Full Coverage: Southern Africa

21.09.2006 A judge has thrown out a corruption case against former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma, a contender for the country's top job.

20.09.2006 "We know you are a famous and respected man, and that if you speak up for us many people will listen. We just want to go home, and hunt and gather and live in peace like we have always done." Botswana's Busmen people have appealed to the star of a new movie, "The Blood Diamond."

19.09.2006 Zambia's general election, set for 28 September, is expected to be a bitter and closely contested affair. Political analysts believe the country's fourth multiparty poll since it emerged from 27 years of one-party rule in 1991 will be a hard-fought contest for the incumbent, President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), who is seeking a second and final term of office.

14.09.2006 The Prime Minister of India and the Presidents of Brazil and South Africa underscored the importance of working together towards a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society and renewed their support for the results of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva and Tunis, in 2003 and 2005, respectively.

14.09.2006 Health officials in South Africa are fighting to contain the spread of a deadly, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) after an HIV-positive woman with the disease refused treatment and walked out of a Johannesburg hospital.

14.09.2006 Health officials in South Africa are fighting to contain the spread of a deadly, drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) after an HIV-positive woman with the disease refused treatment and walked out of a Johannesburg hospital.

10.09.2006 A reporter and cameraman working for the state-owned Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) were harassed by a crowd at a rally addressed by opposition Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata in the Chawama Township of Lusaka.

10.09.2006 The lack of adequate regional ICT infrastructure to support high-quality and high-speed Internet connection in Sub-Saharan Africa is recognised as a major obstacle for setting the region’s economic and social development in motion.

10.09.2006 The lack of adequate regional ICT infrastructure to support high-quality and high-speed Internet connection in Sub-Saharan Africa is recognised as a major obstacle for setting the region’s economic and social development in motion.

04.09.2006 The sixth meeting of the Presidential International Advisory Council (PIAC) which took place from 2-3 September 2006 at Pestana Kruger Lodge in Mpumalanga Province ended today.