The African Union Commission, in collaboration with South Africa, will hold the first Global African Diaspora Summit on 25 of May 2012 in the southern African nation.

In western Zambia, the shine of President Michael Sata's election victory last September has rubbed right off.

Top judges and lawyers are squaring up to the government over its plans to reform the judicial system and even the highly praised post-apartheid Constitution

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Victory for Dr Nkosozana Dlamini-Zuma's candidature in next month's African Union Commission chairperson election will be a victory for gender equality and a fresh awakening to pan African sentiments, the Pan African Business Forum has stated.

South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe lost billions to fraudsters, with Zimbabwe alone losing $1, 2 billion in just six months to December last year, two respected accounting firms have said.



Africa needs at least $ 200 billion in the next 10 years to make electricity available to 600 million people, the ongoing World Economic Forum has been told.