South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, under fire for the handling of the Zimbabwean crisis, has won African Union and United Nations backing for his plans to facilitate a solution - but will liaise with a tri-partite "reference group" over his efforts.

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The request by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for an arrest warrant against President Omar al-Bashir will find a significant place in history.

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The prosecutor of the newly-established International Criminal Court (ICC) today accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of genocide and war crimes arising out of the war in Darfur.

Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on Friday which would have imposed an arms embargo against Zimbabwe and financial and travel sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and other key leaders of the country's ruling party.

South Africa's "mother city" of Cape Town is renowned as the country's most beautiful for tourists, but there's no escaping the destruction of apartheid when you visit.

Zimbabwean political leader Morgan Tsvangirai has characterised Thursday's meeting between representatives of his party and the ruling Zanu-PF as talks about talks.

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org 

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org

Russia is opposing efforts by the United States to get the United Nations Security Council to impose targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean leaders responsible for political violence.

The United States has characterized the situation in Zimbabwe as a threat to peace which justifies the imposition of sanctions on the country under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

The leaders of the world's most powerful nations have declared they will impose financial and other sanctions on leaders they describe as "those individuals responsible for violence" in Zimbabwe.

A number of African leaders who had talks with the leaders of the G8 group of industrialized nations on Monday disagreed with the West's drive at the United Nations for sanctions against Zimbabwe.

Tanzanian songstress Nakaaya has been making a splash on the East African music scene of late. Her remake of the classic “Malaika” and her controversial yet honest criticism of corrupt politicians in “Mr. Politician” have been creating a lot of buzz around the hot new artist.*

The recent report of a high-level aid watchdog says the G8 group of industrialized nations has fallen short of its aid promises to Africa by U.S. $40 billion. Although the report stops short of charting a clear way forward in the relationship, it proposes some positive measures, writes AllAfrica guest columnist George Katito, and this week’s G8 Summit needs to identify bottlenecks to aid ...

The United Nations Security Council is discussing what the United States calls "targeted sanctions" aimed at the Zimbabwe government and its top officials.

The former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, has been transferred to The Hague in the Netherlands for trial on war crimes charges - including accusations of sexual crimes committed in the Central African Republic (CAR).