London  - One of the biggest and most glamorous birthday parties ever held will take place in London Friday where stars are lining up to mark the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela.

Performers at the three-hour concert in Hyde Park Friday evening are to include troubled singer Amy Winehouse, Queen, Annie Lennox, Paul Rodgers and Leona Lewis.

They will play to a crowd of 46,664 people - the same figure as Mandela's prison number and the name of his AIDS charity.

Winehouse, 24, whose participation had been thrown into doubt after treatment for the lung disease emphysema, could be the highlight of the night.

London, June 26: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has broken his silence on the Zimbabwe crisis to condemn the “tragic failure of leadership” in the violence-torn country.

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Nairobi  - Urgent measures are needed to address food insecurity in Africa and boost production, the Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Jacques Diouf s

London, June 19 : Chinese were reclassified as “black” in a landmark South African ruling allowing them access to economic benefits.