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Zimbabwe removes barriers to solar energy expansion
Power-short Zimbabwe has removed import duties on solar-energy-related products, from batteries to cables, and mandated that all new construction in the country include solar systems, government offic...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:18hrs | | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Wounded soldier gets world's first penis transplant
A soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan has received the world's first complete penis and scrotum transplant, officials at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore said on Monday...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Reuters
MDC-T rejects post-Mugabe coalition deal-making
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Wednesday it had no plans to join factions of the ruling ZANU-PF party to form a national unity coalition after the eventual death of...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Thomson Reuters
Zimbabwean women flock to cross-border trade
After her husband died in 2011, Theresa Matanda looked for a job in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, but with no success despite being a qualified accountant.With two young children to support, Mat...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 17:22hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Stateless Shona still trapped in Kenya's shadows
IN A village on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, 53-year-old Margaret Maposa embroiders seat covers for a customer, sitting with her niece Elizabeth Moyo, who is weaving a multi-coloured bask...Published: 30 May 2015 at 16:57hrs | | by Thomson Reuters Foundation
Saudi King Abdullah dies
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state tele...Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 09:27hrs | | by Reuters
Man accused of cooking ex-girlfriend's dog
California - A northern California man was in police custody last Friday after allegedly stealing his ex-girlfriend's pet dog, cooking it and feeding it to her, police said. Ryan Watenpaugh (3...Published: 01 Oct 2014 at 09:34hrs | | by Reuters
Tsvangirai threatens unrest, Zanu-PF threatens to unleash the army
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said his party could roll out protests against President Robert Mugabe's government over its inability to improve a flagging economy.Tsvangirai has led...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 18:03hrs | | by Reuters
Missing Air Algerie flight has crashed with 101 passengers
An Air Algerie flight that went missing en route from Burkina Faso to Algiers has crashed, an Algerian aviation official told Reuters on Thursday."I can confirm that it has crashed," the offic...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 16:22hrs | | by Reuters and AFP
Nigeria surpasses SA as Africa's biggest economy
LAGOS - New data has revealed that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent's largest economy after a rebasing calculation nearly doubled its GDP. Gross Domestic Product (G...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Reuters
Friends and foes at Mandela memorial
NEARLY 90 leaders from across the world, some of them locked in enmity, are flying to South Africa for memorials to Nelson Mandela that will hail one of humanity's great peacemakers.Officials...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 01:32hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe looks to China as West maintain sanctions
Zimbabwe will increase economic ties with friendly countries like China to develop its economy as Western nations maintain their sanctions after President Robert Mugabe's re-election, the new Finance...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 08:20hrs | | by Reuters
Botswana calls for Zimbabwe election audit
GABORONE - Botswana called on Monday for an independent audit of Zimbabwe's disputed vote last week, saying the elections could not be considered acceptably free and fair in the regional southern ...Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 19:46hrs | | by Reuters
'Zimbabwe vote must reflect people's will,' says SA's Motlanthe
PRETORIA - With a big vested interest in the stability of Zimbabwe, South Africa is keen that next week's election in its northern neighbour should fairly reflect the people's wishes, Deputy President...Published: 25 Jul 2013 at 05:22hrs | | by Reuters
Zanu-PF need to harvest the fear of 2008-9
IN less than three weeks, Zimbabweans will go to the polls for the first time since a violent, disputed vote in 2008 forced President Robert Mugabe to form a coalitio...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 15:13hrs | | by Thomson Reuters
Zimplats profit slumps by 52 percent
Zimplats posted a 52 percent drop in operating profit in the fourth quarter to June, mainly due to weaker platinum group metal prices.In a statement released on Wednesday, Zimplats said operat...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 13:45hrs | | by Reuters
Did Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors cost him his life
LILONGWE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors may have cost him his life.When the 78-year-old collapsed from cardiac arrest a week ago - and subsequently died - simple...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 05:32hrs | | by Reuters
Sudan president Bashir warns China
Beijing - Sudan's president Omar Hassan al-Bashir told Chinese media the impending split of his country's south risked triggering "time bombs", but said his government's bond with China would not be s...Published: 27 Jun 2011 at 07:18hrs | | by Reuters and edited by Moyo Roy
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