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Egypt's First Lady Suzanne Mubarak, chairperson of the National Council for Women , opens on Saturday the new premises of the NCW in Minya for empowering women economically, socially, politically and ...

First lady Laura Bush, addressing a group of her African peers about the AIDS crisis on their ... She was introduced at the Manhattan meeting by Jeanette Kagame, wife of Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

By Marika Sboros There's a stylish wind blowing through the musty world of adornment and it is called Emthuthwini.

For Gwanda Chakuamba, the biblical saying; 'knock and the door shall be opened unto you' at best ... A key figure in the one-party MCP rule, he held influential party and government positions like Minister of Youth and Culture, Commander of the Malawi Young Pioneers, Minister of Home Affairs, Deputy Regional Chairman for the South and many other ...

Bulawayo, September 16: India cruised to victory by an innings and 90 runs over Zimbabwe on the fourth day of the first Test on Friday.

Tony Eastley presents AM Monday to Friday from 8:00am on ABC Local Radio and 7:10am on Radio National.2.7

This morning South African voters woke up to the reality that the people they sent to the national and provincial legislatures to look after their interests have instead looked after their own interests and ...3.1

Government and rebel leaders from Sudan have begun the latest round of talks on the Darfur conflict.2.7

Former world marathon record holder Paul Tergat has withdrawn from this Sundays 25th edition of Bupa great Northrun half marathon in Newcastle United Kingdom.2.7

Six cabinet Ministers and more than 20 MPs are in Kajiado addressing the inaugural rally to launch the ' yes' campaign for the proposed constitution.2.7

Mount Kilimanjaro and game parks might be the first things that come to mind when Tanzania is mentioned, however, besides the natural attractions, Tanzania's social life is equally fascinating, where every ...2.7

By Hans Pienaar A new scramble for Africa is taking place, with transnational corporations vastly ... The best example remains Zimbabwe, where taxation of foreign mining companies - often South African-based - allows the Zanu-PF core to stay immune from the dreadful outcomes of president Robert Mugabe's erratic revolutionary experiments.2.7

DESPITE protests by Earthlife Namibia, the National Society for Human Rights and the German Oeko Institute, the Langer Heinrich Uranium Mine proceeded with its groundbreaking ceremony yesterday.2.7

Transport department spokeswoman Wendy Watson believes more than half of all drivers in South Africa have forged licences or licences issued against forged licences from other African states.2.7

The T-Scan equipment mounted at the Port of Dar es Salaam has facilitated the implementation of various initiatives related to destination inspection, and to the modernization of methods by the Tanzania Revenue ...2.7

Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement is to hold its delegates conference in November in which it will elect its candidate who will run for the country's presidential election slated for early next year.2.7

THE Social Security Commission's bungled N$30 million investment with little-known asset management company Avid Investment Corporation bears all the hallmarks of organised crime.2.7

ONE of the highlights at the Propak 2005 show will be the Victor all-electric injection moulding machine which is being exhibited by Victor Fortune Limited.2.7

The National Media Institute of Southern Africa has condemned President Bingu wa Mutharika's press ... Considering the fact that Malawians have the right to know what is happening in their country, we feel the press needs to be left to play its rightful role of informing the nation You will agree with us that presidential press conferences are not ...2.7

On May 3, 1996, Sheikh Ahmed Deedat suffered a stroke, known as "lock in syndrome," which left him paralysed from the neck down.

THIS is not the first time Pres Thabo Mbeki has sorted out a rival. His long road to the presidency is marked by the political graves of those he regarded as threats.2.7

A group of Nigerians have fled the country while their Malawian counterparts are on the run after a fellow Nigerian national revealed to Police that they were involved in fake money printing, Police ...2.7

After 37 years, the storied Brascan name is about to disappear from the Canadian business lexicon as the company forges a new identity, severing a link with a history of colourful figures, dramatic takeovers ...3.1

Bulawayo, September 16: Sourav Ganguly, fresh from a century against Zimbabwe, said on Thursday he had been asked to step down as India's captain.2.7

Republican Party national chairman Gwanda Chakuamba, who was released on bail Thursday afternoon, told his supporters outside the Blantyre Magistrate's Court he will continue speaking against government wrongs.2.7

West Sechelt Elementary School principal Carolyn Spence knew her school would be willing to help when she saw a school in Kenya with little more than a tin shelter, dirt floors and sparse learning supplies.2.7

Justice Minister Frederick Carew said this amount was unreasonable, but other benefits were being considered.2.9

Malawi's efforts to have leaded petrol phased out of the market as internationally required are said to be hampered by delays by Mozambique to come up with strategies to that effect.2.7

Charles Nqakula, the safety and security minister, says the public outcry about inefficiency in the South African Police Service is of grave concern to him.2.7

Kevin Feddy CHAIRMAN: Brian Murfin of Club Travel 2000 BRIAN Murfin, the founder and former boss of Sale-based tour operator CT2, has taken a big stake in a Manchester travel business where he is masterminding ...2.9

Charles Alaba Joseph, 48, president of Mobitel Limited, a pioneer Nigerian private telephone operator , died yesterday in unclear circumstances, just as the company came under receivership at the behest of a ...2.7

KHARTOUM - Sudan welcomed plans by the United Arab Emirates to build luxury accommodation in Khartoum - and hoped the rooms would be filled with foreigners looking for investment opportunities now that decades ...2.7

The Tanzania Cigarette Company has for the period between January and June 2005 registered a gross turnover of Tsh.2.7

As the nation battles with the pain of increase in pump price of fuel, the Federal Government is set to reintroduce fuel levy on road users.2.7

Two teenagers have pleaded guilty to firearms charges after driving around hunting human prey on Auckland's North Shore one July afternoon.2.7