THE MDC yesterday angrily dismissed as "Mugabe's giant act of madness" President Robert Mugabe's announcement of the allocation of government ministries to Zanu PF and the two MDC formations.

Is Rwanda about to invade the Democratic Republic of Congo? That was the big question last week as tension and military activity continued to build up rapidly in eastern Congo.

HUMANITARIAN organisations want the government to declare the current situation in the country -- particularly in the two Matabeleland regions -- a national disaster, to speed up the allocation of resources to needy communities.

Despite signing a power-sharing agreement several weeks ago, President Robert Mugabe and his arch-rival and new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to agree on who will control which portfolios in a new Cabinet.

UNDER normal circumstances, Brazilian coach Valinhos should have handed in his resignation soon after Zimbabwe's 2-4 defeat to Namibia, which rounded off the two teams' 2010 Group 2 qualifying campaign in Windhoek yesterday.

THE apparent deadlock over the formation of the new Cabinet in the wake of the agreement between Zanu PF and the MDCs has caused much pessimism and despondency among ordinary Zimbabweans.

THE MDC on Thursday declared a deadlock in the negotiations with Zanu PF over sharing of Cabinet positions.

The UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) says that during the period from mid-September to the beginning of October, elements from the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have conducted attacks on 16 localities in the DRC's eastern territory of

Lucas Radebe's wife, Feziwe, died on Saturday morning after a long battle with cancer.

Bafana Bafana will have an unfamiliar supporter this evening when they take on Equatorial Guinea.

South Africa has made 'amazing' progress in the construction of the 2010 World Cup Stadiums.

Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana praised his troops for rising against various challenges to win 1-0 against hosts Equatorial Guinea in Malabo yesterday.

Siphiwe Tshabalala took Bafana Bafana to a 1-0 win over Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.

FORMER Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), Technical Director, Chief Kashimawo Laloko, has advised Super Eagles head coach, Shaibu Amodu, to beef up the present Eagles with new players who are at their peak in their various clubs.

Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu made some major changes to his starting line-up and was rewarded with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Sierra Leone in a 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday in Abuja.

Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship for the last 16 days have threatened to blow up the MV Faina in the next 36 hours if ransom is not paid.

What is it that makes Pirates different from other brigands; why do dacoits of the sea excite the imagination where the land-bound highwayman invokes fear and loathing? To explain, we cite the curious case of the Pirates of Puntland.

Fighting erupted Sunday between a group of pirates holding Somali ship and soldiers loyal to Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, according to eyewitnesses.

Ghana is through to the next round of the 2010 African and World Cup qualifiers after a 3-0 win over Lesotho.