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Saturday 05 July 2008

Mbeki meets Mugabe, not Tsvangirai

In his role as chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwean crisis, Thabo Mbeki met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a trip to Harare. But opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declined to meet the South African leader.
  • ZIMBABWE
    Mbeki meets Mugabe, not Tsvangirai
    In his role as chief regional negotiator on the Zimbabwean crisis, Thabo Mbeki met with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a trip to Harare. But opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declined to meet the South African leader.
  • DRC
    Congo's Bemba appears before war crimes court
    Former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba made his first appearance Friday before the International Criminal Court where he stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • ZAMBIA - FRANCE
    Zambian president in French hospital
    Zambia's vice president denied media reports on Thursday that President Levy Mwanawasa had died, saying he was in stable condition in a Paris hospital.
  • Zimbabwe
    200 opposition members ask for US assistance
    Several hundred members of Morgan Tsvangirai's opposition party MDC gathered in front of the US embassy in Harare to ask for help in ending violence that has plagued the country in recent months.
  • SOUTH AFRICA - USA
    US drops Mandela from terrorist list
    The White House announced that it has dropped former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress party from its terror watch lists. Their original placement on the list occurred during the Reagan admininstration.
  • SOMALIA
    Dozens killed in Somalia fighting
    Clashes between Islamist insurgents and Somali, Ethiopian, and African Union forces resulted in at least 39 deaths. Of these, 13 were civilians.
  • COMOROS - ELECTION
    New president for Comoros isle of Anjouan
    Moussa Toybou, a 45-year-old engineer, won the presidential election on the Comoros isle of Anjouan, three months after renegade leader Mohamed Bacar was ousted by joint Comoran and African Union forces.
  • ZIMBABWE
    US pushes UN resolution draft on Zimbabwe
    Details of a US draft for a UN Security Council resolution against Zimbabwe emerged on Wednesday. It calls for an arms embargo as well as financial and travel sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and 11 of his close associates.
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