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Robert Mugabe Mugabe Vows Opposition Will Never Rule Zimbabwe  Audio Clip Available
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai tells VOA President Mugabe is behaving like a warlord, not a statesman.

ap_sudan_salva_kiir_omar_el_bashir_175_08Jun08 Sudan’s Joint Force to Ensure Peace In Restive Oil-Rich Abyei Region  Audio Clip Available
A joint military force from Sudan’s northern and southern regions would begin patrolling the restive Abyei region today (Monday) to help ease brewing tensions there.

Robert Mugabe makes speech during independence celebrations in Harare, 18 Apr 2008 African Union Ready to Counter Mugabe Threats  Audio Clip Available
The African Union (AU) is reportedly getting ready to counter threats by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe ahead of this month’s presidential election run-off.

U.S. President George W. Bush (l) is seen at a press conference with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, 16 Jun 2008 Britain, US Urge Zimbabwe to Accept Election Monitors  Audio Clip Available
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, President George Bush also condemn ongoing pre-election violence

fao site corn biodiversity 19oct04 eng 150 UN-led Meeting in Nairobi Focuses on African Food Security  Audio Clip Available
Ngo warns against limiting biodiversity to boost production of a few crops

Darfur refugees (Mar 2007 file photo) Security Council Demands Sudan Cooperation on Darfur Crimes  Audio Clip Available
Costa Rican Ambassador says it is not meant to punish government, but to force compliance with existing resolution and show support for International Criminal Court

Aerial view showing fire at the village of Abyei, Sudan (File) Joint Units Set to Deploy to Sudan Trouble Spot  Audio Clip Available
Deployment is part of an agreement on Abyei signed by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and southern President Salva Kiir

U.S.  Expresses Support For  Nigerian Anti-Graft Chief
U.S.  Expresses Support For  New  Nigerian Anti-Graft Chief

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimates that in Zambia in 2005, between 53,000 and 250,000 children under the age of 14 were infected with HIV Panel Calls for G8 to Honor Aid Pledges to Africa
Africa Progress Panel warns failure to do so will set Africa back by decades and could drive millions into abject poverty

Robert Mugabe raises fist as he arrives at ZANU PF party headquaters in Harare, 25 May 2008 Mugabe Expected to Meet UN Envoy  Audio Clip Available
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is reportedly going to meet a United Nations envoy today ahead of the presidential election run-off later this month.

Chad Chad Rebels Move; Government Accuses Sudan and Peacekeepers  Audio Clip Available
Latest surge of violence taking place as European peacekeepers are deployed on  Chadian side of border to protect hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced people

Former British special forces officer, Simon Mann, accused of leading a coup plot to topple the government in Equatorial Guinea, is shown gesturing outside prison (file photo) British Mercenary Mann Trial Opens in Equatorial Guinea Under Heavy Security  Audio Clip Available
Simon Mann along with several suspected associates tried in connection with failed 2004 coup plot against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema

Kenya Aid Group: Forgotten Conflict in Western Kenya Displaces Tens of Thousands  Audio Clip Available
Doctors Without Borders accused Kenyan military of extra-judicial killings, torture as it combats Sabaot Defense Land Force militia group

Halie Menkerios, right, UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs greets Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe in Harare, 17 June 2008 Senior United Nations Official Meets Zimbabwe Leader  Audio Clip Available
Special Envoy Haile Menkerios met with President Mugabe amid international concern over widespread violence and intimidation of opposition supporters ahead of next's week runoff presidential election

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