Cote d'Ivoire's Alassane Ouattara has ordered the closure of all the country's borders until further notice.
Die Ivoorkus het sy grense gesluit tot verdere kennisgewing.
Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have called for an end to the conflicts in the southern African region, in particular those in Zimbabwe and Madagascar.
Leiers van SADC het ‘n oproep op Zimbabwe en Madagascar gedoen om ‘n einde te maak aan konflik.
South Africa and Botswana have reiterated their call for sanctions imposed against Zimbabwe by Europe and America to be lifted with immediate effect.
Suid-Afrika en Botswana het weer ‘n beroep op Amerika en Europa gedoen om sanksies teen Zimbabwe te lig.
The South African government will not move its special dispensation deadline for Zimbabweans to regularise their stay in the country, which is set for 31 December.
Die regering gaan nie die afsnypunt vir Zimbabwiërs om wettige Suid-Afrikaanse dokumentasie te kry, skuif nie.
Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has called for multi-sector collaboration and action in addressing the root causes of protracted refugee situations.
Die regering sê internasionale samewerking is nodig om vlugtelinge veilig terug te stuur na hulle geboortelande.
Africa remains confident that the next two years may signal radical reforms in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
Afrika state hoop dat daar wesenlike verandering sal plaasvind in die Veiligheidsraad van die Verenigde Nasies binne die volgende twee jaar.
The criticism that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is against African countries is unfair, Judge Richard Goldstone says.
Die kritiek dat die Internasionale Kriminele Hof gekant is teen Afrika is onregverdig sê regter Richard Goldstone.
While a number of challenges have cropped up in the process to document Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa, the deadline will not be extended beyond the end of the year.
Die afsnypunt vir Zimbabwiërs om die nodige dokumentasie te kry om in Suid-Afrika te woon, gaan nie verleng word nie.
The United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) have launched a joint task force on peace and security as the two organisations continue to step up their cooperation in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peace building across the continent.
Die VN en die Afrika Unie het ‘n gesamentlike taakspan daarspan daargestel vir samewerking vir vrede in Afrika.
More than 10 000 Zimbabwean nationals have applied for permits to stay in South Africa since a special documentation process was opened on 20 September.
Meer as 10 000 Zimbabwiese burgers het vir permitte aansoek gedoen om in Suid-Afrika te woon.
South Africa has called on the international community to redouble its efforts in support of peace in the Sudan and to ensure that a schedule referendum in that country is held in a peaceful environment.
Suid-Afrika het ‘n beroep op die wêreld gedoen om te help in die Sudan en te sorg dat hulle referendum in vrede plaasvind.