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President Levy Mwanawasa, a trenchant critic of Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe who won praise for his own handling of Zambia's inflation-prone economy, died Tuesday in hospital in France aged 59.

By Allister Sparks While everyone is anxious to see the Zimbabwe negotiations succeed in bringing relief to the long-suffering people of that country, it is nonetheless galling that the process should be taking ...

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

The programme for Africa's renewal is not a beauty contest on the catwalks of Paris, London or New York; it's about the interest of the ordinary African man, woman and children in Dakar, Abuja, Tshwane, ...

Asia Pacific News.Net Wednesday 20th August, 2008 New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Wednesday the situation in Fiji, whose military ruler has boycotted a regional summit meeting, was like Zimbabwe in ...

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.

Political violence in Zimbabwe is continuing even as leaders haggle over how to share power, one of the country's most respected rights groups said Tuesday.

Khama's EU shooting list By Tafataona Mahoso Zimbabwe Herald This is the first of a two-part article by Tafataona P. Mahoso highlighting the evils of the Western-sponsored regime change agenda.

ISTANBUL, Turkey : 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.

The condition of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has suddenly worsened. Mr. Mwanawasa, who was elected in 2002 and is in the middle of a second four-year term, has been under treatment in a Paris hospital ...

Zimbabwe's ruling party and the main opposition have not yet reached a power-sharing agreement, an opposition spokesman said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa : Zimbabwe's top opposition leaders are in South Africa for talks with regional leaders on the eve of a summit expected to focus on their country's political crisis.

Zimbabwean negotiators have the basis for a power-sharing agreement and should quickly resolve their differences, southern African leaders said yesterday at the close of a regional summit.

Hundreds of protesters greet Mugabe at summit African leaders gathered for a weekend summit in South Africa on Saturday as hundreds protested nearby, angry at the inclusion of Zimbabwean President Robert ...

EXPERIENCE has taught us that all conflicts are resolved through dialogue - ' and the ongoing talks between Zanu-PF and the two MDCs give us hope that finally our politicians have decided to do the right thing, ...

The message to Robert Mugabe that he must concede power will be clear at Saturday's SADC summit in Johannesburg as thousands of South African trade unionists and other citizens will march to the summit venue ...

Some of you may remember a few months ago we posted about the letter written by Joshua Nkomo; to Mugs when he was elected 25 years ago.

Drag racer pleads guilty in Tenn. parade deaths Posted: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:03 am By WOODY BAIRD Associated Press Writer SELMER - ' A professional drag racer whose out-of-control car killed six ...

Zimbabwe's opposition leader has told southern African leaders he would accept the prime minister's post in a power-sharing deal that would leave Robert Mugabe as president.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, second right, arrives for ongoing talks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Zimbabwe.