MPH 2008

Tsvangirai threatens to walk away from Mugabe deal

Zimbabwe's power-sharing pact on the verge of collapse after President Mugabe appoints key Cabinet posts to his party

Mugabe unravels power accord

Power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe heading towards collapse as President Robert Mugabe allocated key ministries to his ruling party

Mugabe assigns key ministries to Zanu-PF party

The defiant move has jeopardised a power-sharing deal with the opposing MDC party, which was left with ministries that hold little power

Teacher follows her heart to an African hut

A teacher is swapping her comfortable Hampshire home for a hut in rural Tanzania after finding love with a tribal elder

Zimbabwe inflation hits 231m per cent

UN food agency makes urgent appeal for £81m in food aid to help more than five million Zimbabweans facing severe hunger

Mbeki allies threaten crisis-hit ANC with split

South African ruling party's former Defence Minister has accused the current party leadership of arrogance and tribalism

A battle for ANC hearts and minds

Fight over the 'real' ANC after ousting of Mbeki could give birth to a better society

Zimbabwe chaos wipes out education

School system faces total failure as staff hit by rampant inflation can no longer afford to teach and turn students away

Anti-Obama author held in Kenya

Jerome Corsi, a neo-Conservative, was this morning being held after failing to reckon with Kenyan Obamamania

Mugabe's men seize chance to take farms

Despite Zimbabwe's power-sharing deal, white farmers are set upon in a wave of land grabs by president's henchmen

Credit crunch makes VSO volunteers drop out

Voluntary Services Overseas say hundreds of posts remain unfilled amid fear of unemployment on return from placements

Somali pirates vow to stand and fight

The Voluntary Marines for Somalia, the gang locked in a stand-off with the US navy, says it will repel any attack

Euro taskforce declares war on Somali pirates

International armada prepares to head for Somalia as aid groups call for safe passage of supply ships to avert famine

Europe to send warships to fight Somali pirates

Three frigates with air and sea support in new EU taskforce to combat pirates in vital shipping lanes off Horn of Africa

Freed Sahara hostages tell of chaotic escape

European travellers' version of their escape after 10 days captivity conflict with official 'special forces raid' version

Kidnapped tourists freed by special forces

A group that was kidnapped while on a desert safari in Egypt are freed after a special forces raid that left half the captors dead

Abducted Egypt tour group freed

Eleven Westerners and eight Egyptians kidnapped by Sudanese bandits on a desert safari ten days ago are freed

Islamists await hijacked ship's weapons cache

Somali extremists are preparing to unload the huge weapons cache from a Ukrainian freighter seized by pirates off the coast

Zuma’s rise puts whites to flight

The toppling of President Mbeki by a man with strong communist links has set off a new brain drain in South Africa

Pirates 'demand' $35m ransom for tank ship

Greek tanker becomes latest victim of Somalia's lawless seas as hijackers of Ukrainian vessel 'warn' against military action