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Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was formally indicted by a Durban magistrate court Saturday on corruption charges stemming from his relationship with his financial advisor Schabir Shaik who was sentenced in June to...

Prosecutors in the corruption trial of former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma asked a magistrate Tuesday to postpone the trial until Nov. 1 to allow for further investigation for possible additional charges. The prosecution also requested...

Former Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma was released on $150 bail Wednesday after prosecution lawyers asked for more time to prepare a corruption case against him and trial was postponed until October 2005. Bail was...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme , as Special Envoy to Zimbabwe to investigate the continuing mass evictions [JURIST...

A spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecution Authority announced Monday that former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma will be charged with two counts of corruption. After one of Zuma's advisors, South African businessman Schabir...

After a businessman he was connected with was convicted of corruption and fraud , South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma was fired Tuesday by President Thabo Mbeki . Zuma had appeared ready to one day become...

Leading Monday's international brief, Sudan's domestic war crimes tribunal is scheduled to hold its first hearings Tuesday in the capital city of Khartoum, according to Sudanese Justice Minister Ali Mohammed Yassin. Yassin said that over 160 individuals indicted on...

South African businessman Schabir Shaik was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in jail after being found guilty of two counts of corruption and one count of fraud, ending a high-profile case that many in South...

The Durban High Court convicted an associate of South Africa's Deputy President Thursday at the end of a high-profile corruption trial that had gripped the nation. Financial advisor Schabir Shaik was found guilty of fraud in his...

In Friday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally reported to the Security Council Friday morning on the finding of the special UN commission on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan. While the commission did...