Region Profile: Africa

Burundi's ruling party CNDD-FDD won a vote for the senate by a landslide, further tightening its grip on power, official results showed on Friday. President Pierre Nkurunziza's party won 32 out of 34 seats allocated to senators indirectly elected by district councillors in the central African nation's 41-seat upper house of parliament.

All opposition parties except one boycotted the election, the fourth in a series of polls held since May, that are seen as a test of stability for the coffee producer after years of conflict between the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi population. The Tutsi-dominated UPRONA party, the only party that took part in the election, secured two seats, the national independent electoral commission (CENI) said.

Four former presidents and three members of the small ethnic minority Twa will also have seats.....

');" > JOHANNESBURG — South African champions SuperSport United have a mountain to climb when they tackle FUS de Rabat in the Moroccan capital tomorrow night in their African Confederations Cup...

The flowering of The African Century, as a material progress scheme, is also an enlightenment struggle. Most African elites have not thought about this despite their cultural obstacles wheeling around them, which have asphyxiated their greater progress.

Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Andre Beyers as the Chief Marketing Officer for its Africa operations.

The company recently acquired the mobile services operations of Zain in 15 countries across Africa including Nigeria and is working towards introducing its brand'Airtel' in these markets shortly. Andre will report to Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Jt. MD, Bharti Airtel.

Commenting on the appointment Manoj Kohli said, "We are delighted to have Andre on board and believe that his experience will be immensely valuable and contribute to our vision of making Airtel the most loved brand in the daily lives of African people. It will be our endeavour to achieve leadership position in all our markets by

The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy - but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit this week, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transform this fear into hope.

TANZANIA hopes for medals at the ongoing 17 edition of the African Senior Athletics Championship were dashed on Thursday after her 800-metres runners were eliminated in the semifinals.

PRESIDENT Hifikepunye Pohamba called on the African Union (AU) to establish a taskforce on maternal and child health so that the relevant Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) can be achieved by 2015.

A technically superior Zimbabwe outfit ended Uganda's pursuit for a maiden Confederation of African Rugby (CAR) under-19 Africa Cup title in Abidjan, Ivory Coast yesterday.

Warriors caretaker coach Norman Mapeza will get a chance to kick-start Zimbabwe's preparations for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers when the senior team date Botswana in an international friendly in Selibe Phikwe next Wednesday.