BBC News Tutu dismayed at ANC infighting | Former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu has said that if South Africa held elections tomorrow he would not vote because bickering in the ruling party. | In an interview with South Africa's Sunda... (photo: AP / Rebecca Hearfield)
Gallup In South Africa, High Level of Confidence in Judiciary | WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thabo Mbeki recently stepped down as president of South Africa after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) called for the leader's resignation. Leading up to the ANC's decis... (photo: Public Domain)
The Boston Globe Low-profile UN chief struggles as diplomatic peacemaker | UNITED NATIONS - In the days after Georgian and Russian troops marched into the separatist province of South Ossetia, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon frantically telephoned key leaders and offered the... (photo: UN/Paulo Filgueiras) PeacePhotosPoliticsRussiaUN
Business Day China could usher in a new era of banking in Africa THE dramatic events of the past few weeks, starting with one of the world's most powerful investment banks - Lehman Brothers - going to the wall and insurer AIG teetering on the brink, has left a woun... (photo: Public Domain / Pp2012) AfricaChinaEconomyMarketPhotos
Daily Star Lebanon Sudan expells two bodyguards of UK ambassador | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, October 06, 2008 | KHARTOUM: Sudan has expelled two bodyguards working for the British ambassador after their car injured two se... (photo: UNMIS/Tim McKulka ) AmbassadorFrancePhotosSudanUK
The Star Egyptian foreign minister visits Iraq | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and promised to reopen an embassy in Baghdad soon, the lates... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) EgyptEnergyIraqPhotosPolitics
Independent online Skweyiya praises SA | The calm way South Africa handled recent political change proves it is a mature democracy, said Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya in Pretoria on Sunday. | "As g... (photo: (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)) AfricaGovernmentPhotosPoliticalSocial
News24 Tutu says he might not vote | Johannesburg - Archbishop Emeritus would welcome the creation of a viable opposition in South Africa, after ruling party infighting forced former president to resign, i... (photo: creative commons / ) ElectionJohannesburgParliamentPhotosPolitic
Independent online Zim rivals fail to settle | President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai failed to settle differences in talks on Saturday about the finance and home affairs ministries in a new... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay) MugabePhotosPresidentTsvangiraiZimbabwe
The Times Somali pirates vow to stand and fight | THE Somali pirates slung their AK47 rifles over their shoulders as they peered into the dark hold, using torches to light up the bowels of the Ukrainian freighter. | "W... (photo: AP / US Navy - Nico Figueroa) AfricaCommanderEUPhotosPirates
