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Chinese vice premier Wang Yang has urged Zimbabwe to ensure peace and political stability ahead of elections this year.
Zimbabwe's police force have detained three of its officers for attending a rally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.
President Robert Mugabe has signed Zimbabwe’s new constitution into law, clearing the path to crucial elections later this year.
Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15m to raise cash for the country, a government official says.
Africa's second female president Joyce Banda of Malawi has decried the lack of support for one another amongst women, saying "women don’t like female bosses".
The UN leader Ban Ki-moon has backed African calls for Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina and two rivals to withdraw from the country's presidential election in July.
A man trying to smuggle heroin worth about R2.64m from Zimbabwe into South Africa was arrested at the Beit Bridge border post, Limpopo police say.
Mozambique doctors have gone on strike demanding higher pay and accusing the government of reneging on a January promise to double their wages, the medics association says.
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party is mulling over a special congress at which top vacant positions will be filled and the succession of President Robert Mugabe would be decided, according to a report.
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai says his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and leader of the MDC, has vowed to overturn President Robert Mugabe's controversial indigenisation drive if he wins upcoming general elections.
As Zimbabwe approaches watershed elections, a renowned lawyer at the forefront of defending human rights activists has vowed never to give up.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party has pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections.
Zambia police have detained on the president's orders at least 31 university students who were protesting against the government's decision to scrap staple food subsidies.
A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers say.
