Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is calling for international help to end the stalemate over the formation of a unity government.

The African Union (AU) says it is working with the international community to bring more pressure on Mauritania's military junta to return the country to democracy despite the junta's refusal to abide by an AU ultimatum, which expired Monday.

Index of African Governance shows improvements in two-thirds of African governments

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki, who mediated the Sept. 15 accord, has said he is willing to take a role in the talks again, but ZANU-PF officials have denied that an impasse exists

Thousands of Syrian troops have reportedly deployed along Lebanese border following a terrorist attack in Damascus said to have originated in northern Lebanon