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South African President Thabo Mbeke (file photo) Reports: Mbeki Seeks Cancellation of Zimbabwe Runoff
South African president visited Zimbabwe Wednesday, holding separate meetings with President Robert Mugabe and his rival, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, 18 Jun 2008 Zimbabwe Opposition Says 4 Activists Found Dead
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice scheduled to discuss Zimbabwe's political crisis before UN Security Council Thursday

Condoleezza Rice delivers remarks on the 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at the State Department, 11 Mar 2008 Secretary of State to Chair Security Council Meeting on Zimbabwe  Audio Clip Available
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council Thursday on the crisis in Zimbabwe

A Nigerian separatist militant levels his machine gun at reporters from his war boat on the Escravos River in southern Nigeria (File) Militants in Nigeria Attack Offshore Oil Rig Cutting Production  Audio Clip Available
Latest attack significantly reduces Nigerian crude production, already well below capacity due to sustained attacks from militant groups

Republic of South Africa Court Rules Chinese in South Africa Are Minority, Like Blacks  Audio Clip Available
Residents win landmark court case that will allow them to benefit from affirmative action programs intended to help disadvantaged blacks

Eritrea Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Tensions Fuel Risks of Renewed War  Audio Clip Available
Crisis Group Report Recommends Reciprocity, International Incentives to Stop Both Sides from Using the Conflict to Maintain Authoritarian Rule

Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony (file photo) US Demands Uganda Rebels Sign Final Peace Deal  Audio Clip Available
The United States is demanding that the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels sign a final peace deal that would end more than two decades of a rebel insurgency in northern Uganda.

Ambassadors Ripert and Wolf tour a camp for Darfurian refugees in Chad UN Security Council: African Visit Very Productive  Audio Clip Available
Envoys visited Djibouti, Sudan, Chad, Congo and Ivory Coast, logging over 21,000 kilometers

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