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Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Desmond Chingarande
Chamisa's youths to avenge vendor's death
MDC youths are threatening an Arab Spring-type of revolution to avenge the death of a 40-year-old vendor who was killed in Harare recently.The vendor was fatally shot by an unnamed motorist wh...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
The fall of the Zimbabwe dictator is gathering speed
A soft political coup led by G40 has taken place in Zimbabwe. The dictatorship of Robert Mugabe and his patronage political machine linked to the liberation struggle is now crumbling at a fast pace dr...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Zimbabwe is every dictator and tyrant's paradise
I can just imagine a gathering of all the dictators and tyrants who have ever lived on this earth, and they are asked which country would be the easiest to rule over - I bet most of them would choose ...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Leaders who want to rule forever should have been traditional chiefs, not presidents
This past week witnessed another embarassing dent to the image of African national leaders - as Ugandan parliamentarians broke into a fist fight during a fierce debate on removing presidential age lim...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 08:29hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Disjointed protests useless and only hurt innocent citizens
Some 20 000 years ago, there lived the oldest tribe in the Southern Africa, referred to as the San. The most intriguing thing about the San was their hunting methods. They used bow and arrow...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 01:09hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Army denies Dzamara claims
THE Zimbabwe National Army has denied recent allegations by Patson Dzamara that the Military Intelligence is behind the disappearance of his brother, journalist-cum-opposition activist, Itai Dzamara....Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
$10 000 reward for Dzamara
Police have offered a reward of $10 000 to anyone with information on the whereabouts of journalist-cum-opposition activist Itai Dzamara as investigations into his disappearance intensify. Dzamara wen...Published: 18 Jul 2015 at 13:10hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Tunisia President declares a state of emergency
Tunis - Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following an Islamic militant gun attack on a Sousse beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were ...Published: 04 Jul 2015 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
88-year-old becomes Tunisia president
Tunis - An 88-year-old veteran of Tunisia's political establishment won the country's presidency, according to official results issued on Monday, capping a four-year-long democratic transition....Published: 23 Dec 2014 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Unemployed Tunisians clash with police
Gabes - Hundreds of unemployed Tunisians clashed with police on Friday in the industrial city of Gabes after trying to break into a government building, amid simmering social unrest across the country...Published: 18 Jan 2014 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tunisian protesters demand government to resign
Thousands of Tunisians have rallied in front of the National Assembly in the capital Tunis calling for the Islamist-led government to resign.The opposition National Salvation Front has called ...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC: Building a war psychosis
In the early eighties I had a friend who worked in the security establishment. He was in charge of VIP protection. One day he was tasked to ensure a VVIP was transported to Kushinga-Pikhelela, transpo...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
The lavish lives of the dictators' wives
Safia Gaddafi ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 06:28hrs | | by Moyo Roy
'I don't know of any moderate Muslim': French minister
Paris - A French minister said there was no such thing as moderate Islam, calling recent election successes by Islamic parties in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia "worrying" in an interview published on Sat...Published: 03 Dec 2011 at 21:20hrs | | by -
A Trophy President? - Is it time to recall President Mugabe!
I offer no apology to the ant-wikipedia brigade for using Wikipedia. I know the anti-wikipedia brigade is itself most guilty of using Wikipedia as a ready reference source.According to Wikip...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 08:30hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Mugabe has outlived his use by date and using office as a 'political' grave
I offer no apology to the ant-Wikipedia brigade for using Wikipedia on this occasion because I know the anti-Wikipedia brigade is itself most guilty of using Wikipedia as a ready reference source....Published: 02 Sep 2011 at 16:06hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Ben Ali gets 15 years in prison trafficking 'drugs, weapons'
A Tunisian court has sentenced former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 15 years in prison on charges of trafficking in drugs, weapons and archaeological artifacts.The verdict a...Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 20:02hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Lovemore Madhuku and enemies of democracy
THE recent pronouncements by the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairman Lovemore Madhuku that he is not going now despite the expiry of his tenure is not surprising at all. It is a perpetuat...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 10:46hrs | | by Qhubani Moyo
Continent marks Africa Day as war rages in Libya
The continent celebrates Africa Day Wednesday amid turmoil in Libya, where rebels are fighting to dislodge long-time leader Muammar Gaddafi, while in Southern Africa, two sets of uncontested elections...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 09:49hrs | | by Tichaona Chifamba
Colonists want to come back, look at North Africa: Mugabe
THE forthcoming African Union Summit to be hosted by Equatorial Guinea next month is critical in light of the machinations by Western countries in North Africa and the return of colonists in full forc...Published: 04 May 2011 at 06:13hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
Europe's Libya Intervention: A Special Report
Distinct interests sparked the European involvement in Libya. The United Kingdom and France have issued vociferous calls for intervention in Libya for the past month, ultimately managing to con...Published: 25 Mar 2011 at 15:24hrs | | by Stratfor
Egyptian style protests unlikely in Mugabeland
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is unlikely to be forced out by a popular uprising like those in Egypt and Tunisia and plans to entrench his 31-year rule through elections later this year, an...Published: 23 Feb 2011 at 12:07hrs | | by Byo24News
Joy As Egypt's President Mubarak Steps Down
Roars of joy erupted from tens of thousands of protesters gathered in Cairo as the announcement was made by the leader's deputy, Omar Suleiman, in a televised address.Mr Mubarak has handed ov...Published: 11 Feb 2011 at 15:18hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Iran 1 Israel 0 in turmoil
The two regional powers most affected by the turmoil in the Middle East are going to be Iran and Israel. Life sometimes offers strange parallels. There is much in common between the two intractable...Published: 31 Jan 2011 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by M K Bhadrakumar
Ivory Coast ballot recount 'grave injustice': UN Secretary General Ban
A recount of Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election would be a "grave injustice," the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in remarks made public Sunday in Addis Ababa."Reopening the re...Published: 30 Jan 2011 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
Restricted coverage on Egypt's Anti-Government Riots in Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe is alleged to have sent soldiers and youth militias into townships and remote villages to cow locals into submission following the popular uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen...Published: 29 Jan 2011 at 04:32hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
Protesters defy curfew - Egypt
Thousands of protesters in the Egyptian cities of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have defied a nighttime curfew and continued with demonstrations demanding an end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year presidency....Published: 28 Jan 2011 at 23:23hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Are Tunisian type street protests possible in Zimbabwe
One of Robert Mugabe’s trusted spin-doctors has rubbished off possibilities of Tunisian-type street protests in the country to topple the veteran ruler. Meanwhile, massive campa...Published: 25 Jan 2011 at 20:15hrs | | by Byo24News
Tunisia police join protests
Thousands of demonstrators, including police officers, lawyers and students, have taken to the streets of Tunisia's capital in another day of unrest in the North African country.While many pro...Published: 22 Jan 2011 at 19:55hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Tunisia protest against new cabinet
Hundreds of protesters have marched through Tunisia's capital demanding that allies of the exiled president are removed from power.The activists sang nationalist songs and held up signs procla...Published: 19 Jan 2011 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS
Two men set themselves ablaze in Egypt
Two men set themselves ablaze in Egypt on Tuesday, security officials said, bringing to 10 the number of such cases in the Arab world, including a Tunisian whose action sparked a revolution. A...Published: 18 Jan 2011 at 17:09hrs | | by Byo24NEWS | AFP
Ben Ali's Relatives fled Tunisia with 1.5 tonnes of gold
CAIRO/ALGIERS - RELATIVES of the ousted Tunisian leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are thought to have fled the country with 1.5 tonnes in gold, Le Monde reported Monday, citing French intelligence sourc...Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 16:24hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Protest burnings spread to Egypt, Algeria in Tunisia echo
A self-immolation that triggered unrest which brought down Tunisia's leader has led to apparent copycat protests in other north African states, with four men setting themselves on fire in Algeria and ...Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 15:14hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Algeria, Man set himself on fire, yelling Tunisia!
In Algeria a man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state radio reported on Sunday, yelling the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the le...Published: 16 Jan 2011 at 17:52hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Arabs offer cautious reactions to Ben Ali ouster
CAIRO: Arab governments reacted with caution on Saturday to Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's dramatic ouster in the wake of deadly street riots.As Western countries pleaded for a p...Published: 16 Jan 2011 at 04:42hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Former Tunisian leader's relative killed
TUNIS: Imed Trabelsi, nephew of the powerful wife of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, died of a knife wound in the capital's military hospital, a staff member told AFP Saturday....Published: 16 Jan 2011 at 04:26hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Former Tunisian president arrival in Saudi Arabia confirmed
Saudi Arabia confirmed Saturday that Tunisia's ousted president and his family have arrived in the kingdom."We have welcomed in the Saudi kingdom the arrival of President Zine El Abidine Ben A...Published: 15 Jan 2011 at 13:16hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Tunisian president toppled and fled the country
Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has quit after 23 years in power and fled the north African state as the authorities declared a state of emergency following deadly protests.Prime Mi...Published: 15 Jan 2011 at 02:18hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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