Tensions high on eve of ANC leadership congress
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POLOKWANE, South Africa  - Thousands of African National Congress activists gathered on Saturday ahead of a congress to decide whether Thabo Mbeki continues to head the ruling party.
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The African National  Congress (ANC) holds a hotly contested election on Monday that  could clear the way for the controversial Jacob Zuma to assume  South Africa's presidency.
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OTTAWAâPolitical deadlock is looming over the coming first ministers&#39; health summit, with federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh stepping up his public criticism of the premiers&#39; proposal for a national pharmacare program.
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The new head of South Africa's ruling ANC, Jacob Zuma, is expected to call for party unity on Saturday in his first public address to the African National Congress on its 96th anniversary.
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President Thabo Mbeki says the  bitter contest to lead South Africa's ruling African National  Congress (ANC) could destroy the party that helped end  apartheid.
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African leaders struggled on Tuesday to  avoid a damaging split over moves to unite the continent under  one federal government.
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect a new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged corruption, former deputy president Jacob Zuma.
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Hundreds of protesters clashed with police Monday ahead of this week's Group of Eight meeting, as anti-globalization activists challenged attempts by security officials to keep them away from the summit town of Heiligendamm.
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The day's violence underscored the rise in ethnic and sectarian tensions as the embattled nation heads toward elections in January.
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South Africa's powerful trade unions threatened on Saturday to mobilize their members against the "political prosecution" of African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma.
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The question of Thabo Mbeki's succession is likely to overshadow South Africa's ruling party gathering.
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African leaders struggled on Tuesday to avoid a damaging split over moves to unite the continent under one federal government.
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The African National  Congress (ANC) on Tuesday will hold a leadership vote that  could end President Thabo Mbeki's control over South Africa's  ruling party and tilt the government to the left.
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Political tensions are expected to overshadow progress on climate change and African aid as leaders gathered Wednesday for the annual Group of Eight Summit being held in Heiligendamm, Germany.
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The ruling African National Congress struggled Friday to agree on a way to choose a candidate who is almost certain to become South Africa&#39;s next president.
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AFRICA/SUDAFRICA - Tensioni al 52esimo Congresso dellÂAfrican National Congress Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)-Si Ã¨ aperto ieri, 16 dicembre, a Polokwane piccolo centro nel nord-est del Sudafrica, il 52esimo Congresso del Congresso Nazionale Africano (ANC), il principale partito politico sudafricano, nato nel 1912 per rappresentare la...
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The federal government&#39;s refusal to sign a non-aggression pact with Australia&#39;s Asian neighbours is causing tension ahead of Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s visit to the ASEAN leaders&#39; summit in Laos, a newspaper report says.