South Africa: State of the Nation - Not Such Great Expectations

allafrica 10-FEB-12

Juju might still have a fighting chance but he is now alone

thetimes 06-FEB-12

Sudan blames Juba's “negative attitude” for failure of oil talks

sudantribune 02-FEB-12

China pledges more aid for Africa even after workers go missing

latimes 31-JAN-12

S.Sudan demands border deal before restarting oil

alertnet 30-JAN-12

Alarm over Sudan oil crisis

aljazeera 29-JAN-12

Unity state stops all 300 oil wells

sudantribune 28-JAN-12

Sudan downplays South Sudan's intention to build pipeline

xinhuanet_en 21-JAN-12

False knowledge ended Gaddafi's rule, says Mbeki

thetimes 17-JAN-12

Juju wants Mbeki back

iol 11-JAN-12

Joy tinged with sadness as ANC turns 100

examiner 09-JAN-12

South Africa's ANC papers over cracks with centenary celebrations

telegraph 08-JAN-12

ANC: Mandela to Miss Party's 100th Anniversary Celebrations

voanews 06-JAN-12

Mugabe’s party says ANC is inefficient

DailyNation 05-JAN-12

Dexter quits Cope to rejoin ANC

iol 04-JAN-12

11:10 Government gives aid to Sudan refugees

irishtimes 14-DEC-11

S. Sudanese graduates in Kenya call for education reform

sudantribune 12-DEC-11

How To Make Nigeria, Africa Great

ngrguardiannews 11-DEC-11

South Africans found innocent in commission’s food-for-oil report

iol 08-DEC-11

South Africa youth leader appeals ANC ban

aljazeera 25-NOV-11

Sudan: Sudanese Army Seize New Rebel Position in Blue Nile - Spokesperson

allafrica 23-NOV-11

South Sudan: Govt Says 33 Million Barrels of Oil Sold Since July

allafrica 22-NOV-11

Rebels threaten violence after Sudan peace talks collapse

independent 21-NOV-11

Sudan: 'Govt Declines New Round of Negotiations in Ethiopia'

allafrica 16-NOV-11

ANC's youth leader Malema sacked

bbc 10-NOV-11

Young South Africans call for jobs, end to poverty

AP 27-OCT-11

Dalai Lama visa saga continues

iol 03-OCT-11

South Sudan to shut borders with the north: official

sudantribune 25-SEP-11

Comrades bent on dividing ANC: Mantashe

thetimes 21-SEP-11

Pas la même chose: Rwanda, France make up

EastAfrican 19-SEP-11

Sudan: Al-Bashir, Zenawi Review Issues of Mutual Concern and Peace in State

allafrica 17-SEP-11

EXCLUSIVE: JEM Leader says he has arrived in Darfur

sudantribune 11-SEP-11

Sudan: Government, Liberation and Justice Movement Resolute to Achieve Peace in Darfur

allafrica 10-SEP-11

U.S. urges end to Sudan fighting, new clashes break out (Reuters)

news 07-SEP-11

Libya and African leaders

vanguardngr 06-SEP-11

Has Malema now gone too far?

thetimes 04-SEP-11

South Africa's ANC rejects Malema bid to drop charges

reuters 02-SEP-11

Rights groups accuse Sudan of 'indiscriminate' bombings

cnn 31-AUG-11

Live: Fall of Tripoli

RTERadio 22-AUG-11

Livestock lullaby

bbc 21-AUG-11

South Africa: Ruling Party Charges Youth Leader Malema For Botswana Comments

allafrica 19-AUG-11

Deputy chief justice 'overlooked'

news24 17-AUG-11

Chinese FM Yang Jiechi meets with S. Sudan President

xinhuanet_en 10-AUG-11

Sudan FM denies willingness to accept peacekeepers in S. Kordofan

sudantribune 24-JUL-11

Obama 'proud' to recognize South Sudan

phantis 10-JUL-11

South Sudan

bbc 09-JUL-11

Nearly 200 people die in boat fire off Sudan

cnn 05-JUL-11

Sudan accused of 'ethnic cleansing' in border region

channel4news 03-JUL-11

U.S. sends special envoy ahead of Sudan split

cnn 02-JUL-11

In Zimbabwe, Mugabe Government Is Not Sharing the Power to Arrest Rivals

IHT 27-JUN-11

Rights investigations needed in Sudan border areas: U.N.

reuters 24-JUN-11

Treatment of civilians in Sudan's Southern Kordofan state "reprehensible"

peopledaily 23-JUN-11

First Lady misses out on trip to Robben Island as bad weather prevents ferry crossing

dailymail 23-JUN-11

Manuel: Asmal a formidable ally

news24 23-JUN-11

Sudan threatens to block oil flow from South

aljazeera 22-JUN-11

Sudan: African fears for Kordofan

bbc 21-JUN-11

Sudanese troops to withdraw from disputed region under deal

cnn 20-JUN-11

Major offensive could be imminent in Sudan, monitors say

cnn 19-JUN-11

Canada condemns Sudanese violence

montrealgazette 17-JUN-11

North, south Sudan clash before split: south army (Reuters)

news 15-JUN-11

Sudan 'offers troop withdrawal'

bbc 13-JUN-11

Sudan to pull northern troops out of disputed Abyei region

telegraph 12-JUN-11

US calls for 'immediate end' to Sudan attacks

aljazeera 11-JUN-11

Thousands attend Sisulu funeral

bbc 11-JUN-11

Ban welcomes progress towards possible peace agreement in Darfur

nieuwsbank 05-JUN-11

Sudan on the brink: up to 80,000 flee Abyei

channel4news 27-MAY-11

Christine Lagarde courts India's support for IMF leadership

guardian 27-MAY-11

Zim 'coup plotters' released

zimonline 26-MAY-11

Northern Sudan Official Outlines Abyei Peace Issues

voanews 24-MAY-11

Sexwale vows to set his lawyers on 'coup plot' pedlars

MailGuardian 05-MAY-11

Sudan: Militia kill five in disputed oil region

independent 23-MAR-11

North, south Sudan urged to resume separation talks

reuters 15-MAR-11

S. Sudan says it will suspend talks with north

khaleejtimes 14-MAR-11

Zimbabwe local mine ownership rules not yet set: PM

ibtimes 10-MAR-11

Satellite images: 300 burned buildings in Sudan

AP 08-MAR-11

Abyei Leader Condemns Sudan’s National Congress Party

voanews 06-MAR-11

Ivory Coast: post-independence timeline

telegraph 18-FEB-11

Somali MPs extend their mandate

bbc 03-FEB-11

Mandela doctors worried about number of visitors

cnn 31-JAN-11

Student dies in Sudan clashes

aljazeera 31-JAN-11

South African official: Nelson Mandela doing well (AP)

news 29-JAN-11

Atty.: Duvalier to donate frozen assets

cnn 23-JAN-11

Split from north Sudan favored by south in early results

washtimes 20-JAN-11

Sudan 'detains opposition leader'

bbc 18-JAN-11

Payback time

bbc 13-JAN-11

Carter: Sudan's head says south shouldn't carry debts if it secedes

cnn 10-JAN-11

Ivorians wary of war, resigned to long-haul crisis

reuters 10-JAN-11

Historic day arrives after decades of war in Sudan

cnn 09-JAN-11

Sudan referendum: southerners flood home to vote in post-war secession poll

telegraph 08-JAN-11

Sudan

topix 06-JAN-11

Sudanese president says he will accept referendum results

cnn 01-JAN-11

Ivory Coast on 'brink of genocide'

cnn 30-DEC-10

George Clooney launches satellite monitoring system in Sudan

telegraph 29-DEC-10

Envoys give Ivory Coast ultimatum

bbc 28-DEC-10

Reports of Ivory Coast killings add to pressure on Gbagbo

ft 23-DEC-10

[-told]: This deal addresses those issues,

trust 10-FEB-12

[ said]: The key agenda will be the oil question, and meeting of the Joint Political Alliance and Security Mechanisms to discuss security issues related to both countries and steps that should be taken to demarcate the border and resolve the outstanding issues concerning the disputed border areas,

gurtong 03-FEB-12

[ said]: Our strength as a people is not tested during the best of times. As we said before, we should never become despondent because the weather is bad, nor should we turn triumphalist because the sun shines,

zimtelegraph 01-FEB-12

[ said]: I would say to the MP; sexual preferences are a private matter,

allafrica 23-JAN-12

[-remarked]: The real weak response in the case of Libya [invasion by NATO] is because of that. The real situation is that many of us on the continent will collaborate. It is the reality,

allafrica 20-JAN-12

[-suggested that]: False knowledge

pambazuka 19-JAN-12

[-said]: I am sceptical about this notion of Twitter being that great conveyor instrument for the democratisation of knowledge,

pambazuka 19-JAN-12

[suggested that:]: false knowledge

pambazuka 19-JAN-12

[-said]: False knowledge was advanced that the Gaddafi regime was about to slaughter millions of civilians,

allafrica 17-JAN-12

[ said]: , and therefore a legitimate player in the formation of the new South Africa, which is still in its infancy,

thetimes 17-JAN-12

[-described]: In the end it may very well be that the comments made by Heath...will have helped to lance a virulently poisonous boil on our body politic.

iol 18-DEC-11

[ said]: The victor should be the truth,

mg 18-DEC-11

[-described]: In the end it may very well be that the comments made by Heath ... will have helped to lance a virulently poisonous boil on our body politic.

mg 18-DEC-11

[saying:]: China highly appreciates and supports the efforts of the African panel.

xinhuanet_en 09-DEC-11

[ said]: We have come to discuss with President al-Bashir outstanding issues with regard to the negotiations. We have proposed both to the government of Sudan and the government of South Sudan that we should resume these negotiations on all the outstanding matters in Addis Ababa this week,

xinhuanet_en 21-NOV-11

[-told]: The president has confirmed that indeed the delegation of the government of Sudan will be travelling to Addis Ababa so that we will continue with these negotiations on all those outstanding issues,

xinhuanet_en 21-NOV-11

[-said]: Our country is sitting with 35 percent unemployment and we are saying that we are a successful economy? In America they want to get rid of Obama because they have nine percent unemployment. We sit in South Africa with a third unemployment and we are saying that our economy is a success?

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: And if you are the head of a parastatal you would earn even more than that even if your trains are de-railing and your water supply is not there and the electricity has packed up. When Eskom ran out of electricity former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said he wanted (R85m) settlement payment. We have a mindset of the elite in this country and economic policies that are totally out of touch with reality,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: Economic policy has been to drive the consumption of the black middle class, the black political class and the black elite. Policies have been focused on driving a consumption economy and the reason is because they are wallowing in being victims and using its economy to compensate for this victimhood they have lived in for the last 100 years,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: If you want property go and buy yourself a piece of land. It’s no use going and crying about the Boers owning the land, you can go and sit there, and in 1 000 years the Boers will still own the land. We are sitting with this black leadership that is wallowing in its victimhood so instead of driving production they first compensate themselves,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: Seventy two percent of GDP is directed at private consumption and a huge part is by the black elite in the public sector who pay themselves phenomenal salaries and the second part is driven by those living on social welfare grants. Instead of creating jobs we give them their pathetic little social grants,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: We are consuming our GDP, buying phenomenal cars and paying ourselves huge salaries,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: Why are they (Malema and his allies) being expelled? Because at least they are saying - ‘what are you going to do with the national resources you are sitting on?’ It is certainly legitimate for them to criticise the government and big business for the way they are running the economy and our country into the ground with the way they are managing our economy,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: I think it is very clear that there was an unfair process,

thezimbabwemail 20-NOV-11

[-said]: This is because Gadaffi's Libya made the determination that the ANC was little more than an instrument of Zionist Israel, because we had among our leaders such outstanding patriots as the late Joe Slovo.

allafrica 09-NOV-11

[-said]: This is because Gadaffi’s Libya made the determination that the ANC was little more than an instrument of Zionist Israel, because we had among our leaders such outstanding patriots as the late Joe Slovo.

iol 06-NOV-11

[-said]: This is because Gaddafi’s Libya made the determination that the ANC was little more than an instrument of Zionist Israel, because we had among our leaders such outstanding patriots as the late Joe Slovo.

news24 05-NOV-11

[said:]: We must honour his memory not so much by words but by what we do

afriquejet 24-SEP-11

[ said]: The British paper (the Guardian) would not sell the Mail & Guardian to me because it felt I was too friendly to the ANC. The owners of the paper preferred a foreigner for reasons I do not know,

newsday 05-SEP-11

[ asked]: What difference would it have made if I had taken over ?.

newsday 05-SEP-11

[-said]: Entrepreneurship will bring people employment. The mines are not an obstacle to creating jobs -- they facilitate entrepreneurship,

mg 05-SEP-11

[-said]: If the big economic players want to see economic freedom they should support entrepreneurship and not the institutionalised corruption that is BEE,

mg 05-SEP-11

[-said]: The issue of nationalisation cannot be excluded when you have an economy run by cartels. We need to make it easier for small businesses to enter without being squashed by big corporates,

mg 05-SEP-11

[-said]: We constantly hear of big corporations being fined for uncompetitive behaviour. This [behaviour] needs to stop. Government needs to make it easier for those entering the market so that they can end up creating jobs,

mg 05-SEP-11

[ said]: Democratic parties are emerging in these countries and the former liberation movements want to suppress these new parties at all cost. The Zimbabwe situation is important. If MDC comes into power, it becomes a model in countries where liberation parties think they can rule forever,

allafrica 22-AUG-11

[-told]: The peace makers could not go in, to make peace,

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[said:]: transformation

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[-said]: embroiled in politics

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[-said]: International support must compliment Africa's efforts and support.

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[-told]: The sad part of it, many people would have been killed by that time and lots of infrastructure would be destroyed.

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[ said]: We need to be able to fly to the moon,

thetimes 21-AUG-11

[-told]: The peace-makers could not go in to make peace,

MailGuardian 20-AUG-11

[-said]: International support must compliment Africa's efforts and support,

xinhuanet_en 20-AUG-11

[asked:]: Where was SADC? Protocols to sanction the government's behaviour were there but never enforced.

allafrica 09-AUG-11

[said:]: What happened in Libya might very well be a precursor of what might happen in another country. I think that all of us need to consider this matter, because this is a major disaster.

thetimes 25-JUL-11

[-told]: provides for a political partnership, as well steps to be taken for security arrangements in South Kordofan

pambazuka 30-JUN-11

[ said]: as soon as authorised by the United Nations

ahram 29-JUN-11

[-said]: This puts us on the way forward toward the ending of the conflict in South Kordofan, as well as establishing a relationship that will ensure that there will be peace and security for the population,

reuters 28-JUN-11

[ said]: South Africa has indeed lost one of its outstanding sons,

thetimes 24-JUN-11

[-said]: It's also been agreed by the parties that it was necessary to resolve these current issues that relate to the security of Abyei before we come back to the consideration of the matter of the final status of Abyei,

peopledaily 22-JUN-11

[-told]: The SPLM and the Sudanese government have signed an agreement on Abyei,

peopledaily 22-JUN-11

[ said]: I am very glad with regard to that good progress is being made, we've already finalized discussions which relate to matters of assets and liabilities, which of course include how to approach issues of international debt that Sudan carries,

peopledaily 22-JUN-11

[-said]: This should result in restoring peace and open the way for the two parties to discuss the final status of Abyei,

CBC 21-JUN-11

[-reported]: That is not possible until you have stabilized the security situation.

CBC 21-JUN-11

[ said]: The Sudan Armed Forces will pull out and will be deployed outside Abyei,

CBC 21-JUN-11

[-said]: It will also bring to an end this threat of violence, and actual violence in the area, so we are really hoping that (the) Security Council will look at this agreement as early as possible and take all the necessary decisions so that the various provisions in the agreement can be implemented,

CBC 21-JUN-11

[-told]: bring to an end this threat of violence, and actual violence in the area, so we are really hoping that Security Council will look at this agreement as early as possible and take all the necessary decisions,

news 21-JUN-11

[-said]: At the same time, I urge all parties to follow through on their commitment to withdraw their military forces and take steps to facilitate the return of the tens of thousands of people displaced by recent fighting.

news 21-JUN-11

[-reported]: is determined to arrive at agreement on South Kordofan and all other pending issues.

news 21-JUN-11

[ said]: It will also bring to an end this threat of violence and actual violence in the area,

cnn 21-JUN-11

[ said]: The Sudan armed forces will pull out and will be deployed outside Abyei,

irishsun 21-JUN-11

[ said]: So these measures would be put in place in restoring peace to Abyei because both sides have agreed that you could not come to the final matter of determining the final status of Abyei until you had stabilized the security situation and taken all these matters to ensure there will be no further conflict in this area,

globalsecurity 21-JUN-11

[-said]: The Sudan Armed Forces that are there will pull out, will be redeployed out of Abyei, as well as any other military forces in the area, like if the SPLA [Sudan People’s Liberation Army] are there they would leave, to be replaced by Ethiopian forces, which will then move as soon as they are authorized by the United Nations,

globalsecurity 21-JUN-11

[said:]: It will also bring to an end this threat of violence, and actual violence in the area, so we are really hoping that [the] security council will look at this agreement as early as possible and take all the necessary decisions so that the various provisions in the agreement can be implemented.

guardian 20-JUN-11

[-suggested]: The concept has been challenged somewhat but none of us has departed because we’re all conscious that in the end we have two states who are neighbors, and they can’t avoid being neighbors, and its better that they be good neighbors than bad neighbors.

voanews 17-JUN-11

[-told]: Both sides have agreed that there should be a cessation of hostilities, and that negotiations should begin immediately,

montrealgazette 17-JUN-11

[-told]: Both sides have agreed that there should be a cessation of hostilities, and that negotiations should begin immediately. They've said they will discuss on certain modalities. The details can only be done within those negotiations,

abs 17-JUN-11

[-announce]: I held constructive talks today

suna 22-MAY-11

[-stated]: The struggle against racism will be with us for a long time. This is because the racist legacy of colonialism and apartheid will be with us for long time,

newera 20-MAY-11

[said:]: I wouldn’t describe that as a crisis. It’s normal electoral process in Zimbabwe. We have to wait for ZEC (Zimbabwe Electoral Commission) to release (the results)

thezimbabwemail 08-MAY-11

[-said]: Citizenship is under discussion still,

upi 20-APR-11

[-said]: the presidential meeting discussed outcome of NCP-SPLM talks in Addis Ababa on security matters.

peopledaily 10-APR-11

[-said]: If there's any truth to any of those allegations, then necessary actions will be taken against whoever it is who could have been involved in any action which is intended to destabilize the government of South Sudan,

allafrica 19-MAR-11

[-said]: It was agreed with the presidents that all of the outstanding negotiations will now proceed,

allafrica 19-MAR-11

[-said]: Bashir is a believer in the importance of continued dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues

allafrica 18-MAR-11

[-added]: The Presidency has also agreed that action will also be taken with regard to the documents which were released by the Secretary General of SPLM (Sudan People's Liberation Movement) Pagan Amum, so what will happen with regard to that is that both the SPLA ( Sudan People's Liberation Army) and the Sudan Armed Forces will look at all those documents and all those allegations together to make a determination as to the truth or otherwise,

peopledaily 18-MAR-11

[-told]: With regard to the political solution of the Abyei question, we have discussed this matter again with the Presidency and they confirmed what they had agreed earlier that this matter should be resolved by the end of this month,

peopledaily 18-MAR-11

[-told]: The decision taken earlier to suspend negotiations, that matter has been addressed and all of the outstanding negotiations will now proceed,

news24 17-MAR-11

[-told]: If there's any truth to any of those allegations, then necessary actions will be taken against whoever it is who could have been involved in any action which is intended to destabilise the government of South Sudan,

trust 17-MAR-11

[ said]: There is a shared commitment between the two Sudanese parties to resolve these issues, and indeed to make sure there is no return to war. Indeed, that is why the matter of Abyei it was decided it would be dealt with not even at the level of the secretary-general here, but it must be dealt with at the level of the presidents,

globalsecurity 07-MAR-11

[ said]: In 10 days or thereabouts, we will be having a meeting of President Bashir and First Vice President Salva Kiir, the president of the Government of Southern Sudan on the Abyei matter. Last time the panel had an interaction with them on the issue they had agreed they would try to have it resolved by the end of March. But even this violence that erupted now emphasizes the point that this matter should be resolved,

globalsecurity 07-MAR-11

[-told]: We are not dealing with an ordinary routine case of debt forgiveness,

reuters 06-MAR-11

[-said]: Several strong remedial interventions need to be taken by the new administration that will come into power after next year's general elections.

MailGuardian 21-FEB-11

[-said]: The nature of the alliance means that ideologically, the party is stuck.

MailGuardian 21-FEB-11

[-said]: He had just been to London and assured leaders there that the ANC's policies would not change,

MailGuardian 21-FEB-11

Tsvangirai [-claims]: I knew thа#1072t Mbeki wа#1072ѕ#1109 і#1110n favour ο#959f a party split. Hе#1077 wanted thе#1077 splinter group tο#959 join a Zanu PF faction і#1110n thе#1077 hope thа#1072t thе#1077і#1110r combined force wο#959υ#965Ɩ#406ԁ#1281 weaken а#1072nԁ#1281 eventually rυ#965і#1110n thе#1077 remaining MDC. Mbeki wο#959υ#965Ɩ#406ԁ#1281 thе#1077n pronounce tο#959 thе#1077 world thа#1072t hе#1077 hа#1072ԁ#1281 resolved thе#1077 Zimbabwean crisis.

zimtelegraph 20-JAN-12

Malema [-said]: I wish Mbeki would reconsider his decision not to participate,

thetimes 11-JAN-12

Tsvangirai [-writes]: in the hope that their combined force would weaken and eventually destroy the remaining MDC. Mbeki would then pronounce to the world that he had resolved the Zimbabwean crisis,

zimbabwereporter 09-DEC-11

Maharaj [-said]: Former president Mbeki decided against releasing the report pending the advice from the chief state law adviser and due to its incompleteness among other reasons.

allafrica 08-DEC-11

Tsvangirai [-said]: I knew that Mbeki was in favour of a party split,

thezimbabwemail 28-OCT-11

Zuma [states:]: During the past week, after due deliberation, I decided to release the November 2006 Donen report made to my predecessor in office (then president Mbeki).

zimtelegraph 21-OCT-11

Mutasa [ said]: It is not cast in stone, but there is a possibility. If you look at Mbeki he was replaced by Zuma. The same thing might happen,

allafrica 24-JUN-11