John McCain misspoke and confused his African countries while talking to reporters on the Straight Talk Express today. This time, he was bailed out not by Joe Lieberman, but by his close aide Mark Salter.
Mugabe has kept his regime afloat on a sea of paper money, driving Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate well over 1 million percent. Now, after a German bank note-printing company agreed to stop deliveries, he'll have to try to stay in power without the paper.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 -- A defiant President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Tuesday fended off an effort by African leaders to sanction him for his country's recent election violence, telling them that their claims to power were no more legitimate than his.
The 53-nation body urged the creation of a national unity government to heal the deep political wounds.
Vodafone has agreed to acquire a 70pc stake in Ghana's state-owned telecoms company for $900m (£452m) in the UK mobile giant's latest push into Africa in search of new customers.
This goes out to all our Bay Area friends — WIMN’s having a party on July 17, and I hope to see you there. Feel free to forward this post to any Bay Area journalists, media producers, media activists, feminists, progressives and others who you think might like to eat, drink, network and collaborate.
JOHANNESBURG – Morgan Tsvangirai’s withdrawal from the presidential run-off scheduled for June 27, and his decision to seek the protection of the Dutch embassy in Pretoria, has secured for Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe a Pyrrhic victory.
allAfrica, Online news aggregator, Johannesburg, South Africa
One of the most remarkable of this year’s new college graduates, Beatrice Biira, credits her success to something utterly improbable: a goat.
The Rev. Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian and a Jesuit priest who has just published a debut collection of stories about the dark side of human experience.
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, rejected the African Union’s call for talks with Robert Mugabe, citing continuing government-backed violence.
When all else fails, try to cut off the revenue source: The Munich-based company that has supplied Zimbabwe with the special blank sheets to print its increasingly worthless dollar caved in to pressure on Tuesday from the German government for.
KIGALI, Rwanda -- Every time Americans buy groceries, we feel the crisis in food prices. But while inflation presents discomfort in the United States, it is causing dire hardship elsewhere. In many of the world's poorest communities, food prices have become an obstacle to survival.
Zimbabwe government dismisses calls for a power-sharing deal with opposition
AP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's spokesman said Tuesday.
The organization is perceived by some as a tool of powerful members, rather than an unbiased advocate for all nations, said a veteran diplomat.
Since joining Al Qaeda, a group of Algerian militants has been transformed from a nationalist insurgency to a force in the global jihad.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - African leaders resumed talks on how to deal with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday as the US prepared UN sanctions over his one-man election that much of the world has dismissed as a farce.
The Twenty20 World Championship will take place next year in England as planned, despite a stand-off forcing the explosive ICC debate on Zimbabwe to continue on Friday.
Mobile use rising by 50% a year in African nation and only a third of people have a phone
The South African President had the unusual duty yesterday of mourning the death of the President of Zambia with a minute's silence, then hours later wising him a speedy recovery.
After two long and fractious days, Zimbabwe were still hanging on to their place at cricket's high table last night. The International Cricket Council failed again to resolve the issue of their continued presence and the world game remains in limbo.
One of my favorite charities is Heifer International, which was once known as Heifer Project. The provide a boost to farmers around the world by giving them such things as cows, water buffalo, bunnies, bees, and goats.
Former congressman Curt Weldon is helping broker deals between Russian and Ukranian weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job with a private American defense consulting firm, Wired.
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