Sanctions Net Closing in on Laurent Gbagbo

The United States is working with its African partners to impose sanctions against losing presidential candidate Laurent Gbagbo and his supporters, and has broadened a travel ban in the latest bid to pressure the former Ivorian leader to step down. How...

European Union to Review Zimbabwe Sanctions in January 2011

The German ambassador to Zimbabwe, Albrecht Conze has said that the European Union (EU) will decide early next year on the fate of the eight-year-old targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and more than 200 officials from his...

Movement for Democratic Change Sets January 15 Deadline to Conclude Zimbabwe Political Deal

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), led by Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has set a 15 January 2010 deadline to break the country’s power-sharing deadlock, failing which the dispute should be referred for regional arbitration, a spokesperson...

Robert Mugabe Says Coalition Government has Stabilized Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said the coalition government he formed with former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is now his Prime Minister, had brought some benefits to the country but warned that Western “sanctions” could derail progress...

Fidel Castro Says Relaxed Travel Restrictions have Helped Spread the H1N1 Virus

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says relaxed travel restrictions between the United States and Cuba have helped spread the H1N1 swine flu virus. In an opinion piece published Saturday in Cuba’s state-run newspapers, Mr. Castro says the first...