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Canadian Government Expresses Concern About Escalation of Tensions in Sudan
The Canadian Government has expressed its deep concern about the undermining of the peace agreement following the decision of the National Congress Party of Sudan to change the draft referendum bill on the separation of Southern Sudan, APA learned from...
Government of South Sudan Threatens to Boycott 2010 Presidential Elections
Local media has reported that the government of South Sudan has threatened to boycott next year’s presidential elections over rigging claims by the North. The Head of Mission at the GoSS liaison office in Nairobi John Duku also sent a warning to the...
Winnie Mandela Issues Apology for Xenophobic Attacks
A senior member of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party and former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, on Thursday apologized to foreigners who were attacked in Alexandra, part of a Johannesburg township known as...
UN Should Intervene in Zimbabwe, Says Opposition
The South African Development Community (SADC) must make way for the United Nations to find a solution to the Zimbabwean political impasse, according to Patricia de Lille, the leader of South Africa’s opposition Independent Democrats (ID) party.
South African Observers Quickly Leave Zimbabwe Due to Police Surveillance
Three members of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party’s Youth League sent to observe Zimbabwe’s election have returned home early because of constant surveillance amounting to intimidation by that country’s Central...
Chad, Sudan And a Risky Western Game
With Chad’s capital N’djamena possibly set to fall to a coalition of Sudan-backed rebels, the implications for the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) remain unclear. The likelihood is that the establishment of a client...
New ANC Leader Zuma Seeks to Mend Fences
In his first address as newly elected African National Congress party president, Jacob Zuma sought to build fences and reassure South Africa on economic policy. But as VOA’s Delia Robertson reports from Johannesburg, the speech was somewhat overshadowed...
