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US wants Mugabe to go

The US can no longer support a proposed Zimbabwean power-sharing deal that would leave Robert Mugabe, "a man who's lost it," as president, the top US envoy for Africa told reporters today full story
Aid group warns of worsening hunger in Africa

An aid group is warning that decades of progress against hunger in Africa is being reversed by rising food prices, chronic droughts and "unfair" land policies. full story
Southern, eastern Africans move to free trade zone

Southern and eastern African countries that account for more than half the continent's population and GDP are moving toward a free trade agreement that is as much about development as opening borders and dropping tariffs. full story
British PM Cameron on visit, comments on hacking scandal, Libya, Africa aid

World British Prime Minister David Cameron, under huge political pressure over the intensifying phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch's embattled U.K. newspaper empire,... full story
Township fire in South Africa kills 3

South African media say three people died and 4,000 were displaced when fires swept through shacks in poor settlements in the Cape Town area on New Year's Day. full story
Bush Urges Other Nations to End Genocide

Speaking on soil once stained with the blood of Rwanda's genocide, President Bush called Tuesday on all nations to step up efforts to end "once and for all" the ethnic slaughter still continuing in Sudan's western Darfur region. full story
Bush Urges Other Nations to End Genocide

Speaking on soil once stained with the blood of Rwanda's genocide, President Bush called Tuesday on all nations to step up efforts to end "once and for all" the ethnic slaughter still continuing in Sudan's western Darfur region. full story
Bush Insists No New Bases in Africa

President Bush said that talk of the United States building new military bases in Africa to expand its influence is "baloney." full story
India Pledges Millions to Projects in Africa

India pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to development projects in Africa in an attempt to bolster its presence on the continent. full story
President Gul Receives African Businessmen

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister Ali Babacan took part in a TUSKON summit in Istanbul today. President Gul, receiving the African ministers, showed his support to the Turkiye Africa relations. full story
‘Turkey’s Africa approach not one-sided, based on mutual benefit’

President Abdullah Gül has said Turkey always had an approach towards Africa that has prioritized benefits for both parties, and that Turkey recognizes that nations on the continent have suffered a lot as a result of centuries-long colonialism. full story
South Africa's Mandela votes early in local polls

Former President Nelson Mandela cast an early ballot in local elections and is looking "healthy and handsome," South Africa's top election official said Monday. full story
One on One With the Fmr. President of Tanzania

Special, Video, World The former president said that one big problem Tanzania and other African countries face is a deluge of foreign aid without matching levels of foreign investment. full story
4 South African police officers killed

South Africa's police chief says violence against his officers has reached a crisis point after four were killed in the last few days. full story
South African president: Gadhafi ready for truce

Moammar Gadhafi is ready for a truce to stop the fighting in his country, the visiting South African president said after meeting the Libyan ruler... full story
South Africa mourns anti-apartheid veteran Sisulu

Nelson Mandela called Sisulu "one of the greatest South Africans" for her role fighting apartheid and nurturing a new generation of leaders. She collapsed and died at her Johannesburg home June 2 at the age of 92. full story
Mandela charity ex-chief innocent in diamond case

World A prominent South African businessman to whom supermodel Naomi Campbell testified she gave gems was found not guilty Wednesday in a "blood diamonds" case. full story
Joint appeal issued to fight drought

World Food and relief agencies are appealing to the international community to provide political and financial support to combat a devastating drought gripping five countries in the Horn of Africa. full story
Drought refugees: Worst humanitarian disaster

World The head of the U.N. refugee agency is calling drought-ridden Somalia the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world. full story
UN says aid to Somalia won't decrease due to fraud

World The World Food Program says it has no plans to reduce aid to Somalia following allegations that international food shipments there are being diverted. full story
Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis to perform in S.Africa

Famed American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis played a few tunes in South Africa as a prelude to headlining Johannesburg's annual jazz festival. full story
South Africa: Tutu blasts ANC over Dalai Lama visa

Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid hero often described as South Africa's conscience, slammed the ANC-led government as "disgraceful" and said... full story
Warm Welcome for the Bokke

A warm welcome for the Springboks on Monday, after returning to South Africa following their elimination from the Rugby World Cup. full story
South African Mayors to Work Harder Towards a Greener Tomorrow

Mayors across South Africa gathered at the Mayors' Conference on Climate Change on Sunday ... full story
Churches accuse South Africa's ANC of interfering

Leaders of churches representing tens of millions of South Africans on Tuesday accused the governing African National Congress of trying to co-opt and manipulate them, in a strongly worded statement reflecting two years of brewing tensions. full story
IBSA Calls on European Markets to Prevent a Double Dip Recession

The fifth India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum was held today Tuesday .... full story
Prince Charles visits South Africa

Britain’s Prince Charles landed at the Waterkloof Airbase, Pretoria in South Africa yesterday Wednesday night on his official 5 day visit to the country. full story
Heated Lead up to 2012 Elections in Zimbabwe; PM Tsvangirai Calls for Credible Outcome

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgna Tsvangirai today Friday called for necessary reforms in the country’s upcoming elections next year that would result in a credible outcome. full story
Major Gas Discovery in Mozambique; South Africa Calls for Caution against Foreign Interests

President Zuma addressing a business forum yesterday Wednesday urged Mozambique to protect their recent discovered gas from foreign interests. full story
COP17 Kicks Off in Durban

Over 11,000 delegates from across 194 countries are set to participate at today Monday’s COP17 talks in Durban. full story