The South African former Deputy President, Mr. Jacob Zuma is set to face trial over corruption charges though his lawyers are seeking to have the case withdrawn. At the same time state prosecutors are expected to file a plea for postponement until...
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As the Democratic Republic of Congo votes today for its first multi-party elections in 40 years, security has been tightened. The elections, aimed at ending a long civil war, have 32 candidates including incumbent President Joseph Kabila in the fray for...
Two babies and two policemen were killed the run-up to the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo Mr. Jean Pierre Bemba, a candidate returned to the capital, Kinshasa. Clashes broke out in Kinshasa on Thursday after a camp for Mr....
A cross-party committee of peers has urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to scrap the government's right to go to war without first seeking a vote in Parliament. The committee said the vote in Parliament on the Iraq war in 2003 created a new benchmark and...
The White House has drafted a legislation covering trials of terror detainees, allowing hearsay evidence. It would however exclude defendants from trials to protect national security, The New York Times has reported.
The Times said the draft was being...
US President George Bush urged Mr. Minni Minnawi, leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA), the main rebel group in western Sudan's Darfur region to work towards building support in the region. Mr. Bush also told Mr. Minnawi, during their meeting at...
Congo opposition protesters rampaged down the main highway into Kinshasa today demanding postponement of the historic multi-party elections in 40 years in the country scheduled for Sunday. The several hundred demonstrators who want the elections to be...
The Ugandan Government has sought the help of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) leader Mr. Joseph Kony's mother to persuade her rebel son to return to the negotiating table in an effort to end the 20-year-long rebellion which has killed or maimed thousands....
The member countries of the EU will unveil a plan to deal with the immigration crises in Brussels today. It envisages teams of rapid reaction border guards called Frontex and comes in the wake of proposals by member states for the creation of teams of...
A petrol bomb blast at a church service in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, has injured about 20 people, two of them seriously. The assailant reportedly escaped after triggering off the blast.
The Catholic Church is the largest single religious...
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