Harare - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday termed Barack Obama's ascension to the US presidency as a victory for the struggle for democracy in Africa.
"For those of us who are still in the trenches, fighting for change and democracy across the entire African continent, this is our victory," the party of longtime opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said in a statement on Obama's win.
The desire for change that swept Obama past the post was also the motor behind the MDC's fight against the "dictatorship" and "neo-fascism" of aging President Robert Mugabe, the party said.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama faces a mammoth task in averting a series of domestic and global crises and managing the near-impossible expectations that have built up around his candidacy.
As congratulations poured in from leaders around the world Wednesday morning and Americans erupted in spontaneous celebrations, the tasks facing an Obama administration in January were clear.
Obama enters the White House with a shrinking US economy, a global financial system teetering on the brink of collapse and the United States still enmeshed in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cairo - In a region where the presence of the US can not be more evident in political life, Egyptian political forces are hopeful that the victory of Barack Obama will bring the "change" he vowed, to their part of the world.
Essam al-Erian, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, described Obama's victory as "historical."
"Obama's victory is a historical moment for the US and can be historical for the whole world," al-Erian told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.
Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.
Brussels - Croatia should be able to finish all talks on joining the EU by the end of 2009, paving the way for it to enter the bloc as early as 2011, the EU's executive body said Wednesday.
It is the first time that the European Commission has set out a timetable for the former Yugoslav republic to complete all EU accession negotiations.
Harare - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Wednesday termed Barack Obama's ascension to the US presidency as a victory for the struggle for democracy in Africa.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama faces a mammoth task in averting a series of domestic and global crises and managing the near-impossible expectations that have built up around his candidacy.
Cairo - In a region where the presence of the US can not be more evident in political life, Egyptian political forces are hopeful that the victory of Barack Obama will bring the "change" he vowed, to their part of the world.
Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.
Brussels - Croatia should be able to finish all talks on joining the EU by the end of 2009, paving the way for it to enter the bloc as early as 2011, the EU's executive body said Wednesday.
