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Mandela calls for action on poverty on his 90th birthday (Roundup)
Jul 18, 2008, 13:46 GMT
Johannesburg - From his ancestral home in South Africa's impoverished Eastern Cape province former president Nelson Mandela used the occasion of his 90th birthday Friday to call for renewed action on poverty. ... moreAfrica News
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Mugabe's party, MDC preparing to sign agreement on talks: source
Jul 20, 2008, 10:49 GMT
Johannesburg - An agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on the agenda for talks on a powersharing government appeared to be near at hand Sunday. ... more
Arab League agrees on plan to solve Sudan-ICC crisis (Roundup)
Jul 19, 2008, 20:28 GMT
Cairo - The Arab League announced Saturday that its foreign ministers in an emergency meeting agreed on a plan to defuse the crisis between Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC), but said details of the plan would be revealed in the next days. ... more
Arab League seeks compromises in Sudan-ICC crisis (1st Lead)
Jul 19, 2008, 17:38 GMT
Cairo - In an effort to avoid possible prosecution of the Sudanese president on genocide charges, an Arab League committee formed during an emergency meeting on Saturday is trying to draw up a conciliatory statement to solve the crisis between Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC), diplomatic sources said. ... more
Arab League to discuss legal way out of Sudan-ICC crisis
Jul 19, 2008, 11:42 GMT
Cairo - In an effort to avert possible prosecution of the Sudanese president on genocide charges, Arab foreign ministers are expected to examine in an emergency meeting in Cairo on Saturday a proposal that would call for the trial of two other indicted Sudanese officials, according to Arab diplomatic sources. ... more
Mandela calls for action on poverty on his 90th birthday (Roundup)
Jul 18, 2008, 13:46 GMT
Johannesburg - From his ancestral home in South Africa's impoverished Eastern Cape province former president Nelson Mandela used the occasion of his 90th birthday Friday to call for renewed action on poverty. ... moreMore Headlines
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CHRONOLOGY: Nelson Mandela: 90 years in the life of a troublemaker
Jul 17, 2008, 13:03 GMT
Johannesburg - Rolihlahla (literally 'troublemaker') Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Mvezo, Eastern Cape, the son of a chieftain of the Tembu clan, part of the Xhosa nation. ... moreMugabe: from liberation-war hero to vengeful dictator
Jun 29, 2008, 15:02 GMT
Johannesburg - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 84, one of Africa's last post-independence strongman leaders, was re-elected for another five years Sunday having stood alone in a run-off election that his longtime opposition rival Morgan Tsvangirai boycotted. ... more