THE junta that took over Mauritania in a military coup has promised "free and transparent" presidential elections in "the shortest possible period" in a statement read on national radio today
TROOPS overthrew Mauritania`s president in a military coup today after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilising the country
ZIMBABWE`S rival parties issued a joint statement today calling on their supporters to halt all political violence in a sign that power-sharing talks may have moved closer to an agreement
FRANCE played an active role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a report unveiled today by the Rwandan government said, naming French political and military officials it says should be prosecuted
WE are not immune ... facing rising prices for fuel, food and home repairs like everybody else, the Queen`s aides say she hasn`t had a pay rise for 20 years and is struggling to make ends meet.
