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$5M African Leadership Prize Goes to ... Nobody

Committee passes over all three candidates, doesn't award $5M to any

Oct 19, 09 2:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobody has won this year's $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the committee responsible for picking a winner announced today. That’s an enormous snub to the people eligible for the award, who include former heads of state Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria,... More »

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Africa • Nigeria • South Africa • awards • Thabo Mbeki • Ghana • head of state • Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership • Olusegun Obasanjo • John Kufuor

ANC Defectors Launch New South African Party

Congress of the People aims to be 'non-racial' in still-divided nation

Dec 16, 08 2:59 PM CST
(Newser) - A former defense minister is the first head of a new South African political party made up mainly of defectors from the African National Congress, the party of Nelson Mandela, the BBC reports. Called Congress of the People, or COPE, the movement spearheaded by Mosiuoa Lekota formed around dissatisfaction with... More »

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Democratic Congress • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • Mosiuoa Lekota • Congress of the People

Mbeki AIDS Denial Killed 365K in South Africa

Study blames Mbeki for keeping antiretrovirals from citizens

Nov 26, 08 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - South Africa's failure to provide antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients has cost 365,000 lives,  a new Harvard study finds. The report places the blame for the deaths with ousted president Thabo Mbeki, whose denial of AIDS' viral cause led Africa's richest country to ignore its sick citizens while... More »

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AIDS • HIV • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • HIV/AIDS • AIDS epidemic • Kgalema Motlanthe

Zimbabwe Bars Carter,
Annan, Mandela's Wife

Ex-prez, Annan aimed to work on humanitarian crisis

Nov 22, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Zimbabwe has denied Jimmy Carter, former UN chief Kofi Annan, and the wife of Nelson Mandela entry to the country to review its humanitarian crisis, Reuters reports. Even the support of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who's been trying to mediate an end to the ongoing political stalemate, wasn’... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Jimmy Carter • visa • Kofi Annan • humanitarian crisis • Thabo Mbeki • The Elders

 S. Africa's Ruling Party Splits 

Historic convention heralds birth of new party

Nov 3, 08 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The African National Congress has run South Africa essentially unchallenged since the fall of apartheid, but that may have changed forever this weekend as 6,400 delegates gathered to celebrate the birth of a new opposition party. A chunk of lawmakers loyal to Thabo Mbeki is breaking way from the... More »

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South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • opposition alliance • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress

Mugabe Snubs Opposition, Keeps Key Ministries

Unity government already in trouble

Oct 11, 08 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's new unity government already is in jeopardy, and it hasn't started governing yet. Robert Mugabe handed out government ministries yesterday and kept the meaningful ones, including the army and police, for his own party, the BBC reports. The opposition MDC "totally and absolutely rejects this nonsense," said... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Cabinet • Thabo Mbeki • Zanu-PF • MDC • mediators

Schism Brewing in South Africa's Ruling Party

Angry Mbeki loyalists planning to break
from ANC

Oct 8, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thabo Mbeki’s top officials are planning to break away from the party that deposed him, the Guardian reports. Mosiuoa Lekota, who spent nearly a decade as Mbeki’s defense minister, today announced a conference that he sees as a step on the path to “divorce” from the... More »

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South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • Mosiuoa Lekota

Interim Prez Takes Reins in South Africa

Motlanthe viewed as able to ease tensions within ruling party

Sep 25, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as South Africa’s caretaker president today after winning three-quarters of a parliamentary ballot, the BBC reports. The left-leaning intellectual is seen as someone who can ease rifts between supporters of Jacob Zuma, head of the African National Congress party head, and former President Thabo... More »

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Africa • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • apartheid • Nelson Mandela • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • Kgalema Motlanthe

South Africa in Crisis as Cabinet Walks Out With Mbeki

After Mbeki's ouster, 10 resignations could trouble economy

Sep 23, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Most of South Africa's cabinet, including the powerful and respected finance minister, resigned today following the ouster of President Thabo Mbeki over the weekend. The walkout could be a devastating blow to the economic stability of Africa's most powerful nation, and to the new administration expected to take over on... More »

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South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • 2010 World Cup

Zuma Loyalist Will Become South African President

Motlanthe will serve as caretaker ahead of 2009 elections

Sep 22, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The African National Congress has chosen Kgalema Motlanthe, a moderate intellectual and the ruling party's No. 2, to be South Africa's caretaker president, Reuters reports. He will fill the job vacated by Thabo Mbeki, who resigned this weekend after the party demanded he step down. Motlanthe is a loyalist of... More »

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South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • Kgalema Motlanthe

Analysis

 Mbeki Leaves 
 Mixed Legacy 

How aloof leader will be remembered

Sep 20, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thabo Mbeki could never be as beloved as Nelson Mandela, so he didn’t try, writes Mark Tran in the Guardian. Instead, Mbeki projected himself as a competent technocrat: cool, aloof, almost disdainful of popular opinion. He leaves behind a legacy as inscrutable as that persona, with clear... More »

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Zimbabwe • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • HIV/AIDS • Poverty in South Africa • legacy

 Mbeki Will Resign in S. Africa 

President agrees to resign in wake of struggle with Jacob Zuma

Sep 20, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(AP) - South African President Thabo Mbeki has agreed to resign following orders from the ruling party. A statement from the presidency says that Mbeki, who succeeded Nelson Mandela in 1999, will "step down after all constitutional requirements have been met." Parliament is due to meet in the coming days... More »

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Africa • presidency • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress

South Africa's President May Be Ousted in Party Revolt

ANC meets as leaders plan to kick Mbeki
out of office

Sep 19, 08 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders of the African National Congress, South Africa's ruling party, are meeting today to debate whether to force Thabo Mbeki to resign. The country's president has been under fire since a court ruled that the prosecution of Jacob Zuma, Mbeki's archrival and the head of the ANC, was politically... More »

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South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress

 Zimbabwe 
 Leaders Sign 
 Landmark Deal 

Tsvangirai will become prime minister as parties come together

Sep 15, 08 6:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's rival political parties signed their landmark power-sharing deal today, in which Robert Mugabe will remain president while Morgan Tsvangirai will take on the new position of prime minister. The two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change will receive a majority of cabinet posts, including the ministries responsible... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing deal • Zimbabwe elections • South African Development Community • Arthur Mutambara

S. African Court Throws Out Zuma Graft Case

Ruling clears way for leader to become president

Sep 12, 08 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A South African court has thrown out a corruption case against Jacob Zuma, effectively clearing the way for him to become president next year. The judge ruled that the charges—including 12 counts of fraud, four of corruption, and one each of racketeering and money laundering—were invalid because he... More »

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fraud • South Africa • arms deal • Thabo Mbeki • Jacob Zuma • African National Congress • corruption charges

 Zimbabwe Rivals Strike Deal  

But details won't be
out until next week

Sep 11, 08 10:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe's rival factions have reached a power-sharing agreement to end Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power, the Independent reports. Details, however, won't be spelled out until Monday, leading some Western analysts to reserve celebration. In broad strokes, however, Mugabe will share power with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who will be... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • Movement for Democratic Change • Zanu-PF

Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in
South Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader gets passport back, talks to continue

Aug 15, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(AP) - Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived in South Africa today on the eve of a weekend summit with regional leaders expected to focus on Zimbabwe's political crisis, reports the AP. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change will meet with Thabo Mbeki, the South African president who is mediating power-sharing talks... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • South Africa • Thabo Mbeki • power sharing

 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

Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

Mugabe, Tsvangirai sign deal creating framework for talks

Jul 21, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Mugabe has signed a deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai establishing negotiations on the future of Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. The rivals met for the first time in 10 years to sign the agreement, which South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki witnessed. The deal does not create the power-sharing structure... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • Thabo Mbeki • negotiations • disputed election • Movement for Democratic Change

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