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Mugabe to open new Zimbabwe parliament Tuesday: official
AFP - 2 hours 16 minutes agoHARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will open the new parliament on Tuesday, despite opposition warnings that this would jeopardise power-sharing talks following controversial polls. More »
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Zambian VP takes charge
Reuters - 1 hour 51 minutes agoBy Shapi Shacinda More »
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Sudan's president: Darfur genocide 'nonexistent'
AP - Thursday, August 21ISTANBUL, Turkey - Sudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur _ and offered hope for an end to the violence and the dawn of reconciliation by promising free and fair elections next year. More »
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Darfur tribal chiefs throw in with al-Bashir
AP - Wednesday, August 20EL GENEINA, Sudan - When Sudan's president landed in this remote western Darfur town, he was warmly greeted by a man who by all logic should be his mortal enemy _ a tribal chief the Sudanese leader is charged with trying to exterminate. More »
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43 killed in attack on Algerian police school
AFP - Wednesday, August 20ISSERS, Algeria (AFP) - - A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a police school in Algeria on Tuesday, killing 43 people and raising fears of an Al-Qaeda-linked campaign in north Africa. More »
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Zambia's champion of democracy, Levy Mwanawasa, dead at 59
AFP - Wednesday, August 20LUSAKA (AFP) - - President Levy Mwanawasa, a trenchant critic of Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe who won praise for his handling of Zambia's inflation-prone economy, died Tuesday in hospital in France aged 59. More »
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U.N. approves Somalia force for six more months
Reuters - Wednesday, August 20By Daniel Bases More »
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Zimbabwe parliament to convene next week: official
AFP - Wednesday, August 20HARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe's parliament will convene next week for the first time since President Robert Mugabe lost his majority in March elections, an official said Tuesday. More »
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Mugabe to open parliament on Tuesday despite warning
Reuters - 2 hours 34 minutes agoHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will officially open parliament on Tuesday despite opposition warnings that such a move would endanger crucial power-sharing talks. More »
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59
AP - Wednesday, August 20LUSAKA, Zambia - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighboring Zimbabwe's economic ruin, died in a French military hospital Tuesday. More »
- Zambia's champion of democracy, Levy Mwanawasa, diesAFP -Wednesday, August 20
- Zimbabwe inflation hits 11 million percent as talks dragReuters -Wednesday, August 20
- CORRECTED: Zambia President Mwanawasa died in FranceReuters -Wednesday, August 20
- Zimbabwe inflation rockets to 11.27 million percentReuters -Wednesday, August 20
- Senegal newspaper raids deepen media disputeReuters -Tuesday, August 19
- Sudan's president in Turkey to attend summitAP -Tuesday, August 19
- World Food Program worker killed in SomaliaAP -Tuesday, August 19
- Sudan's president to attend summit in TurkeyAP -Tuesday, August 19
- Zimbabwe crisis talks to push ahead: ministerAFP -Tuesday, August 19
- Zimbabwe's rivals vow to keep talkingAP -Tuesday, August 19
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