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Foreign dignitaries have begun arriving in the country for
tomorrow's inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki. The Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) has released a list of the dignitaries who
began...
Egypt and South Africa lobbied for a second day yesterday among
fellow members of the African Union (AU) for the job of hosting the
next Pan African parliament (PAP).
At least three people were killed and seven wounded yesterday in
clashes between rebels and government troops and militiamen as
United Nations peacekeepers began taking over from west African...
Senior officials from the five-nation West African Monetary Zone
met yesterday in the Nigerian capital Abuja to discuss moves to
introduce a single currency.
African women have scored big at the African Union (AU) summit
after seven of them were elected commissioners to head several
powerful portfolios including been responsible for the continent...
African political and business leaders were confident yesterday
that Nepad, the continent's economic recovery programme, was on the
right track, but they warned of marginalisation in a rapidly...
The crushing victory of Nigeria's ruling party in parliamentary
elections, and the strong likelihood that it will romp home in
presidential and state elections, have raised fears that Africa's
most...
Twelve years ago in the Thai coastal town of Jomtien, policymakers
from around the world committed themselves to a goal known as
Education For All (EFA).