http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/African_PoliticsFind stories, videos, and photos about African Politics from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:13:54 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/African_Politics14433Find stories, videos, and photos about African Politics from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/zimbabwe.bennett.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/zimbabwe.bennett.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe trial of key Zimbabwe opposition figure Roy Bennett was adjourned in the Harare High Court Monday so the judge can deliberate the admissibility of evidence allegedly gathered through torture.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/sudan.unicef.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/sudan.unicef.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCTextJune 3 We arrive in the steamy small town of Awiel, with the various U.N. aircraft bringing us to this remote spot becoming progressively smaller with each segment of the trip. Now we will embark upon a multi-day road trip that will take us through three states in southern Sudan and close to the troubled areas of South Darfur in the north of Sudan.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:04:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/31/kenya.music.influence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/31/kenya.music.influence/index.html#cnnSTCTextKanjii Mbugua storms the stage amid cheers as fans crane their necks to see the Kenyan musician.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/sudan.policy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/19/sudan.policy/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States will change its policy on Sudan to pursue greater engagement with the Sudanese government and less isolation, senior U.S. officials said Monday.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/16/zimbabwe.mdc/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/16/zimbabwe.mdc/index.html#cnnSTCTextRoy Bennett -- a leader in the Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change who was sent back to jail earlier this week to await trial -- has been released on bail, his lawyer said Friday.Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/zimbabwe.opposition.politician.bennett/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/15/zimbabwe.opposition.politician.bennett/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Zimbabwean court ordered a senior opposition politician back to jail Wednesday to await his trial, set to begin next week.Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States temporarily closed its government facilities in South Africa on Tuesday after a "possible threat" to its embassy, the U.S. State Department said.Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/16/zimbabwe.powershare.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/16/zimbabwe.powershare.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's fragile power-sharing deal faces an uncertain future, one year after an agreement was signed between President Robert Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali government forces have seized control of a central town from an al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Thursday.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/07/clinton.south.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/07/clinton.south.africa/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday stood by South Africa's much-criticized quiet diplomacy with neighboring Zimbabwe.Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to continue U.S. support for the government of Somalia's new president, whose government is waging a bloody battle against an Islamic insurgency.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/sudan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/sudan.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday condemned an attack Sunday in southern Sudan that killed 161 people.Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's interim prime minister said Thursday that he has spoken to one of two French hostages seized earlier this week by gunmen who stormed their hotel in Mogadishu.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/26/morgan.tsvangirai/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/26/morgan.tsvangirai/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe rose to power on a wave of popular support, despite violent oppression. He has survived three assassination attempts, imprisonment, beatings and the tragic death of his wife. This week Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean Prime Minister, speaks to CNN's African Voices.Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/us.somalia.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/25/us.somalia.weapons/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is providing weapons and ammunition to Somalia's transitional government as it fights al Qaeda-linked Islamic militants, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said Thursday.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/11/sudan.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/11/sudan.aid/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter expelling aid organizations in March, the government of Sudan is letting some back in the country, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Thursday.Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/darfur.rape.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/31/darfur.rape.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for "vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime."Sun, 31 May 2009 17:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.sudan.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/chad.sudan.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextChad pulled its troops out of Sudan on Sunday after destroying several rebel bases this month, a government official told CNN.Mon, 18 May 2009 00:29:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africans headed to the polls Wednesday, in elections that the ruling African National Congress is expected to win in a landslide.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.parties/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/22/safrica.parties/index.html#cnnSTCTextThere are 40 parties vying in South Africa's elections, with 26 participating nationally and 14 provincially. Though South Africa's opposition parties remain generally weak, the ruling African National Congress worries that, collectively, they may eat away at its majority.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/southafrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/21/southafrica.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe ruling African National Congress is expected to win Wednesday's elections in South Africa by a landslide, but polls predict it might lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:37:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/06/south.africa.zuma.cleared/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/06/south.africa.zuma.cleared/index.html#cnnSTCTextProsecutors dropped corruption charges Monday against South Africa's ruling party president Jacob Zuma, who is expected to win the presidential race later this month.Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/01/av.zapiro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/01/av.zapiro/index.html#cnnSTCTextHe's been drawing conclusions about South African politics for over 15 years: cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, aka Zapiro, talks about the power of the pen.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/23/south.africa.dalai.lama.visa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/23/south.africa.dalai.lama.visa/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa has refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg this week, a presidential spokesman said.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/us.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/17/us.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. State Department threw aside diplomatic language Tuesday, attacking Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for creating what it calls a "catastrophe" by throwing many international aid workers out of the country.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextObama administration officials huddled at the White House Thursday night with non-governmental organizations currently operating in Darfur, after the Sudanese president announced that 13 aid groups must leave the country.Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:16:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.un.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/06/sudan.un.ambassador/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended his nation's decision to expel 16 nongovernment aid organizations, charging they were "messing up everything," "spoiling," and "destabilizing" his country.Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/05/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/05/sudan.bashir/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's president was seen smiling, dancing and speaking to a huge crowd of supporters Thursday, a day after a warrant was issued for his arrest on war crimes charges.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/sudan.expel/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/sudan.expel/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan ordered a number of international aid agencies to leave the country Wednesday after an arrest warrant was issued for the country's president, a United Nations source in the capital city of Khartoum said.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:54:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/26/darfur.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting has prompted thousands of people in the southern part of Sudan's Darfur region to seek security and shelter at a refugee camp in the northern part of the war-torn area, according to the United Nations.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:40:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/17/sudan.darfur.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/17/sudan.darfur.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan's government and rebels from its troubled Darfur region signed a confidence-building agreement Tuesday in Qatar, a step toward ending a six-year conflict that has killed about 300,000 people, the emirate's state news agency reported.Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:09:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/south.africa.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/10/south.africa.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africans will hold general elections on April 22, the president announced Tuesday in Parliament, setting the stage for a campaign that will see the leading contender running despite his pending legal problems.Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/south.africa.zuma.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/04/south.africa.zuma.trial/index.html#cnnSTCTextCorruption proceedings against Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa's ruling party, have been provisionally postponed until August 25, the High Court said Wednesday.Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/03/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/03/zimbabwe.mugabe/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's opposition said Tuesday that President Robert Mugabe's party has begun to backtrack on the inclusive government set to form next week and is dithering on discussions of contentious issues.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/27/zimbabwe.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/27/zimbabwe.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfrican leaders Tuesday announced a deal that would allow Zimbabwe's long-stalled power-sharing agreement to move ahead, but the opposition said it had not signed off on the plan.Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/23/congo.arrest/index.html#cnnSTCTextCongolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested by Rwandan authorities early Friday, a development that raised hopes for peace in the war-ravaged country, representatives from both countries said.Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/19/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/19/zimbabwe.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextTalks among regional African leaders failed Monday to resolve a long-standing power-sharing dispute between embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:24:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/congo.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/congo.talks/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations is mediating talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo's government and its main rebel group in an effort to "stop the hemorrhage" in the central African nation, a U.N. envoy said Monday.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:35:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/07/kenya.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/07/kenya.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe prime minister of Kenya Sunday called for troops to "dislodge" Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the country's humanitarian crisis worsens.Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:33:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/26/zimbabwe.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/26/zimbabwe.crisis/index.html#cnnSTCTextOpposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Wednesday that Zimbabwe is in shambles and warned that deaths from starvation and a cholera outbreak threaten to surge with the rainy season approaching.Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:44:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/27/sudan.china/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/27/sudan.china/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive of nine abducted Chinese oil workers were killed Monday by their kidnappers in Sudan, a Sudanese official told CNN.Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:54:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1852448,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThree months after the International Courts of Justice charged him with genocide, Bashir goes on the offensive. But is he fighting scared?Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1850886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsReversing years of inaccurate government policies, South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan is spreading the truth about AIDSWed, 15 Oct 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848311,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1848311,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIrreconcilable differences between supporters of ex-President Thabo Mbeki and those of his rival Jacob Zuma may lead to the creation of a new partyWed, 08 Oct 2008 17:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA continent best known for its symptoms of morbid decline is doing remarkably well by measure of economic growth and good governance Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn angry exchange of public denunciations between top leaders of the ANC suggests that some Mbeki loyalists may be planning to quit the partyFri, 03 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844846,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844846,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAIDS activists on Friday celebrated the removal of South Africa's health minister, accused of causing countless unnecessary deaths by promoting nutritional supplements instead of conventional medicine for people with HIVFri, 26 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/25/south.africa.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/25/south.africa.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's Parliament chose the deputy president of the ruling ANC party, Kgalema Motlanthe, as interim president Thursday to replace outgoing President Thabo Mbeki, the African National Congress said.Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:23:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1844632,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new program backed by one of the richest men in the world promises to shake up food aidThu, 25 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843631,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: The political infighting between Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma has broken the ruling party's grip on the moral authority of a liberation movement Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843765,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsKgalema Motlanthe, a former political prisoner and middle-ground consensus-builder, is expected to become South Africa's interim leader as it transitions to a Jacob Zuma presidencyWed, 24 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/23/south.africa.resignations/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/23/south.africa.resignations/index.html#cnnSTCTextTen South African ministers and the deputy president have resigned as President Thabo Mbeki prepares to leave office.Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.mbeki.successor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/south.africa.mbeki.successor/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress party is to name deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe as the successor to President Thabo Mbeki Monday, two government sources have told CNN.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African President Thabo Mbeki announced his formal resignation Sunday during a televised address but did not say when he would leave office.Mon, 22 Sep 2008 03:34:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/21/south.africa.mbeki.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe leadership of the ruling African National Congress party in South Africa's call for President Thabo Mbeki to resign means the end of an era in South African politics.Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/20/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/20/south.africa.mbeki.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth African President Thabo Mbeki agreed Saturday to resign, clearing the way for his longtime political rival, Jacob Zuma, to run for the office next spring.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843102,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSouth Africa's president has agreed to resign after the country's ruling party called on him to step downSat, 20 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/12/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/12/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextA South African judge has ruled Friday that the prosecution against African National Congress President Jacob Zuma was invalid, clearing the way for him to contest the presidential election early next year.Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/27/sudan.plane.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/27/sudan.plane.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo hijackers who took over a plane flying from Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday and diverted it to Libya surrendered to authorities Wednesday, Libyan state media said.Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834198,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSudan's indicted president denied Wednesday that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of DarfurWed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/04/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/04/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextLawyers for Jacob Zuma, president of the African National Congress, urged judges Monday to declare Zuma's prosecution on corruption charges unlawful.Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:33:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/18/zakaria.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/18/zakaria.sudan/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Criminal Court announced this week it is seeking an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:07:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.palestinian.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextPalestinian refugees along the Iraq-Syria border are so desperate, they may accept a U.N. offer to go to Sudan, a country widely condemned for atrocities and genocide in its Darfur region.Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/16/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/16/un.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextAnother U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations said Wednesday.Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822833,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822833,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAfter its President is indicted for genocide, Khartoum plans an offensive to subvert the International Criminal CourtTue, 15 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822393,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn International Criminal Court prosecutor is expected to seek an arrest warrant charging Sudan's president with genocide and crimes against humanity on Monday when he reveals details of his investigation into war crimes in DarfurMon, 14 Jul 2008 08:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/12/sudan.president.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/12/sudan.president.genocide/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudan has asked for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers ahead of the expected indictment of the country's president for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, according to reports.Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:17:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822018,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1822018,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.N. officials and diplomats said the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with crimes against humanity and genocide in DarfurFri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/10/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/10/zimbabwe.main/index.html#cnnSTCTextTalks aimed at finding a resolution to Zimbabwe's election dispute began in South Africa on Thursday, according to Ronnie Mamoepa, spokesman for the South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/darfur.peacekeepers/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven members of a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping patrol have been killed by a heavily armed militia group in Sudan's Darfur region, the U.N. said.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819819,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819819,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMugabe and his opponents consider talks, but neither accepts the other's terms for power sharing Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/02/zimbabwe.mbeki/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/02/zimbabwe.mbeki/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe President Robert Mugabe "has blood on his hands" after the violence leading up to last week's election and should step down, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says.Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/zimbabwe.hang/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/zimbabwe.hang/index.html#cnnSTCTextOfficials at an African Union summit Tuesday adopted a resolution urging talks in Zimbabwe aimed at promoting peace and stability in the country, according to Egypt's official news agency.Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/zimbabwe.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/zimbabwe.embassy/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's spokesman said Tuesday that talk of Western intervention in the country's politics smacks of colonialism and that the United Kingdom "can go and hang a thousand times."Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/zimbabwe.monday/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/zimbabwe.monday/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfrican Union leaders are huddled in Egypt to address demands they reject the results of Zimbabwe's widely discredited runoff in which President Robert Mugabe was handed a shallow victory.Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/darfur.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/30/darfur.qanda/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's the scene of the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the biggest U.N. aid operation and the 21st century's first genocide -- yet the toxic blend of militants, rebels, bandits and government forces in Darfur is barely understood by the outside world. Here CNN answers the basic questions surrounding the violence-stricken region.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/zimbabwe.biti/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/26/zimbabwe.biti/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the hours ticked down toward the opening of Friday's balloting, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe showed no indication that he would give in to demands to postpone the runoff election despite his challenger's dropping out.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/09/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextViolence and intimidation targeting Zimbabwe's opposition party -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- has "extinguished any chance of a free and fair" runoff election, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/24/zimbabwe.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/24/zimbabwe.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's election crisis will "explode" if other nations fail to take action, the leader of South Africa's ruling party said Wednesday.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:04:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/22/darfur.holmes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of deaths in Sudan's Darfur region since 2006 may have been underestimated by as much as 50 percent, the U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs said Tuesday.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/12/zimbabwe.mugabeout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/12/zimbabwe.mugabeout/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's opposition party called for a general strike to start Tuesday, the day after the country's High Court is due to decide whether to force publication of presidential election results, a party spokesman said Saturday.Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/10/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/10/zimbabwe.election/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, are due at this weekend's emergency summit of southern African leaders, summoned by the president of neighboring Zambia, to discuss the electoral and political crisis, spokesmen for the two men said.Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:52:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/09/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/09/zimbabwe.court/index.html#cnnSTCTextZimbabwe's High Court will wait until Monday to issue its ruling on whether it will order the Electoral Commission to release the March 29 presidential results, a journalist at the courtroom told CNN. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/20/sudan.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextAttacks in January and February by Sudanese forces on Darfur villagers are described in a U.N. report as "violations of international humanitarian and human rights law." Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:59:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/11/sudan.darfur/index.html#cnnSTCTextSudanese President Omar el-Bashir on Tuesday accused the international media of "exaggerating" the situation in Darfur to detract from atrocities in Iraq, the Palestinian territories and Somalia.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:09:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/05/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting has stopped in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena, French and Chadian officials said Tuesday, after a rebel uprising that has forced more than 20,000 people from their homes in the past few days.Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/04/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/04/chad/index.html#cnnSTCTextThousands poured out of Chad's capital of N'Djamena on Monday for a second day, aid organizations said, amid conflicting reports of whether fighting still raged between rebels and government forces in the city.Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:56:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/southafrica.scorpions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/02/01/southafrica.scorpions/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe embattled police commissioner in South Africa appeared in court Friday in a case that casts light on a controversy between the country's ruling political party and an elite anti-crime squad.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:58:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/08/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/08/safrica.zuma/index.html#cnnSTCTextSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress said Tuesday that Jacob Zuma will be its presidential candidate in the 2009 national elections, despite his pending trial on corruption and other charges, the South African Press Association reported.Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:21:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1696098,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe triumph of Jacob Zuma in the race to lead the ANC marks a stunning veto of the course charted by its leaderTue, 18 Dec 2007 23:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/16/southafrica/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/16/southafrica/index.html#cnnSTCTextAppealing for unity and taking a jab at his political rival, South African President Thabo Mbeki made a last-ditch attempt on Sunday to rescue his political career as he addressed a conference of the governing party.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:05:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/05/rice.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia should reach a cease-fire with its "non-extremist" opposition and finish plans to draft a new constitution, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday.Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:53:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1670129,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe justice system becomes a battleground for a power struggle within the ruling partyWed, 10 Oct 2007 21:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667872,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFormer President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security officials who blocked him from a town in DarfurWed, 03 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1667153,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAnalysis: African peacekeepers appear to have been killed not by those accused of genocide, but by those claiming to fight on behalf of the victims Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/09/03/un.sudan.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will press for speedy deployment of a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force in Darfur and a quick start to new peace talks to end the four-year conflict there during his visit to Sudan starting Monday.Mon, 03 Sep 2007 06:42:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639330,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe son of Chad's president was found dead with a head wound Monday in the basement of his apartment building in a Paris suburb, and authorities were treating the case as a murderMon, 02 Jul 2007 21:40:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626020,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWashington has done more than any other power to end the crisis, but theU.S. has little direct leverage over SudanThu, 31 May 2007 13:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/29/bush.sudan/index.htmlPresident Bush imposed new sanctions Tuesday against the Sudanese government in reaction to the violence in Darfur, preventing 31 companies and three people from doing business in the United States or with U.S. companies.Tue, 29 May 2007 13:00:00 EDT