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Breaking News Tue, 20 May 2008
A South African mob bearing a white flag walks towards police in the Reiger Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg, jsa1
Africa   Immigrants   Photos   Resources   South Africa  
 Austin American Statesman 
Immigrants attacked by poor South Africans because they are seen as competing for scarce resources.
| REIGER PARK, South Africa — Clashes pitting the poorest of the poor against one another have killed 22 people in South Africa and underscored bitter frustration with the government's failure t... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
 South Africa´s capital has renamed itself Tshwane and the 150-year-old name, Pretoria, will only refer to the city center, an official said Tuesday.  ula1
Africa   Food   Photos   Pretoria   Price   Workshop  
 Business Day 
Workshop spotlights spiralling food price 
SOARING food prices will be under the spotlight at an African Union-New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) workshop starting in Pretoria today. | Organisers said on Friday that the high leve... (photo: WN)
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the closing ceremony of an EU Africa Summit in Lisbon, Sunday Dec. 9, 2007.  The State 
Mugabe party denies plotting to kill rival
The Associated Press | HARARE, Zimbabwe -- | Zimbabwe's ruling party denied that the military is plotting to assassinate opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday. | Tsva... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
Military   Mugabe   Photos   Politics   Zimbabwe  
 Zimbabwe´s opposition MDC (Movement for Democtratic Change) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, lies in a hospital bed in Harare, Wednesday, March 14, 2007. Tsvangirai was taken to a hospital Tuesday under police guard after appearing briefly in court along  BBC News 
Zimbabwe scoffs at plot fantasy
| Zimbabwe's ruling party has poured scorn on opposition claims that the military is plotting to assassinate its presidential candidate using snipers. | "The allegations by the Tsvangirai-led MDC have... (photo: AP)
Fantasy   Military   Photos   Violence   Zimbabwe  
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An election poster with a portrait of Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC (Movement For Democratic Change) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, in Harare Wednesday, April 2, 2008 The Independent
Military 'plotting to kill Tsvangirai'
| Zimbabwe's opposition party accused the country's military yesterday of plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai using snipers. | Secretary-Gene... (photo: AP / Mujahid Safodien)
Africa   Conspiracy   Democracy   Photos   Zimbabwe  
Police detain a man alleged to be involved in attacks on foreigners in downtown Johannesburg, Sunday May 18, 2008. Mobs went on a rampage in a frenzy of anti-foreigner hatred throughout poor suburbs with at least seven people reported dead. Dozens were injured and hundreds sought refuge at police stations The Independent
Mbeki urged to use troops to halt attacks on migrants
| South Africa has been rocked by a wave of xenophobic violence that has sent thousands of immigrants in Johannesburg fleeing for shelter as mobs beat, stabbed, shot and ... (photo: AP / Simphiwe Nkwali)
Immigrant   Military   Photos   Police   S Africa  
South Africans holding sticks and knifes shout anti foreigners slogans as they riot in the Reiger Park informal settlement outside Johannesburg Monday May 19, 2008. Mobs rampaged through poor suburbs of Johannesburg in a frenzy of anti-foreigner violence over the weekend, killing at least 12 people, injuring dozens and forcing hundreds to seek refuge at police stations. The attacks capped a week of mounting violence that started in the sprawling township of Alexandra. Angry residents there accused foreigners, many of them Zimbabweans who fled their own country's economic collapse, of taking scarce jobs and housing. Sydney Morning Herald
Foreigners flee as Johannesburg clashes escalate
| Thousands of foreigners sought refuge at crowded community centres and police stations in Johannesburg as the death toll from a wave of xenophobic violence rose to at l... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Immigrant   Johannesburg   Photos   Police   Society  
A Zimbabwean opposition MDC (Movement for Democratic Change) supporter attends an overnight vigil held at the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg, Friday March 28, 2008, on the eve of elections in neighboring Zimbabwe. Eager to vote, Zimbabweans began lining up before dawn Saturday for crucial elections where President Robert Mugabe's faces the toughest challenge to his 28-year rule and the opposition is urging its supporters to defend their votes against an alleged ballot-rigging plot The Australian
Mugabe opposition 'on hitlist'
| ZIMBABWE'S opposition have accused Robert Mugabe's military intelligence of trying to wipe out its leadership as the ruling party outlined battleplans for a run-off pre... (photo: AP / Masimba Sasa)
Elections   Intelligence   Photos   Politics   Zimbabwe  
 Mbeki highlights differences with UK Independent online
Zanele 'not related' to Grace
| President Thabo Mbeki has reacted angrily to reports that his wife, Zanele, is a blood relative of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace, and that he ordered... (photo: WN)
Election   Mbeki   Mugabe   War  
Tendai Biti Secretary, General of Zimbabwe Movement for Democratic Change party speaks, during a press briefing in Nairobi Kenya, Monday, May 19, 2008. Zimbabwe's opposition party accused the country's military Monday of plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai using snipers. Seattle Times
Zimbabwe party: Military plotting to kill leader
NAIROBI, Kenya - | Zimbabwe's opposition party on Monday accused the country's military of plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai using snipers.... (photo: AP PHOTO / Khalil Senosi)
Morgan   Mugabe   Photo   Poilitics   Zimbabwe  
Food Kenya Broadcasting Corp
PAP MPs to help sort out food crisis in Africa
Written By:Judith Akolo   , Posted: Mon, May 19, 2008 | President of the Pan African Parliament Dr Gertrude Mongella has called on governments on the ... (photo: GFDL / Superbass)
Africa   Economy   Food   Photos   Society  
elephant All Africa
Veld Fires - Disasters in the Making
"MORE than 10 elephants and an undisclosed number of smaller animals were burnt to death in the Hwange National Park, the largest of its kind in Zimbabwe, after a veld fi... (photo: Creative Commons / Andrea Buratti)
Animals   Disaster   Nature   Photos   Wildlife  
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe addresses a press conference in Harare, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Turkish Press
Zimbabwe military tried to wipe out opposition leadership: MDC
| Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to the media during a press conference on May 16. A top official of Zimbabwe'... (photo: AP / Mujahid Safodien)
Military   Mugabe   Photos   Tsvangirai   Zimbabwe  
Politics Business & Economy
- SA could use army to quell attacks on foreigners
- Mugabe Party Denies Plotting To Kill Rival
- SA moves to quell xenophobic attacks
- President Wants Results
Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, addresses the High-level Plenary Meeting of the Sixtieth Session of the UN General Assembly (2005 World Summit) today at UN Headquarters. The World Summit, being held from14-16 September 2005, is the largest gathering of world leaders in history.
Tsvangirai's stayaway is 'damaging his credibility'  
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 South Africa´s capital has renamed itself Tshwane and the 150-year-old name, Pretoria, will only refer to the city center, an official said Tuesday.  ula1
Workshop spotlights spiralling food price 
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Health Society & Culture
- Public Hospitals Have Adequate ARV Stocks -- Government
- Netcare at loggerheads with minister, hints at fee hikes
- Rene joins rape survivors' triumph
- Picture-doc wants out
Malawi
Malawi court set to approve Madonna adoption
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- Workshop spotlights spiralling food price 
- Service delivery failures and xenophobic attacks 
- Bodies in the bloody aftermath
- Failing its people
 South Africa´s capital has renamed itself Tshwane and the 150-year-old name, Pretoria, will only refer to the city center, an official said Tuesday.  ula1
Workshop spotlights spiralling food price 
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Religion Human Rights
- Police Accuse Pastors of Meddling in Politics
- Nigerian women write of love
- Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Africa's leading cardinal, ha
- Region's Bishops Say State Terror Will Ruin Run-Off
Nigerians wait for the arrival of U.S. first lady Laura Bush at the National Center for Women
Nigerian women write of love
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- SA could use army to quell attacks on foreigners
- Mugabe Party Denies Plotting To Kill Rival
- Terror in the townships
- Poor South Africa foreigners fear violence will only grow
 South African President Thabo Mbeki addresses reporters in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace after his meeting with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac, in Paris, Thursday, April 12, 2007. President Mbeki has been invited by President Chirac for consu
Mbeki vows end to S. African 'anarchy'
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Sport Science & Technology
- Zebras On a High
- Supporters Association Hails Local Crop of Warriors
- Schans Names 23-Man Squad for Kenya
- Nyongani Shines in Dakar
London 2012 Olympics
Pistorius: London Olympics might be more realistic
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- Cellphone ideal to give bank access
- Anti-foreigner violence escalates in South Africa (+video)
- Experts: Africa AIDS funds wasted
- Sky Is Not the Limit For Space Science
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Cellphone ideal to give bank access
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