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Despite formal condemnations of political violence by all parties to Zimbabwe's power-sharing negotiations, such violence remains a daily occurrence in Manicaland province.

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The violence and intimidation against MDC activists has continued in Zimbabwe as efforts to reach a power sharing arrangement between the opposition and ZANU PF have thus far failed.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will on Tuesday open the new Parliament, an official said, despite opposition warnings that this would jeopardise power-sharing talks following controversial polls.

OneWorld.net note: Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa -- one of a handful of regional leaders to openly criticize Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe -- died Tuesday, dealing a heavy blow to Zambians and ...

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South Pacific leaders denounced Fiji's military ruler Wednesday for snubbing their annual summit and said measures would be discussed to pressure the coup leader to return the island nation to democracy.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir attended a summit of African leaders in Turkey on Tuesday in his first trip abroad since an international court indicted him on genocide charges last month.

Al-Bashir was among heads of state at the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit, aimed at expanding diplomatic and trade ties with the African continent. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was not expected to attend.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Monday asked his African counterparts to support Turkey's candidacy for a temporary seat on the U.N. Security Council.

By Shapi Shacinda

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, a favorite of Western donors and strong critic of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, died in a French hospital on Tuesday nearly two months after suffering a stroke. He was 59.

Mwanawasa won praise abroad for tackling corruption and turning the copper-rich southern African country into one of the continent's biggest success stories, but opponents said he had failed to help most Zambians to escape poverty.

"Fellow countrymen, with deep sorrow and grief, I would like to inform the people of Zambia that our president Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa died this morning at 1030 hours (4:30 a.m. EDT)," Vice President Rupiah Banda said on state television.

The Southern African Development Community on Sunday reteriated the MDCa s position that the March 29 election should be the basis for any agreement and said Parliament should be convened.

A two-day summit to break the political deadlock in Zimbabwe is getting underway in South Africa.

A group of doctors from South Africa and Uganda say international medical organizations must "loudly and clearly" condemn human rights abuses in Zimbabwe.

THE Sadc summit ended here yesterday without a final power-sharing agreement between Zanu-PF and MDC-T and South African President Thabo Mbeki hinted that the Seventh Parliament might have to start sitting ...

We, civil society organizations from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Swaziland, gathered at this meeting of SADC Heads of State in Johannesburg on 16 August 2008, reassert our commitment to the struggle for a ...

Another hope for democracy fell in Africa. On July 22, 2008, incumbent ruler, Robert Mugabe maintained his dominance of Zimbabwe.

Aug. 16 - Protesters against Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe have rallied at the SADC summit in Johannesburg.

Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of "currency" after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply.

South African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and SADC Executive Secretary Tomasz Salomao address the media Credit: Zahira Kharsany/IPS JOHANNESBURG, Aug 15 - A free trade agreement is one of the main ...