President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has announced that parliamentary elections will take place in May instead of April because of efforts to update voter registers. He said voter registration extended by two weeks to the end of March made it impossible to hold the elections in the traditional month of April. Central Rwanda's Supreme Court confirms Kagame as president. Following the resignation of President Pasteur Bizimungu last week, the Supreme Court of Rwanda has confirmed Vice-President General Paul Kagame as acting president. Kagame is supposed to remain in place until a new president was chosen within the next three weeks.
African leaders are to attend Burundi peace talks .
Many African heads of state are expected to attend Burundi peace talks slated for next Monday in the Tanzanian town of Arusha. Heads of state from Burundi, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda are expected to join the talks. Former South African President Nelson Mandela is the mediator. The World Health Organization confirms new cases of hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization confirms eleven new cases of hemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo.