Warning that next week's run-off election in Zimbabwe is unlikely to be free and fair, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for stronger action against the regime of President Robert Mugabe. A.Duval-Smith reports.
South African President Thabo Mbeki meets with his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, amid mounting criticism over Mbeki's reticence to intervene in the Zimbabwean election crisis. (Report: N. Germain).
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe met top UN official Haile Menkerios Tuesday, ahead of tense run-off elections. Mugabe has vowed to retain power in the country even as hyper-inflation and food shortages threaten stability.
Voters in Macedonia turned out again to cast their ballot at polling stations where results had been cancelled after a snap general elections two weeks ago due to violence and irregularities. The ruling conservatives are guaranteed a landslide win.
Women voters who strongly backed Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful bid for the Democrat presidential nomination, have thrown their support behind Barack Obama, according to a Gallup poll on Wednesday. (Report: J Jackson)
The head of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's vice presidential search committee resigned Wednesday following news reports suggesting a past conflict of interest in obtaining a home mortgage.
A Moroccan-backed mosque network topped the elections for France's official Muslim council following a boycott by its former leaders from the Algeria-backed Paris Grand Mosque.
A Zimbabwe court ruled that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be permitted to hold rallies in the capital Harare, after police repeatedly moved in to disrupt opposition rallies.
The French Council of the Muslim Faith is moving ahead with a poll to designate new national leaders on Sunday, despite a boycott by France's best-known mosque, the historic Paris Grand Mosque.
