Barack Obama savaged his Republican rival, John McCain, on Wednesday for running a dishonourable campaign.
A nationwide drive in Malawi to get up to seven million citizens on to a fresh voters’ register got off to a slow start on Monday.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will ask regional leaders to help resolve the deadlock in talks with President Robert Mugabe.
Barack Obama piled up nearly $8-million in fundraising in a single night, as anticipation built over his looming choice of White House running mate.
The new military council has pledged that it will hold free and fair elections. But the African Union has suspended Mauritania’s membership.
Intimidation of Angola’s opposition threatens chances of a fair vote in the September parliamentary election, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
Barack Obama’s campaign offered fresh examples on Monday of the power of technology to transform electoral politics.
Malawi is hoping to enrol seven million people on to its new voters’ roll when registration for next year’s general election opens this month.
White House contender Barack Obama said on Monday the faltering United States economy was now in the grip of an ”emergency”.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni already looks set to win re-election in 2011, ensuring stability for the fast-growing economy.
Negotiators from Zimbabwe’s opposition and ruling party are expected in SA on Tuesday for talks aimed at ending the country’s political crisis.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed an agreement on Monday that paves the way for fully fledged talks.
Lobbyists for Limpopo Premier Sello Moloto have made an eleventh-hour change to their candidates’ list.
Zimbabwe will transfer ownership of all foreign-owned firms that support Western sanctions against President Robert Mugabe, a state newspaper reports.
Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday amid tight security on the first leg of his high-profile tour of war zones and foreign capitals.
Zimbabwe’s opposition was on Saturday gearing up to ink an agreement that paves the way for fully fledged talks on the country’s crisis.
Republican White House hopeful John McCain on Friday predicted a surge of militant attacks in Iraq at the time of the US election in November.
South African President Thabo Mbeki agreed on Friday to work more closely with the AU and UN to bring an end to the Zimbabwe crisis.
Efforts to broker an end to Zimbabwe’s crisis stepped up Friday as SA hosted talks with the AU’s top official and a meeting of foreign ministers.
Barack Obama will flash Kennedy-style charisma but face a stern test as a novice on the world stage in the Middle East and Europe next week.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is beginning to breathe more easily as a Western diplomatic campaign against his re-election falters.
Zimbabwe’s ruling party and the opposition MDC will on Thursday begin preliminary talks on ending the political crisis, an opposition source says.
A call by the G8 to send a UN envoy to Zimbabwe and to press for new sanctions is a stinging humiliation for mediator Thabo Mbeki, analysts say.
Barack Obama will stand before 75 000 fans to accept the Democratic White House nomination in a spectacular finale to his party’s convention.
SA President Thabo Mbeki has been given a grilling by G8 leaders at a private meeting over his mediation efforts in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe’s opposition on Monday accused militias loyal to Robert Mugabe of stepping up deadly attacks against its followers.
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband on Monday called for ”tough” sanctions against Zimbabwe.
The US presidential candidates will duel over the economy this week, with Republican John McCain touting proposals he says will stimulate job growth.
Robert Mugabe’s regime has warned the West to ”stop meddling” in Zimbabwe as the veteran leader faces pressure to cut a deal with the opposition.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives home to a hero’s welcome after avoiding censure at an AU summit over his controversial one-man election.
The AU crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic.
South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see a unity government negotiated in Zimbabwe, it was reported on Tuesday.