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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Southern Africa

Southern Africa stories: 7 news summaries

 Tsvangirai
 Barred From
 Mbeki Meet

Opposition leader detained in airport, passport yanked

Aug 14, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, was detained at the airport in Harare today and prevented from flying to South Africa. Authorities confiscated his passport, as well as the travel documents of fellow members of the Movement for Democratic Change, before letting him leave. Tsvangirai was to attend a... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Southern Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections

Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Talks Stall; Mbeki Leaves

Mugabe reportedly tries to sideline Tsvangirai

Aug 13, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - South African president Thabo Mbeki today left Zimbabwe without a power-sharing deal, as official media reported that Robert Mugabe had struck an agreement with a breakaway leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, sidelining its leader Morgan Tsvangirai. A spokesman for the MDC splinter group told Bloomberg there was no... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Southern Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Zimbabwe elections

Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

'Responding well;' Mugabe critic collapsed ahead of AU summit

Jul 3, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa is resting comfortably in a Paris hospital, said a government spokesman today, denying "malicious" widespread reports that the leader had died after suffering his second stroke in 2 years ahead of an African Union summit. Mwanawasa "is responding well to treatment. He has made... More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • Southern Africa • Paris • Zambia • South African Development Community • Levy Mwanawasa

African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

Move a rare shot at Mugabe by leaders

Jul 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The African Union adopted a resolution today calling for President Robert Mugabe to begin negotiations with the Zimbabwean opposition on forming a unity government, Reuters reports. The action marks the first time the AU has censured Mugabe, who once enjoyed a strong reputation as Zimbabwe’s liberator, for his undemocratic... More »

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Kenya • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Southern Africa • African Union • Botswana • election fraud

 Tsvangirai: Africa,
 UN Must Broker Deal 

Seeks 'transitional period;' willing to negotiate before vote

Jun 25, 08 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Tsvangirai is calling for a “negotiated political settlement” to begin a period of “healing” for Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. Speaking at his home after leaving the Dutch embassy, the opposition leader called Friday’s election a sham, and asked the African Union and Southern African Development Community... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Southern Africa • African Union • Zimbabwe elections

Climate Change May Trigger Crop Failures

Major food shortages predicted for Africa,
Asia by 2030

Feb 3, 08 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Climate change could cause severe food shortages in South Asia and southern Africa, two of the poorest regions in the world, by 2030, National Geographic reports. "We were surprised by how much, and how soon, these regions could suffer if we don't adapt," said one of the study's... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • farming • hunger • Southern Africa • crops • South Asia • World hunger • global food market

Africans OK Nine-Year
Ivory Ban

But first, countries approve a one-time mammoth sale

Jun 15, 07 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Four southern African countries will hold a one-time sale of 200 tons of stockpiled ivory before the start of a nine-year moratorium, in a hard-fought conservation compromise. Proceeds from the blowout will be used in elephant conservation efforts in the future. "It's the best we could achieve for the... More »

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Africa • Kenya • conservation • tourism • Southern Africa • ivory • poaching • wildlife • elephant • moratorium

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