US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in oil-rich Angola to underscore America’s presence in one of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest energy producers where America is competing with China for resources.

The pope made a final appeal at the end of his African pilgrimage today for greater world solidarity to ensure the Earth’s resources are more equally shared.

The presidential run-off pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not be held in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published today.

The Angolan Government and the UNITA rebel movement have signed a ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the country’s 27-year-old civil war.

The Angolan government and the Unita rebel movement will today sign a formal ceasefire bringing to an end nearly 30 years of civil war which has claimed around 500,000 lives.