Key Southern African leaders will hold a special summit Thursday in Mozambique's capital Maputo to discuss the crisis in Madagascar and the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe, officials said. The security organ of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC), known as the Troika, will meet from 5:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Thursday, a Mozambican foreign ministry official told ...

HARARE (Reuters) - Swiss food company Nestle has suspended operations in Zimbabwe, complaining of harassment after it pulled out of a deal to buy milk from a farm taken over by President Robert Mugabe's family. Nestle said it received an unannounced visit from government officials and police on December 19 and was forced to accept a milk delivery from non-contracted ...