An Inter Press Service Analysis

The victory of Imamali Rakhmonov, acting head of state and chairman of parliament, in Tajikistan's presidential election, is unlikely to resolve the political crisis besetting the Central Asian republic bordering Afghanistan.

SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: BEGINNING OF WHITE-BACKLASH FEARED /REPEAT/

AN INFLUENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN RIGHTWINGER WARNED TUESDAY THAT THE WEEKEND ASSASINATION OF A LEADING WHITE THEOLOGIAN, PROF JOHAN HEYNS, COULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF A "NEW STRUGGLE".

SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: BEGINNING OF WHITE-BACKLASH FEARED

AN INFLUENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN RIGHTWINGER WARNED TUESDAY THAT THE WEEKEND ASSASINATION OF A LEADING WHITE THEOLOGIAN, PROF JOHAN HEYNS, COULD MARK THE BEGINNING OF A "NEW STRUGGLE".

ZAMBIA-CRIME: PRESIDENT SHIES AWAY FROM SIGNING DEATH WARRANTS

ZAMBIA'S HIGH COURT JUDGES HANDED OUT 100 DEATH SENTENCES THIS YEAR, ALARMING NOT ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BUT ALSO THE COUNTRY'S BORN AGAIN PRESIDENT, FREDERICK CHILUBA.

GERMANY: Five Years Later And The Wall Still Remains

Five years after the Berlin Wall came down, paving the way for Germany's reunification, the country remains divided.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREED

FOUR BRITISH CITIZENS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF CAPT VALENTINE STRASSER WERE FREED MONDAY, AFTER A YEAR OF STANDING TRIAL.