South Africa Returns Zimbabwe State Papers Dating Back to 1927
South Africa has returned Rhodesian Cabinet files and others State papers dating back to 1927 that Ian Douglas Smith took to that country following the collapse of his regime and these will be officially handed over to President Mnangagwa at State House tomorrow. The repatriation of the important documents follow negotiations between Zimbabwe and South […]
Russian MH17 Suspect Millitary Officer Identified by ‘High-Pitched’ Voice
Investigators have identified a Russian military officer believed to be involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from the distinctive tone of his voice. Oleg Vladimirovich Ivannikov has been named by investigators as heading military operations in eastern Ukraine when the Boeing 777 was shot down by a Russian-made Buk missile on July […]
Terrence Mukupe the crazy deputy finance minister exposed again
Under fire Deputy Minister of Finance, Terrence Mukupe has been fingered in an electoral manipulation storm after a group of students besieged his government offices demanding payment for voting him to represent the ruling Zanu PF in the Harare East parliamentary elections set for July this year. Mukupe who also promised to facilitate drivers’ licence […]
Controversially purchased Malaysian Boeing 777 plane flown back for repairs
HARARE – Zimbabwe's new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of ousted former president Robert Mugabe — has hit fresh controversy. This comes as the Daily News has been told that one of the airline’s “new” planes that it recently sourced from Malaysia — a Boeing 777 jetliner — has […]
Suspected Al-Shabaab Islamists behead 10 villagers in Mozambique
Ten people including children were beheaded in a village in northern Mozambique in a weekend attack blamed on suspected Islamists, local sources said on Tuesday. The attack occurred in Monjane village. Since October , the country has seen a number of attacks by suspected radical Islamists. One of the victims of the weekend attack was […]
Trouble for Webster Shamu who said Mnangagwa-Zanu will lose elections
The Zanu PF Mashonaland West Provincial Executive Council has recommended the suspension of former State Minister Webster Shamu and his wife, Constance Tsomondo from the party pending disciplinary proceedings against them. The decision was reached at in Chegutu during the party’s Provincial Executive Council meeting. Mashonaland West Provincial Chairman, Ziyambi Ziyambi said the province is […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa in no hurry to arrest G40 heavyweight Kasukuwere
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba yesterday said government was not in a hurry to arrest former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, who returned to Zimbabwe last week after spending nearly six months in exile following the removal of former President Robert Mugabe. This came after Mnangagwa last December claimed that the […]
The Guaranteed Path to French Citizenship for African Immigrants Are Acts of Heroism
The heroic act of scaling a building to rescue a small boy has “earned” Mamoudou Gassama, a Malian undocumented migrant in France, his French citizenship. Gassama is an illustration of the extraordinary measures Africans need to take to attain official papers in Europe Mamoudou Gassama, a Malian migrant who has now been christened the “Malian […]
94-year-old Mugabe faces contempt of Parly charges
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy yesterday warned that it might file contempt of Parliament charges against former President Robert Mugabe after the 94-year-old ex-Zanu PF leader failed to appear in the House for the second time to clear the air on the alleged missing $15 billion diamond revenue. The committee resolved to […]
25 Years of Independence but Eritrea Still Not Free
Once seen as a beacon of hope, how did Eritrea earn its name as the “North Korea of Africa?” With an authoritarian government and a young population leaving in droves, how far has Eritrea come? “In our language, Tigrinya, independence means freedom,” says Meron Estefanos. “Many Eritreans say: Why should we celebrate if we are […]
