President Thabo Mbeki made a strong call on Friday night for all South Africans to embrace transformation.
Black-clad Czech riot police patrolled the streets of Prague and US warplanes roared overhead last night as Nato leaders prepared for an historic summit dominated by the crisis over Iraq.
A 56-year-old farmer was killed and his wife seriously wounded recently when four burglars opened fire on them on their farm in the Free State.
Israeli armed forces seized more Palestinian areas on Thursday, after a second suicide bomb attack on Jerusalem in two days killed six Israelis including a five-year-old girl.
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has accused some
non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) of meddling in the country’s internal affairs and said his government will regulate them, a newspaper said on Saturday.
Suddenly, US President George Bush is tangling with not one but both of his most denounced international villains: Osama bin Laden and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
The United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, clashed with Washington yesterday over the enforcement of no-fly zones in Iraq by American and British warplanes.
Binyamin Netanyahu has secured a deal that will put him next in line to succeed Ariel Sharon, although he seems to be heading for defeat in his latest struggle to become prime minister.
One of Burundi’s main rebel groups agreed a ceasefire with the government yesterday after months of peace talks, raising hopes that a nine-year-long civil war which has left hundreds of thousands dead may be nearing an end.
The US government and the giant pharmaceutical companies are continuing to bully poor countries to tighten up their patent rules, hampering efforts to obtain cheap medicines for people with diseases such as HIV/Aids, according to a new report.