role for Hans Blix or the Unmovic inspections team.