Zambians tell Mugabe to go to hell…!!
President Robert Mugabe came face to face with how Zambians feel about his continued 35-year-long stay in power. Huge crowds of Zambians chanted “MUGABE MUST GO” at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital Lusaka.Mugabe is in Lusaka to attend the inauguration of Zambia’s new president on Saturday following elections held this week.Strangely Mugabe left […]
Foreigners killed and their shops looted in South Aafrica
South African President Jacob Zuma has called for order to be restored after mobs looted dozens of stores owned by foreign nationals in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, leading to 153 arrests.“The President has instructed the Security Cluster in Cabinet as well as the provincial and local government… to work together to bring the situation under control […]
Zimbabwean President Mugabe undergoes a major prostate cancer operation in Singapore
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe underwent what is said to be a major prostate cancer operation during his annual holiday in Singapore, hence his delayed return to allow him time to recuperate, government and close family sources have revealed.Mugabe, who returned yesterday to a planned rousing welcome by Zanu PF supporters brandishing mostly anti-Didymus Mutasa placards […]
Jay z to launch ROC Nation Africa…Leslie Kasumba to work for ROC Nation Africa
Ugandan radio/TV presenter and media personality, Leslie ‘Lee’ Kasumba has resigned from South African-based music cable TV, Channel O Africa. Sources in Multichoice have confirmed that the 34-year-old who worked as Head of Channel O Africa since 2011 spent her last day in the office on January 19, 2015. Lee (as she is popularly called) […]
Boko Haram crisis: African Union to deal permanently with Boko Haram militants
Ghana’s President John Mahama has said he and other African leaders will discuss plans next week to “deal permanently” with Boko Haram militants.He said he wanted African Union (AU) countries to produce a “specific plan of action” for tackling the Nigeria-based Islamist group collectively. “This has to end. We have to make this terror end,” […]
Malawi a disaster zone as floods kill 170 and leave thousands homeless
The authorities in Malawi say at least 170 people have died in flash flood a sharp rise on previous figures.Heavy rain over the past month has swept many houses away and caused residents to flee to higher ground, some crossing the border to Mozambique.Vice-President Saulos Chilima said more than 100,000 people had been displaced from […]
Ousted former Vice President Joice Mujuru to challenge Mugabe
Ousted former Vice President Joice Mujuru will challenge President Robert Mugabe or whoever will represent Zanu PF in the 2018 general elections, NewZimbabwe.com has heard.Sources close to Mujuru said the faction is busy on the ground and nothing will stop them from ensuring Mujuru becomes the legitimate leader of the country following the December coup […]
Niger Bans Charlie Hebdo Over Security Concerns
A prominent member of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS- Tarayya) says the government’s decision to ban the distribution of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in the country is to ensure peace and stability in the Muslim dominated West African country.Sani Iro, the communications director for PNDS- Tarayya, says some churches in Zinder […]
More than 1,500 Tanzanian workers strike,paralysing the Tanzania-Zambia train route
Train services between Tanzania and Zambia have been paralysed by a strike by more than 1,500 Tanzanian workers.A union official said workers had not been paid for five months by Tanzania’s government because of a financial crisis at the railway authority.The government has not yet commented on the strike. China funded the building of the […]
There is an African answer to terror
Last week Ugandan authorities discovered an al-Shabab terrorist cell operating in our biggest city, Kampala. Explosives were discovered in the raid, and there is little doubt that this group of terrorists had no other intention but to cause carnage on the streets of the city.It is not the first time we have had to face […]
