Conflict

HARARE - South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis after a violent election that extended Mugabe's 28-year rule.

The main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said its leader Morgan Tsvangirai had declined to meet Mbeki, who has tried to mediate between the two sides.

Tsvangirai and his MDC have criticised Mbeki's mediation efforts, accusing him of siding with Mugabe ...

Sharm-El-Sheikh - Africa Union (AU) Chairman Jakaya Kikwete has commended Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga for setting aside their personal interests and agreeing to form a grand coalition government for the sake of peace and unity.

Mr Kikwete, who is Tanzania's president, said at the opening of the 11th AU summit of Heads of State and government on Monday that Kenya's model of a grand coalition government formed after the post-election skirmishes early ...

By Modern Bweema

Sharm-El-Sheikh - The United Nations (UN) has warned that the current global food crisis, compounded by a hike in fuel prices and climate change, will push more than 100 million people into poverty.

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro said on Monday at the official opening of the 11th AU Heads of State and Government Summit that this development risked reversing the positive steps made towards achieving the Millennium Development ...

By Luyanda Makapela

Sharm El Sheikh – The African Union (AU) Commission has signed a $40 million peace support programme with the Italian government to support regional border projects.

Addressing reporters at the AU Summit in Sharm-El-Sheikh on Tuesday, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramantane Lamamra said the sanctioned programme to demarcate the borders and eliminate conflicts would see an end to Africa’s border-ignited conflicts.

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HARARE, 26 June 2008 (IRIN) - Jabulani Sibanda, chairman of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association, does not believe reports claiming that veterans who fought for and achieved Zimbabwe's independence from Britain in 1980 are behind the ongoing political violence in the country.

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