Deputy agriculture minister-designate Roy Bennett has been ordered by a Zimbabwean court to remain in custody until March 4 on charges of attempting to commit terrorism, banditry, and sabotage. The Mutare riot squad was out in force ahead of the rul...
Tax law professor John Atta-Mills is Ghana's next president. The opposition candidate won a hard-fought, much-delayed election to succeed outgoing president John Kufuor. President-elect John Atta-Mills addresses party supporters shortly after being...
The opposition candidate in Ghana's presidential election has a narrow lead over the ruling party candidate with more than 85 percent of districts reporting. But final results are not expected until Tuesday. With official returns in from more than 2...
In Zimbabwe, a proposed constitutional amendment to create a unity government has been published, paving the way for parliament to take up the matter. But, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change says negotiations over power-sharing must be co...
In Zambia, opposition leader Michel Sata is maintaining a slim lead over rival, Acting President Rupiah Banda, as vote tabulation continues from Thursday's presidential election. With more than three-fourths of the vote counted, Sata has 40 percent...
Early returns from the presidential election in Zambia indicate opposition leader Michael Sata is ahead with 44 percent of the vote while Acting President Rupiah Banda trails with 34 percent. But observers say that with results in from nearly one-ha...
The secretary general of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change says President Robert Mugabe is not ready to enter into a genuine cooperative government under the country's power-sharing agreement. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft has this report from Z...
In South Africa, opposition leaders are reacting with dismay to the dissolution of an elite crime fighting unit that targeted organized crime and corrupt public officials. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johannesburg. South African opposition...
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change says the publication of ministerial posts in an official government newspaper threatens the country's power sharing agreement. Tendai Maphosa has more from Harare. President Robert Mugabe, left, s...
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said that if the government moves forward with plans to convene parliament next week, it would violate a memorandum of understanding between the two sides on power-sharing negotiations. Tsvangirai m...