(SomaliNet) An agreement could be reached on Wednesday in talks on saving a month-old power-sharing deal with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said.
Tsvangirai spoke to reporters as he arrived at a Harare hotel for a second day of talks mediated by
(SomaliNet) A senior Malawian official said on Wednesday that Southern African neighbours Malawi and Zambia are seeking four million dollars from donors to demarcate 400 kilometres of their common border.
"We are jointly looking for four million dollars from donors," Daniel Gondwe, Malawi's gover
(SomaliNet) Egypt has welcomed the establishment of diplomatic ties between Syria and Lebanon for the first time since independence from French rule.
Ahmed Abul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister on Thursday hailed the move as "a step in the right direction," AFP reports.
"Egypt is relieved by
(SomaliNet) The United Nations and African Union should step in to mediate between the country's rivals if talks aimed at rescuing a power-sharing deal stay deadlocked over cabinet posts, Zimbabwe's opposition MDC said on Friday.
"They (the U.N. and AU) are the guarantors of the (power-sharing)
(SomaliNet) Tanzania said on Friday that the chairman of the African Union will meet the leaders of Mauritania's military junta this month to discuss the West African nation's political crisis.
The AU, currently lead by Tanzania, suspended the mostly desert Islamic republic after soldiers toppled
(SomaliNet) Cameroon’s defence ministry said on Sunday that security forces beat back an attack by pirates in waters off the Bakassi peninsula bordering Nigeria at the weekend, sinking one of their speedboats.
An armed group that says it is fighting for compensation for Nigerian settlers of Ba
(SomaliNet) A police official said Cameroonian authorities have detained two police officers accused of kidnapping a political refugee and handing him over to neighbouring Equatorial Guinea, where he faces a 30-year jail sentence.
According to the official, the two police officers detained were a
(SomaliNet) A foreign woman working for an aid agency was killed by unknown gunmen in the Afghan capital early on Monday, officials said.
An intelligence official said the woman was from South Africa, but other officials said they were unable to confirm her nationality. Two men on a motorbike sho
(SomaliNet) Zimbabwe's rival parties are expected to finalise a power-sharing deal at a summit of the SADC regional group in Swaziland on Monday, The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday.
"Lets go to SADC... We said this issue should be finalised
(SomaliNet) In a move that splits the ruling ANC and challenges its years of dominance, South Africa's former defence minister has announced a breakaway party will be launched.
"We are going to go and set up a party," Mosiuoa Lekota said in remarks broadcast on South Africa's SAfm radio. It would
