Tsvangirai Accuses Mugabe of Being a Stumbling Block to Zimbabwe Unity Deal

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused President Robert Mugabe of being the stumbling block to the current negotiations to resolve the country’s political impasse, and he warned the Zimbabwean leader against unilaterally forming a government that excludes his party. Read more

African Union Condemns Terrorist Attack in Algeria

African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping hascondemned Tuesday’s “terrorist” attack in Algeria where around 43 people were reported to have been killed in a suicide attack the town of Boumerdes. Read more

South Africa Opposition Parties Oppose New Broadcasting Law

South African National Assembly on Tuesday passed the Broadcasting Amendment Bill amid promises by the opposition to petition President Thabo Mbeki on the matter. The bill provides, among other things, for parliament to play a major role in removing the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board members from office. Read more

Six Die in Fighting At Mogadishu’s Main Market

Six people died and ten others were injured in a fierce battle between Islamic warriors and Somali government troops and their Ethiopian allies in Mogadishu’s main market of Bakaro. Read more

Zimbabwean Lawmakers to be Sworn-in Next Week

The swearing-in of newly elected Zimbabwean lawmakers will take place on August 25 or 26 and pave the way for President Robert Mugabe to appoint a new cabinet, an official announced Tuesday. Read more

Mauritania’s Junta Cannot Convene Parliament, Says House Speaker

Messoud Ould Boulkheir, the speaker of the Mauritanian parliament has described the convening of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Wednesday as “legally null and void”. “Any initiative to hold such a session, which does not bear my signature, is null and void”, Ould Boulkheir said in a statement released Tuesday in Nouakchott. Read more

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