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Presidency confirms dozens of heads of state for Mandela memorial
Minister Collins Chabane says 28 heads of state have been confirmed for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, with many still expected.
It’s war on tropical diseases
But experts warn that drugs alone will not win it, after the pharmaceutical giants agree to work together on an ambitious project.
Obama to lay out vision in State of the Union address
As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.
VSV calls for new round of monitored elections in DRC
A rights group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has called for new elections following November’s controversial legislative and presidential polls.
Court reviews DRC vote amid fears of Kabila bias
The Supreme Court now takes centre stage as the arbiter of a poll that five opposition candidates have rejected in the DRC’s presidential election.
Tutu: Sudanese vote an ‘expression of hope’
Desmond Tutu and other members of a group of global statesmen known as The Elders on Tuesday praised South Sudan’s landmark independence referendum.
Count gathers pace in South Sudan nationhood vote
Organisers pressed on with the marathon task of collating the verdict of South Sudan’s independence referendum on Monday.
Joy as South Sudan vote confirmed valid
Organisers of a landmark South Sudan independence vote confirmed on Thursday the turnout threshold needed for it to be valid has been reached.
Organisers: Sudan referendum to meet required turnout
Turnout at south Sudan’s independence referendum has defied gloomy expectations and is almost guaranteed to reach the 60% needed for a valid poll.
Elders push on with efforts to aid Zimbabwe
Kofi Annan, Jimmy Carter and Graça Machel visited a church housing Zimbabwean refugees on Sunday as they continued efforts to ease the crisis.
Elders forced to cancel Zimbabwe visit
A delegation of the Elders has cancelled its trip to Zimbabwe after it was refused entry into the country, it was announced on Saturday.
Annan to lead team to Harare
The former United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, is to lead a high-profile team on a humanitarian mission to Zimbabwe.
Carter: Israel has at least 150 atomic weapons
Former United States president Jimmy Carter has said Israel holds at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a US president has publicly acknowledged the state’s atomic…
Carter urges ‘supine’ Europe to break with US over Gaza
Britain and other European governments should break from the United States over the international embargo on Gaza, former US president Jimmy Carter said on Sunday. Carter…
Bush appeasement slur angers Democrats
United States President George Bush used a visit to Israel on Thursday to denounce Democratic party offers to negotiate with America’s enemies in the Middle East as comparable to…