Hard-up Swazi farmers get UN help to grow food
Johannesburg - Subsistence farmers in the impoverished southern African kingdom of Swaziland will get help from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to buy seeds as rising prices put agricultural inputs beyond the reach of many....
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Mbeki returns to Harare to revive Zimbabwe unity talks
Harare dpa) - Talks between Zimbabwe's parties on a power-sharing government were due to resume Monday as South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Harare to broker fresh negotiations between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and Morgan Tsvangirai'...
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Schools close as Zimbabwe teachers strike
Harare - Teachers at Zimbabwe's state schools have gone on strike since the beginning of the new term last week because of low pay, according to teacher union representatives. We have declared a strike, and quite a big chunk of the teaching force di...
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Angola's ruling party on the way to crushing victory
Johannesburg/Luanda - Angola's ruling MPLA party was heading for a massive victory in the country's first parliamentary elections in 16 years, with initial projections by the country's electoral commission showing the party claiming more than 80 per ...
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Two die as Zimbabwe air force training jet crashes
Harare - Two Zimbabwe air force pilots on a training flight were killed Friday after the Chinese-made jet they were flying crashed, state media reported Saturday. The K8 jet trainer crashed at Thornhill air base in the central city of Gweru, the air ...
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Zimbabwe hits out at 'misinformed' Canadian sanctions move
Harare - The Harare government Saturday dismissed the decision by Canada to impose targeted sanctions as misinformed and unfortunate , saying it will further hit ordinary Zimbabweans. On Friday Canadian Foreign Minister David Emerson announced that ...
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