Former Madagascar president stuck in Mozambique, blames current leader for blocking his return

Former Madagascar president stuck in Mozambique

Amnesty International decries killings by police in Mozambique, calls for investigations

Mozambique: Watchdog decries killings by police

Zimbabwe premier ends boycott, says he’s assured S.Africa closely monitoring unity government

Zimbabwe’s premier counting on South Africa

Zimbabwe’s prime minister says he’s ending boycott of unity Cabinet

Zimbabwe’s premier ends boycott of unity Cabinet

Zimbabwe’s prime minister gets regional summit to address problems with unity government

Zimbabwe: Regional summit set for Thursday

With 80 percent of Mozambique’s vote counted, incumbent president, his party leading

Mozambique vote: Incumbent president, party lead

Mozambique’s president votes in election expected to return him and his party to power

Mozambique’s president expected to win re-election

Mozambique: President among 1st voters in election he’s expected to win

Mozambique’s president among 1st to vote

MAPUTO, Mozambique — A jovial President Armando Guebuza was among the first voters Wednesday in Mozambican elections that are expected to return him and his party to power.

Manhattan Short Film Festival brings AIDS orphan’s work, 9 other short films, to world

LOS ANGELES — Writer-producer Neal Baer is accustomed to 12 million or so Americans flipping on their TV sets for an episode of his drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Madagascar talks end without rivals agreeing on leadership to head interim government

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Talks aimed at determining who should lead Madagascar in a new interim government ended Friday with the ousted president and the man who replaced him in a military coup failing to agree on who should take the top posts.

Brazilian prosecutor accuses Italian priest who ran kids’ shelter of sexually abusing boys

RIO DE JANEIRO — An Italian priest who ran an award-winning shelter for homeless children in Brazil has been charged with sexually abusing boys for years and allowing visiting foreigners to exploit the children, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Overcrowded ferry sinks in northern Mozambique; 7 dead and 17 remain missing

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique’s government says an overcrowded ferry went down off the coast in a northern province, and 17 people are feared drowned.

Madagascar rivals agree on transition deal to end political crisis on Indian Ocean island

MAPUTO, Mozambique —Madagascar’s bitter political rivals signed a power-sharing deal Sunday, agreeing to create an interim government to end months of violence.

Madagascar rivals to meet in hope of ending island nation’s political crisis

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Two Madagascar politicians who have waged a deadly power struggle are meeting in an attempt to end the Indian Ocean island’s political crisis.

Mozambican economy grows despite financial crisis, but starting to show signs of weakness

MAPUTO, Mozambique — Government officials say the Mozambican economy is on target for growth this year despite feeling the effects of the international financial crisis.