The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Mwenda Mutebi is calling on the public to develop a reading culture. He was speaking during the launch of an autobiography written by the Vice President, Prof Gilbert Bukenya.

Harare - Police raided the Zimbabwe's opposition party's headquarters and took away about 60 people on Monday, said a spokesperson a day after the party's presidential candidate withdrew from a run-off against Robert Mugabe.

Pensacola - Democrat Barack Obama's race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice.

Washington - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that Zimbabwe's government cannot be considered legitimate without a fair run-off in its presidential election.