The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone on Tuesday hailed landmark elections in the war-ravaged country as ”exemplary.”
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the ex-wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to 85 counts of fraud and theft charges involving nearly R1-million.
Gold and platinum stocks racked up gains on the South African bourse early on Tuesday, fuelled by precious metals prices, with gold appearing set to test the an ounce level.
Zimbabwe has granted a black-owned firm a licence to operate fixed telephone services, a year after the Supreme Court broke a state monopoly of the market, government announced on Wednesday.
Zambia is to receive -million in credit from the World Bank (WB) for current drought and food shortages in the country, a government representative said on Tuesday.
Armed with superior equipment and elaborate surveillance plans, UN disarmament experts arrive in Baghdad today, four years after they were forced to leave Iraq, to begin the most extensive and intrusive weapons inspection in modern history.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s office on Tuesday again denied media reports that alleged he may have financially gained from the country’s multi-billion rand strategic arms package.
A United Nations assessment team in the affected regions of Saturday’s deadly earthquake in northwestern Iran says ”hundreds of people were killed” and an estimated 2 000-4 000 injured.
The administration of President George Bush on Monday reacted icily to gestures made by Cuban leader Fidel Castro to former US president Jimmy Carter.
The British government has launched a formal investigation into allegations that a white Zimbabwean businessman — one of the richest men in Britain — has broken UK and European sanctions by supplying aircraft parts to the Zimbabwean air force.