Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/africa.html en-en Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:40:00 +0800 5 http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/africa.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/my/mastheads/222x39_ma_malaysia_news.gif 39 222 http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081012/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca.html /ap/20081012/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca_1 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:40:00 +0800 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081011/twl-zimbabwe-politics-4bdc673.html /afp/20081011/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-zimbabwe-politics-4bdc673 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:20:00 +0800 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe farmed out key ministries in a new unity government to his party in defiance of a long-awaited power-sharing deal, amid opposition outrage on Saturday at the "giant act of madness". AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-kenya-texting-elephants-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-kenya-texting-elephants-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:43:00 +0800 The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca_2 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0800 President Robert Mugabe has laid claim to all key Cabinet posts and Zimbabwe's powerful state security apparatus in a direct challenge to a power-sharing agreement that has deadlocked over allocation of ministries. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-zimbabwe-government-1be00ca_2 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:44:00 +0800 President Robert Mugabe has laid claim to all key Cabinet posts and Zimbabwe's powerful state security apparatus in a direct challenge to a power-sharing agreement that has deadlocked over allocation of ministries. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081011/twl-nobel-peace-4bdc673.html /afp/20081011/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-nobel-peace-4bdc673 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:23:00 +0800 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has spent 30 years helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia. AFP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-somalia-piracy-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-somalia-piracy-1be00ca_3 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:54:00 +0800 Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-somalia-piracy-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-somalia-piracy-1be00ca_3 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:54:00 +0800 Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-zimbabwe-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-zimbabwe-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:03:00 +0800 Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed that power-sharing talks have broken down over the allocation of Cabinet posts and called Friday for former South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate an end to the deadlock. AP http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081011/twl-af-somalia-kidnapping-1be00ca.html /ap/20081011/r_t_ap_wl_other/twl-af-somalia-kidnapping-1be00ca_1 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:23:00 +0800 Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported. AP