Rebel groups fighting over diamond mines in the Central African Republic have signed a ceasefire, ending weeks of deadly violence.
A unit of state-owned freight company Transnet has opened a line to transport magnetite for export after disruptions caused by damage to a bridge.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will thrash out differences with French President Nicolas Sarkozy over how to use the eurozone’s financial fire power.
President Bashar al-Assad has renewed a pledge of reforms as Syria threatened retaliation if countries recognised an opposition bloc.
The African National Congress’s Johannesburg region elected new leaders during the weekend.
A $1.2-billion World Bank credit to Bangladesh to finance the country’s longest river bridge has been suspended.
New Zealand eased into the World Cup semi-finals with a sometimes nervous but ultimately comfortable 33-10 victory over a dogged Argentina.
Libyan transitional government forces say they have captured the university and a conference centre in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte.
The National Youth Development Agency allegedly spent R250 000 on party supplies for the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students last year.
Robert Mugabe is expected to ask Archbishop Williams about homosexuals and sanctions as breakaway Anglicans demonstrate against his visit to Zimbabwe.