Six weeks after Southern Sudan voted for independence in a widely
praised referendum, security agents stormed the region's first printing
press and arrested a top journalist, the latest assault on reporters
fighting to create a free press here.
Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will return within days
to his homeland, ending seven years in exile, a South African official
said Friday. The former slum priest remains hugely popular and his
return could disrupt an election this month in his earthquake-ravaged
country.
China's foreign minister is pledging bolstered support for Zimbabwe to
counter Western economic restrictions against top leadership in the
southern African nation.
Opposition members in Uganda are threatening Egypt-style protests if
next Friday's presidential election is rigged so that Yoweri Museveni
can extend his 25-year grip on power.
