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/ 3 September 2008
Angolan political parties were set to wrap up an election campaign on Wednesday as the country prepared for its first peacetime election on Friday.
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/ 2 September 2008
Rafael Savimbi, son of late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi, sees the country’s first post-civil war elections as a chance for national unity.
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/ 2 September 2008
A flurry of revelations battering Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Tuesday raised new questions about John McCain’s pick.
Hillary Clinton will grab the spotlight at the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a lingering party rift.
United States Democrats on Monday worked to unite the party for its convention to nominate presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Barack Obama prolonged the suspense on his vice-presidential pick on Friday, saying he has chosen someone — but not revealing the name.
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.