President Yoweri Museveni who is the Chairman of the summit of the East African Community Heads of State opened the first East African Investment Conference with a call to delegates to brain storm and identify areas that need to be addressed in order to improve the investment climate in the region, according to Uganda Media Centre.
Khartoum - The Sudanese civil authority says a small plane has crashed in southern Sudan, killing seven people on board. There was one survivor.
Harare - President Robert Mugabe is heading for a landslide victory in a one-candidate election boycotted by the opposition and is expected to be sworn in on Sunday, official sources said.
Washington - US President George W Bush said on Saturday he had directed that sanctions be drawn up against the "illegitimate" government of Zimbabwe after a run-off vote boycotted by the opposition.
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has received big blow to his leadership after the leader of his Labour Party in Scotland, Wendy Alexander, resigned in a row over donations. Wendy Alexander, suspended from the Scottish parliament on Thursday for a day for failing to declare donations to her leadership campaign last year, said the issue had become a "distraction" from politics in Scotland.
Zimbabweans will be forced to vote in a presidential election on Friday because of the presence of troops and militias loyal to President Robert Mugabe, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said.