Harare/Johannesburg - Southern African heads of state converged on South Africa' capital Pretoria Monday, in yet another attempt to eke a compromise from elderly Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the country's opposition on a power-sharing agreement.
Monday's extraordinary summit of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), which is being chaired by South African president and current SADC chairman Kgalema Motlanthe, is the bloc's third crisis summit on Zimbabwe in under a year.
Johannesburg - International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday, said it was "way past time" for the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe's political and economic crises.
New York-based HRW made the appeal on the eve of an AU summit beginning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday.
On Monday, southern African leaders will also be holding their third crisis summit on Zimbabwe in under a year.
Johannesburg - Congratulating Barack Obama on his inauguration as the first black president of the United States Tuesday, iconic former South African president Nelson Mandela said the historic event reminded him of the excitement that surrounded his own election as his country's first democratically-elected president.
Harare/Johannesburg - Another round of talks between Zimbabwe's leaders that had been billed as make or break for the country's power-sharing agreement ended late Monday in stalemate.
"We came to this meeting hoping that we put the people's plight to rest," opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai told reporters after around 12 hours of closed-door talks in a city centre hotel with his archrival, President Robert Mugabe, another opposition leader and mediators.
"Unfortunately there hasn't been progress," Tsvangirai said.
Johannesburg - The death toll in a regional cholera outbreak that has claimed over 2,200 lives in Zimbabwe has risen sharply in South Africa, where 19 people were reported dead in the north-east Monday.
The provincial health minister in Mpumalanga province, which is home to the famous Kruger National Park and borders Zimbabwe and Mozambique, told a press conference: "We now have 19 deaths recorded as cholera cases."
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are to meet for talks under regional mediation Monday, four months after the two signed a power- sharing deal that has failed to materialize.
The office of South African President Kgalema Motlanthe confirmed late Thursday that he would lead a delegation from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to Zimbabwe.
Harare/Johannesburg - Southern African heads of state converged on South Africa' capital Pretoria Monday, in yet another attempt to eke a compromise from elderly Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the country's opposition on a power-sharing agreement. 
Johannesburg - International rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, on Thursday, said it was "way past time" for the African Union to intervene in Zimbabwe's political and economic crises.
Johannesburg - Congratulating Barack Obama on his inauguration as the first black president of the United States Tuesday, iconic former South African president Nelson Mandela said the historic event reminded him of the excitement that surrounded his own election as his country's first democratically-elected president.
Harare/Johannesburg - Another round of talks between Zimbabwe's leaders that had been billed as make or break for the country's power-sharing agreement ended late Monday in stalemate.
Johannesburg - The death toll in a regional cholera outbreak that has claimed over 2,200 lives in Zimbabwe has risen sharply in South Africa, where 19 people were reported dead in the north-east Monday.
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are to meet for talks under regional mediation Monday, four months after the two signed a power- sharing deal that has failed to materialize.
