Commonwealth Update

President Musharraf of Pakistan went to Delhi to watch more than a cricket match with India. After a summit with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the two declared their peace process irreversible. Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government was saved by the Speaker's casting vote. Malaysia began to mend fences with Australia and talked free trade. President Obasanjo of Nigeria sacked ministers in a drive on corruption. The Ugandan parliament agreed on a referendum to decide whether it should become multiparty. Britain began relieving Tanzania and Mozambique of debt. Zambia's economy took a lift as copper prices zoomed. Just before celebrating 25 years of independence Zimbabweans went to the polls and President Robert Mugabe claimed the parliamentary elections had been as free and fair as anywhere else. And South Africans renamed their capital Pretoria. It will become Tshwane.