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He said that the publishing of the harmonised draft constitution and the adoption by the National Assembly of the Sessional Paper on Land Reform were major achievements. "We believe these developments reflect fresh momentum in the reform process.

Al-Qaeda's North African branch on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping last month of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania and a French citizen in Mali. The Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb's spokesman Salah Abu Muhammad made the announcement...

And while Kewell's physique is very different to his former Leeds teammate, it seems increasingly certain that coach Pim Verbeek has identified Kewell's touch, aerial prowess and vision to be the key to his attacking strategy at the World Cup....

Leadership should define what success in Afghanistan will look like” Published 09 December, 2009, 02:39 The leadership says that in 18 months we’ll see if there’s any possibility of success in the region, but they have to define what success...

Soccer hooligans will not be able to come to South Africa during the World Cup next year, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Tuesday. She said an advance passenger processing system was in place to bar such people from...

Former hostage Nigel Brennan has spoken in public for the first time since his release from his Somali captors, saying in hindsight he should not have taken the risk of travelling to the lawless African nation. The 37-year-old photojournalist was...

Set during the 1995 rugby union World Cup, which South Africa hosted just a year after Mandela became the country's first black president, its climax has the hero of the apartheid struggle embracing the Afrikaner- dominated sport and rallying fellow...

Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 with torture widely practiced in several countries, namely Egypt, an Arab watchdog said Tuesday. The 230-page report by the independent Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies surveyed 12 countries and said that...

The incident was confirmed by a diplomat who had been briefed on the matter and a person close to the French embassy. The two said that the ambassador and his wife had gone to the airport Monday, when soldiers surrounded...