Topic: Jendayi Frazer

Opposition candidate John Atta-Mills Monday maintained a slim lead over the ruling party's Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghanaian presidential elections seen as a test of its democratic credentials.Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had 50.43 percent of the vote ...

Opposition leader ahead in Ghana vote count

Opposition candidate John Atta-Mills maintained a slim lead over the ruling party's Nana Akufo-Addo in the vote count in Ghana's elections, media reported Monday, amid mutual accusations of intimidation.Atta-Mills edged ahead as a US envoy accused both sides of ...
Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday slammed US President George Bush's government's declaration of loss of confidence in President Robert Mugabe as a " ," Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba said, according to state-run The Herald newspaper.United States top US envoy for ...

Mugabe must "step aside": Britain

A stalled power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe came under fresh strain on Monday after Western powers said it would be unacceptable if Robert Mugabe were to remain president.Although the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is committed to a deal that would ...

US knocks Russian sale of MiGs to Sudan

The United States Friday criticized Russia's reported sale of 12 MiG fighter jets to Sudan. "Sudan is a poor country and to go out and buy MiGs, obviously that's something we don't think is a positive step," US State ...

Rice speaks to Rwandan leader about DRC fighting: US

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has spoken with Rwandan President Paul Kagame amid contacts aimed at ending the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), US officials said Thursday.Rice's deputy spokesman Robert Wood gave no details about her ...
France and Britain's top diplomats held talks in Tanzania with the chairman of the African Union on Sunday, capping a weekend of intensive Western efforts to avert disaster in the Congo (DRC).Meetings with the Rwandan and Congolese presidents laid the ...

French, British FMs meet Rwandan president

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and his British counterpart David Miliband on Saturday met Rwanda's president as part of efforts to defuse the crisis in neighbouring DR Congo, an official at the presidency said. "Among other things, they discussed an upcoming ...

US warns DR Congo rebels to stay out of Goma

Washington's top diplomat for Africa on Tuesday urged rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to halt their march to the strategic town of Goma and return to previous agreements.Jendayi Frazer, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said ...

US sends top Africa envoy to DRCongo

The United States said Wednesday it is sending its top envoy on Africa to the Democratic Republic of Congo as it voiced " deep concern" over fighting in the country's east.Jendayi Frazer, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, "is ...