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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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Both men remained deadlocked over who will control Zimbabwe's powerful home affairs ministry, which oversees the police, despite efforts to end the crisis early this week in a high-level security me... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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OTTAWA -- Congo's history of violence has picked up in pace and brutality over the past decade, plunging several African countries - and a significant portion of the international community, through t... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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KILIMANYOKA, CONGO -- Rebels vowing to take Congo's eastern provincial capital advanced toward Goma yesterday, sending tens of thousands fleeing. The top United Nations envoy said government soldiers ... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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The Kenyan government has finally suspended its plans to borrow 300 million U.S. dollars through a sovereign bond issue, citing volatile international capital markets. Ministry of Finance Permanent Se... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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African leaders are due meet in Nairobi on Wednesday to discuss ways of restoring normalcy in Somalia which has been rocked by violence for many years. The leaders from Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Eth... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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The seven-nation regional mediation body, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has commended Kenya for playing a leading role in the Somali peace process. Ethiopia's Prime Minister ... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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Tanzania and Burundi have signed a pact on forging partnership in training soldiers and exchanging militarily-related information, local media reported on Wednesday. The pact was signed on Tuesday by ... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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The United Nations Security Council has failed to reach a decision on an urgent request to reinforce UN peacekeeping troops in eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). Alain Le Roy, the head of UN pe... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's rand gave back some ground against the dollar on Wednesday after the previous day's sharp gains, but looked to stabilise as liquidity returns to markets a... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's blue-chip Top-40 index jumped over four percent on Wednesday, tracking strength in global stocks. The Johannesburg Top-40 index of blue-chip stocks rose ... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's private sector credit demand growth braked to a 3- year low of 16.42 percent year-on-year in September, below forecasts, adding to signs higher interest r... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gold Fields, the world's No. 4 gold producer, posted an 86 percent fall in adjusted headline earnings per share for the quarter to end-September on Wednesday, mainly on ... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] LONDON (Reuters) - Newcastle United moved out of the Premier League's bottom three on Tuesday with an edgy 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion at St James' Park. Midfielder Joey Barton, start... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] By Brian Homewood BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Diego Maradona said on Tuesday he was on the brink of being named Argentina coach. Carlos Bilardo, who was in charge of the 1986 World Cup-winning te... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] By N.Ananthanarayanan NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Australian fast bowlers struck two early blows before India recovered to reach 67 for two wickets at lunch on the first day of the third test on Wedn... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] By Peter Rutherford SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson has racked up the air miles in pursuit of golf titles and prize money and the American believes the game's growing globalisation will en... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers blew up cars at a security compound in northern Somalia on Wednesday, wounding at least eight soldiers, the regional governor said. Bari governo... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] (Adds quote from lawyer, parents at trial, paragraphs 5-6) By Daniele La Monaca PERUGIA, Italy, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An African immigrant was on Tuesday convicted of the rape and murder of Bri... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] By Gul Yousafzai KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistani rescuers have pulled 160 bodies from the rubble of hundreds of mud-walled homes in Baluchistan province after a powerful earthquake hit the area o... |
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
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+ ] ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to protest over missile strikes by pilotless U.S. aircraft on the Pakistani side of its border with Afghanistan, a Pakist... |
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