NATO SACEUR’S ADDRESS AT RUSI: LESSONS FOR AFRICA

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African leaders present multi-billion dollar plan for Zimbabwe

By Miriam Mannak Zimbabwe has not had a lot of luck over the past years. Political oppression, violence, government led terrorism, cholera, hunger, poverty and total economic collapse have crippled the country...

South African Democratic Congress founded

The breakaway group from the ANC has founded a new party called the South African Democratic Congress (SADC) after months of battling between the pro-Zuma majority of the ANC and the minority oppposition under...

Zimbabwe Power Sharing Talk Breaks Down

According to latest reports from the BBC, the SADC [Southern Africa Development Community] Talks aimed at resolving the situation in Zimbabwe has broken down. Both sides claimed irreconcilable differences while the UN insisted that there should be talks. The SADC has stated...

Angolan MPLA set for big poll win

Despite an extraordinary long voting process and the opposition UNITA call for a re-run, Agolan ruling MPLA is set for a big win with 81% votes in parlamentary elections. "  Angola's ruling MPLA party is...

South Africa ruling party backs Zimbabwe talks

As Zimbabwe announces that it will start a renewed crackdown on opposition leaders, lawmakers and activists in the coming days, South Africa's ruling party has turned on the pressure.."African National Congress leaders have urged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to...

Mugabe: China's Military Is A Welcome Ally On The Streets Of Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe Trade Union Rejects SADC & Mbeki

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Mugabe Bans Political Rallies in Harare

Mugabe's Government has banned ALL Political Rallies in Harare. Mugabe's Government also announced that Mr. Mugabe will not attend the SADC [Southern African Development Community] talks to be held on Saturday the 12th of April 2008. In the light of this development, there is...

Human Rights Watch Warns of Human Rights Disaster in Zimbabwe

The opposition party under Tsvangirai will not participate in a presidential runoff vote, said their spokesman on Thursday. Meanwhile president Mugabe and Tsvangirai both stated they would attend an emergency...

Zuma speaks out on Zimbabwe crisis

""In Zimbabwe, we are dealing with the political tension that is not yet a war, which is not also based on ethnicity, which is based on the political disagreement as to how Zimbabwe must be run. And of course I know it has taken too long, and I don't think it is...

Zimbabwe: Beware the Ides of March

Zimbabwe’s curse is that of passivity and gullibility; the frustrated sit and wait for salvation while those who bolster the regime seem hoodwinked and content with following blindly. My good African American...

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The systematic disintegration of the very morals and ethics that bind us together become startlingly apparent as we put into perspective the dismantling of a once great nation; like standing under the golden skies...

Zim Meeting Disappoints: Mugabe Endures

The SADC emergency meeting on the Zimbabwe crisis is winding up, and Robert Mugabe is pleased with the results. Although he reportedly received a behind the scenes scalding over his mismanagement of Zimbabwe's economy and the latest wave of human rights abuses, the dictator...

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