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Mnangagwa, Chiwenga were not present at the formation of the Patriotic Front in 1976
The People of Zimbabwe were united under the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Z.A.P.U).When Z.A.P.U. was banned, the party leadership decided that it will not form another political party, aga...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:41hrs | 7 | by Report Phelekezela Mphoko
Dembare seal Sadomba deal
HARARE giants Dynamos completed the signing of veteran forward Edward Sadomba on Wednesday as they seek to bolster their squad ahead of the start of the new campaign.Sadomba, who has played in...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Edward Sadomba rejoins Dembare
EDWARD Sadomba is set for a sensational return to Dynamos, a decade after leaving the Harare giants and is part of a list of players that the club has identified to play a part in the rebuilding proce...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hillary Clinton Presidential bid Swot analysis
The race for the White house has intensified as Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton faced the Republican Presidential candidate in a debate. The debate has been received with a mixed bag...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 11:26hrs | 87 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
To Decide is to Govern!
I have made a pledge to you my readers. A pledge I will always endeavour to fulfil for as long as I write. That pledge is to raise difficult questions, break taboos, speak and spill the truth, so this...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Beware the ghost of Benghazi
YOUTH is a period of impetuosity and adventure. It is a time to test and experiment. It is a period of physical and mental growth.Youth is a time of discovery and for self-definition. It is a ...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
National flag not a weapon of war
In our flag the youth must find new inspiration for loyalty to Zimbabwe, not the incitement to rebel against our own core values. In our flag the youth must find the inspiration for patriotism based n...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Car bomb kills 4 people in Benghazi
Security and medical officials say a car bomb has gone off outside a hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing four people and wounding 14.Senior military official Brigadier-Gen...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 23:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe: Not in a thousand years!
Let's start with a series of small, light-hearted but revealing anecdotes. Beitbridge. I am told there was quite some build-up of tension on both sides of the bridge, which means a build-up from South...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Tell no lies, claim no easy victories!
The articles we have been publishing on the Facebook page, 15 years later have sought to live up to this commitment – to be "a combatant for the truth, for the liberation of the minds of the people ...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Thabo Mbeki
US regime change disaster in the Middle East
Seymour Hersh's recent revelations about an effort by the US military leadership in 2013 to bolster the Syrian army against jihadist forces in Syria shed important new light on the internal bureaucrat...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:07hrs | | by Gareth Porter
Mugabe blast SA, Nigeria for 'betraying Africa'
Johannesburg - President Robert Mugabe blasted South Africa and Nigeria at the African Union summit this weekend, saying Africa would never agree to them getting permanent seats on the UN Security Cou...Published: 14 Jun 2015 at 17:27hrs | | by ANA
Gukurahundi conspiracy of the West?
CIVIL disturbances that rocked Zimbabwe in the early years of Independence were part of a region-wide conspiracy to destablise Southern Africa and not part of any anti-Ndebele agenda by Shonas, Vice-P...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko opens up on what triggered Gukurahundi
Civil disturbances that rocked Zimbabwe in the early years of Independence were part of a region-wide conspiracy to destablise Southern Africa and not part of any anti-Ndebele agenda by Shonas, Vice-...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Mabasa Sasa
Libya's toothless interim government resigns
Benghazi - Libya's toothless interim government, led by prime minister Abdullah al-Thani, announced late on Thursday it had tendered its resignation to the elected parliament, days after a rival Islam...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Britain evacuates embassy staff out of Libya
Tripoli - Britain will close its embassy in Tripoli from 4 August, evacuating diplomatic staff to Tunisia, after fighting between rival armed factions spread in the Libyan capital, officials said....Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Swim or sink for Warriors
WARRIORS coach Ian Gorowa says they will be going all out in search of goals when they host Tanzania in the decisive leg of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow...Published: 31 May 2014 at 06:57hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Kuda Mahachi, Peter Moyo ruled out of Tanzania clash
HIGHLANDERS midfielders Kuda Mahachi and midfielder Peter Moyo became the latest injury casualties after being ruled out of Sunday's crunch African Cup of Nations qualifier between Zimbabwe and Tanzan...Published: 29 May 2014 at 06:43hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Heavily armed gunmen storm Libyan parliament
Heavily armed gunmen loyal to a renegade Libyan general stormed parliament on Sunday demanding its suspension and a handover of power to purge the North African country of Islamist militants.S...Published: 19 May 2014 at 15:48hrs | | by Reuters
Son of top Libya army commander kidnapped
Tripoli - A Libyan security official says masked gunmen have kidnapped the son of a top commander of the special forces in the eastern city of Benghazi.The official says that the son of Colone...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fading hopes of Zapu, Zanu-PF unity talks
In this week's instalment of PF-Zapu-Zanu PF unity efforts during the liberation struggle, Tjenesani Ntungakwa details how Zapu's success on the war front restored the party's confidence in itself....Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 08:09hrs | | by Tjenesani Ntungakwa
Senior police officer gunned down in Libya
Tripoli - Libyan security officials say attacks in the restive eastern city of Benghazi have killed a senior police officer and wounded his guard and another officer.The officials say Lieutena...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
40 people killed in an explosion in Libya
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya - More than 40 people were killed on Thursday in an explosion at an army depot in southern Libya after locals tried to steal ammunition, officials said, while four soldiers die...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 02:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Powerful blast near Benghazi Swedish consulate
Benghazi - A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi Friday, seriously damaging the building but causing no casualties, a security official said....Published: 11 Oct 2013 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Libyan prime minister kidnapped by armed rebels
Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped from a hotel in Tripoli. Local media reported he was escorted at dawn by armed rebels from the Corinthia Hotel in the capital and take...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 03:41hrs | | by The telegraph
US President Barack Obama marks 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon
Washington - For President Barack Obama, the prospect of more US military action in the Middle East hung over his observance on Wednesday of the 9/11 attacks that occurred a dozen years ago.Wh...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Libya: Journalist escapes assassination bid
Benghazi - A journalist at a private Libyan television channel narrowly survived an assassination attempt in the restive eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, a colleague working for the Libya al-Ahrar ...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Libya's deputy PM resigns
Libya's deputy prime minister, Awad al-Barasi, resigned on Saturday, saying he was not given enough powers to carry out his duties."I cannot work in a dysfunctional government where my powers ...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 04:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Libya: 3 soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes
Benghazi - At least three soldiers were killed as special forces clashed with armed activists in the eastern port city of Benghazi early on Saturday, the army reported.The interim leader of Li...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Libya former rebels' HQ attacked, 11 dead, 58 wounded
Benghazi - At least 11 people died and 58 were wounded on Saturday when demonstrators attacked the headquarters in Benghazi of former rebels who had fought to oust Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, a h...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversies give Obama new governing headaches
U.S. President Barack Obama learned on Monday what can happen to presidents caught up in allegations of scandal: they have to address them instead of anything else.It happened when the preside...Published: 14 May 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by Reuters
Bombings at the Boston Marathon: Many injured 2 confirmed dead
A targeted and co-ordinated attack occurred today at the Boston Marathon shortly after 3 pm EDT. The Boston Marathon which was established in 1897 is said to typically attract 500 000 spectators and ...Published: 16 Apr 2013 at 05:00hrs | | by Tsungai Chipato
Gunmen attack church in Libya
Gunmen attacked an Egyptian Coptic church in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, assaulting two priests, the official LANA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying on Sunday.The...Published: 04 Mar 2013 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
US ambassador to Libya killed in a rocket attack
Beirut - The US ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on Tuesday night that targeted his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a Libyan official said o...Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Libyans brave violence to grasp first free polls
Liibyans defied violence and boycott calls to rush to the polls in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, parting with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship....Published: 07 Jul 2012 at 20:34hrs | | by Reuters
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
Zuma is coming on a rescue mission
Russia's Putin has won a new term into Presidential Office. With that victory comes a new ogre for Europe and America, both of which are already talking of discovering Putin's vulnerabilities for a co...Published: 12 Mar 2012 at 07:24hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Graves of British, Commonwealth and Italian World War II soldiers smashed in Libya
Libya's leadership has apologised after armed men smashed the graves of British and Italian soldiers killed during World War II.Amateur video footage of the attack, posted on social networkin...Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 07:15hrs | | by AJ
The Arab stolen revolution
After Israel and its Western backers defeated Arab nationalism in 1967, a solicitous Nizar Qabbani emotionally called for the rekindling of the Arab fighting spirit.He wrote in a poem:...Published: 09 Jan 2012 at 04:59hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Libyan students to learn anti-Gaddafi revolt
Tripoli - Libya's 1.2 million schoolchildren returned to classrooms nationwide on Saturday, to learn a revamped curriculum that includes the revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafii and purges his pers...Published: 07 Jan 2012 at 18:38hrs | | by AFP
Mexico 'stops entry' of Saadi Gaddafi
The Mexican authorities say they have stopped a plot by a criminal gang organisation to smuggle one of the sons of Libya's ex-leader Col Muammar Gaddafi into the country.Saadi Gaddafi has bee...Published: 07 Dec 2011 at 22:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dreams of Mujuru's second death, division and invasion
Far more interesting than political clashes in Chitungwiza last Sunday were many other unwritten factors which really matter to a good understanding of the state we are in. I do not wan...Published: 14 Nov 2011 at 07:11hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
The murderous western touch
So now Muammar Gaddafi has died; apparently after being incapacitated by the fire power of US drones and French gunship bombers, and left to face a very primitively ruthless death at the hands of the ...Published: 27 Oct 2011 at 05:24hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Secret desert grave for Gaddafi's burial
Misrata - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by -
United Nations orders Gaddafi death investigations
AS the world ponders a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya, questions abound over how the former Libyan leader died. The United Nations, his widow and other world leaders have since called for an inves...Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by -
When Zanu-PF coughs
Let's keep a tab on Libya. It is very important in understanding how imperialism works nowadays.Forget the ongoing operations to subdue Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown. That is a sideshow, a real sm...Published: 08 Oct 2011 at 03:46hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
1996 mass grave found in Tripoli
Tripoli - Libya's new rulers on Sunday revealed a grave site they said contained the bodies of more than 1 270 people killed by Muammar Gaddafi's security forces in a 1996 massacre at Tripoli's Abu Sa...Published: 25 Sep 2011 at 19:17hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Obama, the arrogant voice of imperialism
US president Barack Obama delivered an empty and arrogant sermon to the United Nations on Wednesday, laced with platitudes about "peace" that were designed to mask Washington's predatory policies....Published: 24 Sep 2011 at 13:18hrs | | by Bill Van Auken
Gaddafi's son flees Libya, enters Niger
Muammar Gaddafi's third son Saadi entered the territory of Libya's southern neighbour Niger on Sunday, Niger's justice minister has said.His flight reduces the retinue of close family members ...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 22:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gaddafi's last options
Benghazi - As Libya's new leadership tightens the noose around the last possible bolt-holes of ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi and those closest to him, the fugitive would seem to have only two opti...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 07:30hrs | | by AFP
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