In a new sign of a breakdown in relations, Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir has accused South Sudan of betrayal, saying the country was supporting rebels.
IMF chief Christine Lagarde will be taking her European rescue talks to Russia in her first official foreign trip, before visiting China and Japan.
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/ 6 November 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is to announce Japan will join negotiations in Asia-Pacific trade agreement talks, despite opposition from farmers.
Opposition parties have slammed plans for R1.6-billion is to be spent on two new long-range jets for President Jacob Zuma and his deputy.
Young supporters of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe have stoned and beaten backers of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, blocking an MDC rally.
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/ 6 November 2011
The Arab League has called an emergency meeting on Syria after forces there allegedly killed at least 10 demonstrators on one of Islams holiest days.
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/ 6 November 2011
Syrian forces shot dead at least four civilians on Sunday in a continued military assault on the central city of Homs.
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/ 6 November 2011
An internal forensic audit has slammed SABC board chairperson Ben Ngubane for his appointment of consultant Justice Ndaba.
The state is to spend R1.6-billion on two new long-range jets for President Jacob Zuma and Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
European leaders watch nervously as embattled Greek premier tries to find allies and avoid the nightmare of being thrown out of the eurozone.
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/ 5 November 2011
At least 380 mine dumps and slime dams around Gauteng could be a bigger threat than acid mine drainage, the <em>Saturday Star</em> has reported.
The Pakistan government will submit a detailed report on a recent spot-fixing case in order to repatriate three jailed cricketers.
A 27-vehicle pile-up on a British motorway sparked explosions and an inferno, leaving several people dead and 43 injured.
The ANC will hear closing arguments on Sunday in its disciplinary hearing against controversial party youth leader Julius Malema.
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/ 5 November 2011
About a hundred people from the Right 2 Know campaign have marched in Durban against the Protection of State Information Bill.
The suffering inflicted by Israel on the Palestinian people shows that it has forgotten the Jewish scriptures, says Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
Burma’s president has approved changes to a law on political parties, paving the way for Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party to re-register.
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/ 5 November 2011
A new investigating officer has been appointed to the Leigh Matthews murder case after a second person was traced to the ransom exchange.
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/ 5 November 2011
Bangkok’s well-protected centre is only at risk of "minor" flooding, the Thai premier says, as the deluge closed in on the metropolis.
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/ 5 November 2011
Several explosions ripped through Nigeria’s troubled northeastern city of Maiduguri, including a suicide bomb attack on military offices.
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/ 5 November 2011
Rhinos are being killed at an average of one a day to supply the rhino horn market in the Far East.
President Jacob Zuma says all G20 countries should help curb the negative effects of the global financial crisis on poor and developing countries.
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has lost an application for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court against a hate speech ruling.
The phone-hacking scandal at News Corp threatens to spread to other titles, as another journalist at the <em>Sun</em> newspaper is arrested.
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/ 4 November 2011
Libya’s stockpile of chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising, according to weapons inspectors.
Bafana coach Pitso Mosimane has explained the surprise omissions of Thulani Serero and Andile Jale from the squad to face Ivory Coast and Zimbabwe.
The Oppenheimer dynasty has ended by selling their 40% of De Beers to global miner Anglo American for $5.1-billion.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson had not “wildly imagined” her 28 day stay in a luxury guesthouse would cost R420 000.
The Supreme Court of Namibia has backed the decision by competition authorities to impose conditions on Walmart’s purchase of SA retailer Massmart.
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/ 4 November 2011
A Tibetan activist had burns to his legs when he set himself alight outside the Chinese embassy in India, following a wave of deadly self-immolations.
More blood was shed as activists called nationwide protests in Syria to test the regime’s readiness to abide by its Arab peace deal commitments.
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/ 4 November 2011
Auction house Christie’s has announced that it plans to sell one of James Bond’s iconic Rolex watches.