Zimbabwe Prime Minister Tsvangirai , who had withdrawn from the powersharing government after Mugabe arrested a party leader,
says he is giving the president 30 days to address oustanding issues. A regional coalition meeting in Mozambique pressed the
leaders to resolve their differences..
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrived in Kenya to investigate the political leaders who
perpetrated violence after Kenya's disputed elections in December 2007. Some 1,500 people were killed.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, in Kenya, said he would ask the ICC to open an investigation into
politically charged violence after disputed elections in 2007. Some 1,500 people were killed, and many Kenyans say it's time
for politicians' impunity to be reversed.
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo – who today pardoned British mercenary Simon Mann – is widely seen as one of Africa's
most corrupt leaders. But will oil interests prevent a shift in US policy?
Reports that pirates may want to swap a British couple they captured last week for fellow pirates detained by foreign navies
have fueled speculation that the pirates are linking up with Islamist militants.
Chinese investments and influence in Africa increase as the government ties state aid to investment projects and is willing
to sell arms to countries like Zimbabwe. Some African leaders credit China for being willing to invest where the West will
not out of human rights concerns.
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A recent graduate of Vermont's Middlebury College, Corinne Almquist promotes the practice of distributing produce that would otherwise go to waste to those in need.
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