AP - Snow. Floods. Icy winds. Maybe even a tornado. South Africans are facing one of their harshest winters in years, with at least four deaths blamed on flooding from heavy rain that has caused travel delays in the south and west of the country.

Reuters - Sudan should be pressured into accepting foreign peacekeepers from Muslim countries to help stem bloodshed in its troubled Darfur region, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Sunday.

Reuters - Irish rock star Bono began a new African tour on Tuesday in Lesotho -- a tiny, impoverished kingdom he said embodied Africa's struggle for debt relief, better access to world markets and AIDS treatment.