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• S. African minister issues appeal on AIDS shot
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa’s new health minister asked scientists on Monday to intensify their efforts to find an AIDS vaccine amid widespread gloom over recent research setbacks . Health Minister Barbara Hogan said government policies ...
• ANC members may form new S. African party
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A leading South African politician said Wednesday that he and other members of the governing African National Congress may break away to form a new opposition. Mosiuoa Lekota's announcement broadcast live on national TV ...
• Mugabe riles Zimbabwe foes as mediator comes
With opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatening to abandon the talks, former South African President Thabo Mbeki was flying to Harare late Monday to try to save the power-sharing deal he brokered this summer after a disputed presidential election
• South Africa will sell ivory to Japan, China
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government said Thursday that it will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. The Convention on ...
• Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African ...