Sata also is close to Robert Mugabe, the authoritarian and violence-prone president of Zimbabwe who has wrecked that once prosperous and democratic state.
During the trial, the court was told about Di Stefano's links with President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, and his "friendship" with the daughter of Slobodan Milosevic.
Mr Mbeki's deputy, Jacob Zuma, may have triggered the rand's latest slide by seeming to sympathise with Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe, whose policies have pushed South Africa's neighbour to the brink of economic collapse.
Whatever his shortcomings as President of Zimbabwe, Mr Mugabe is regarded by his counterparts as someone who is either close to, or at the very top of this pecking order, and he would not take kindly to being ticked off by a "youngster" like Mr Mbeki.
"Thanks, the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, for words that changed my understanding of you, " he said in front of thousands of mourners in Harare.
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe periodically commandeers planes from the national airline that should be shuttling paying passengers.
Protesters against the regime of President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe wanted a total boycott of the match at Durham County Cricket Club's ground in Chester-le-Street.
"The time period was brief, " Shirley Cormack, president of Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe, told the BBC.
Blair said the EU summit also agreed that the re-election of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had not been free and fair.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said last week it would not welcome Zimbabwe's cricketers because of the close links between Zimbabwe Cricket and the regime of president Robert Mugabe.
"President Mugabe and his government of Zimbabwe bear full responsibility for these serious crimes, " Gagnon said.
Mr Mwanawasa has been one of the strongest African critics of Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe won a disputed run-off election last month.
Peter's Square for the Mass include European Union leaders Jose Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of the pope's native Argentina, and Zimbabwe's controversial President Robert Mugabe.
But after the suspension was extended because of continuing violations, President Robert Mugabe withdrew Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth altogether in the following year.
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No place is that more evident than in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe has overseen the downfall of one of Africa's most promising nations.
She accuses the authorities under President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 32 years, of misusing their powers to suppress protest and hold onto power, through arrests and intimidation.
South African President Thabo Mbeki has been adopting a policy of "quiet diplomacy" towards Zimbabwe.
On President Kabila's side, the army chiefs of Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia met in Luanda, Angola's capital, on September 2nd to discuss joint strategy for ending the rebellion.
Mr Tsvangirai wants South Africa's ineffectual president, Thabo Mbeki, to be relieved of his duties attempting to mediate in Zimbabwe.
He and five others stand accused of plotting to overthrow Zimbabwe's 87-year-old president, Robert Mugabe (pictured above), after watching a video of the uprisings against ageing Middle Eastern dictators.
It is an open secret in political circles that some African leaders are also intimated by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who remained a staunch ally of Col Gaddafi until his death.
Zimbabwe Cricket president Peter Chingoka said his country had voluntarily pulled out of the ICC World Twenty20, while the ICC said in a statement that Zimbabwe Cricket viewed the decision as a "one-off".
Bizarrely, Mr Chikane, whose brother Frank was chief of staff to South Africa's former president, Thabo Mbeki, let Zimbabwe intelligence agents accompany him to his meeting with Mr Maguwu, despite warnings that this could endanger the NGO man's life.
In Zimbabwe , members of parliament passed changes to the constitution that give President Robert Mugabe more power.
There is no privately-owned news media left in Eritrea, the "North Korea" of Africa, and one can be jailed in Zimbabwe for insulting the president.
Dr Gertrude Mongella, the Tanzanian president of the Pan-African Parliament, said Mr Brown's threat would not help Zimbabwe.
Equatorial Guinea hit the headlines in 2004 when a plane load of suspected mercenaries was intercepted in Zimbabwe while allegedly on the way to overthrow President Obiang.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe moved to the podium with his trademark blend of languor and briskness - still looking reasonably sprightly for an 87-year-old in reportedly poor health.
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President declared a national emergency and blocked the property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706).
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