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Sudan condemns the raid of Zimbabwe's embassy and the ambassador's house
The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the raid of Zimbabwe's embassy and the ambassador's house in the capital Khartoum by the feared paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The tragedy of Zimbabwe
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere last week spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy - a major United Nations conference that shines a sp...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Fadzayi Mahere
UK Rwanda asylum-seeker flight cancelled after European court ruling
A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government.The number ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Matanga challenges UN-bound cops
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged officers who are leaving for South Sudan on peacekeeping duties to remain disciplined and desist from behaviour that might bring the name of the co...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 13 | by Dumisani Muleya
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Put Zimbabwe first, police officers told
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs loyal and dedicated officers who put their country and people first, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said. He warned police officers to shun beh...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matanga advises police officers
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said the police service needs loyal and dedicated officers who put their country and people first.He challenged his officers to perform their dut...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police officers off to UN peace-keeping mission
TWELVE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers will next month leave the country for a United Nations Peace-keeping mission in Darfur. Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga yesterday chal...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sudan Army hires Mugabe's consultant
The notorious Sudanese army has hired Dickens & Madson (Canada) Inc a firm owned by Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli spy based in Montreal,Canada to polish the image of Sudan's milita...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matebeleland qualifies for the World Football Cup in 2020
After a remarkable CONIFA World Football Cup in London 2018 we are more than delighted to announce to our stakeholders all over the world that the Matebeleland Football Team will return to the global ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 21:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Omar al-Bashir flees to Zimbabwe?
A PRIVATE jet hired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa from Dubai made a curious stop in Khartoum on Tuesday, raising speculation that Sudan's former leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir or his family could have...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
African Union hypocrisy
The African Union's condemnation of the military coup in Sudan exposes the hypocrisy of the organization. The chair of the AU Commission said it was not the appropriate response to the challenges faci...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:10hrs | | by ZimVigil
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga urges citizens to value peace
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has said Zimbabweans should value the prevailing peace in the country because some countries have been ravaged by violence and anarchy.Addressing con...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Al Bashir steps down, under house arrest
Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir has stepped down and is under house arrest, multiple sources told CNN.His personal guard has been replaced and is under close watch.Bashir had ruled Suda...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:16hrs | | by CNN
Joshua Nkomo's white soldier to address Lookout Masuku lecture
Former ZIPRA intelligence officer and decorated liberation war hero Jeremy Brickhill is billed to give a guest speech at the Annual Lookout Masuku Lecturer Series organized by Ibhetshu lika Zulu and H...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 22:34hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Meet Joshua Nkomo's white soldier
One of the unsung heroes of the war of liberation Jeremy Brickhill celebrates his birthday today (Tuesday). Jeremy Brickhill is one of the white people who served in Zimbabwe's liberation war as...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops urged to promote Zimbabwe's image
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has urged members of the force assigned to international peacekeeping missions to promote the image of the country. In a speech read on his behalf by...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army creates temporary bases in suburbs
The presence of soldiers patrolling most high density suburbs across the country has instilled fear and uncertainty in citizens as some areas are reporting forced curfews.Coupled with this is ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Army chief assures the nation
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda yesterday assured the nation that the country remains safe and secure despite the recent politically motivated violence that erup...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Postal voting underway
Postal voting for the July 30 harmonised elections is underway around the country as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dispatched ballots to all those eligible to vote under the system, the ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Politicians should put people first'
LOCAL police officers, who recently completed their United Nations peace-keeping mission in the Darfur region, have called on politicians to avoid fuelling tribal and ethnic divisions.Addressi...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells army to remain vigilant, patriotic
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday urged security forces to be vigilant and patriotic as some elements were bent on reversing the gains of independence as the country prep...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga hails cops on peacekeeping missions
ACTING Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has paid tribute to Zimbabwean police officers for distinguishing themselves on peacekeeping missions.Speaking during a send-off ceremony for ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
13 Zimbabwean cops off to Darfur
Thirteen Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have been sent off to Darfur, Sudan, on United Nations peacekeeping duties.A send off ceremony for the contingent was conducted by Acting Commi...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obama and the fallacy of the African dream
When then-Senator Barrack Obama won the presidential election in the USA, ahead of Republican Party nominee John McCain, on Tuesday, November 3 in 2008 – Africa as a whole celebrated the election of...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 14:54hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Tsvangirai stoking tribal hatred
In Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's view, anyone talking about ethnic issues is a dangerous element in Zimbabwean society. He expressed this view while addressing a rally at White City Stadium on September 2, 2...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 18:42hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Zim has soldiers in Sudan, Ivory Coast, Somalia- Sekeramayi
Defence Minister Sydeny Sekeramayi has told the senate that Zimbabwe has for sometime deployed some Zimbabwe National Army officers to the countris such as Sudan, South Sudan, Darfur, Ivory Coast and ...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
South Africa begin process of withdrawing from ICC
South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), media reports say.They say diplomats have notified the UN of the move, accusing the ...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by BBC
Chihuri intensifies threats against protestors, urges cops to crush them
Police yesterday reiterated that they will deal decisively with unruly elements who sponsor violence and cause disturbances in the country through illegal demonstrations, the Herald says. Poli...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Violence perpetrators selfish, misguided, says Police
Police have castigated sponsors and perpetrators of violence describing them as selfish and misguided criminals.The country has of late been rocked by violent protests characterised by loo...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches must preach peace, says Chihuri
CHURCH leaders must stop using the pulpit to pull the nation into a pit by their sermons being shared out of context but be peace makers.Commissioner General of Police Dr. Augustine Chihur...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior Zimbabwe cop lands top UN peacekeeping post
A SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police officer has been selected to lead a United Nations peacekeeping mission to South Sudan, where he will be responsible for drafting the country's curriculum on basi...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chihuri warns against violence
Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri has urged the nation to take heed of President Mugabe's call for peace and desist from acts that ignite violence. He said the force was not brutal and ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Don't ignite violence, says Chihuri
Zimbabweans have been implored to guard jealously the peace prevailing in the country and desist from acts that ignite violence.The call was made by the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commission...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Museveni blasts a 'bunch of useless people', US diplomats walk out
Washington - The United States on Thursday condemned Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni for hosting war crimes suspect Sudan's Omar al-Bashir at his re-inauguration.A spokesperson for the ...Published: 13 May 2016 at 14:18hrs | | by Agencies
ZUJ, Sudanese journalists Union sign MoU
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, and the Sudanese Journalists Union, SJU, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to ensure cooperation between the two unions.THis was said by Z...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zuma to pull South Africa troops out of Sudan
South Africa President Jacob Zuma will pull SA National Defence Force soldiers out of Darfur, Sudan, from April 1, the Presidency said on Wednesday."President Jacob Zuma has terminated the emp...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe threatens UN with AU walkout over veto reform - contrived skunk fight to hide sinister agenda
"Chidembo kana choda kuramba mukadzi chinoshereketa!" (When the skunk (bad husband) wants to desert the wife, it will do anything and everything to provoke a fight, beat her up and then divorce her fo...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe is Africa's numero uno
On the day he took office as Africa's number one, his focus was firmly on development and poverty eradication.In his acceptance speech, he said: "During my tenure as Chair, I will deliberately...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:45hrs | | by Levi Mukarati
Women, peace and security
15 years of implementing UN Security Council resolution 1325 in Africa As conflicts and crises in Africa took a more complex turn in recent years,...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 21:01hrs | | by Zipporah Musau
Zimbabwe must ratify Rome Statute to comply with human rights
The MDC-T senior member Job Sikhala has urged Zimbabwean government to ratify the Rome Statute in order to comply with the international human rights detects.Sikhala's remarks come in 5the wor...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 05:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ICC wants SA to explain failure to arrest Bashir
The Hague - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is asking South Africa to explain its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in June, despite an international arrest warrant on genocid...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 16:40hrs | | by AFP
Pan African parliament wants Africa out of ICC
THE Pan African Parliament has called on all African States to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) citing the organisation's bias against African leaders.Pan African Parliament ...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Walter Mswazie
'Mugabe a Chinese stooge,' says Moyo
Former Parastatals minister Gorden Moyo has described President Robert Mugabe as a tool of the Chinese government to fight Western powers.Moyo told a forum to debate the role of the Internat...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir 'had no immunity' in South Africa
A South African court has criticised the government for letting Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir leave the country despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.The court asked the pu...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by BBC
Mugabe, Omar al-Bashir to be invited for the India-Africa Summit
The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to invite President Robert Mugabe for the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit to be held here on October 29.India will host its largest diplomatic...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
AU - ICC stand-off: Justice and Peace Paradigms
A Speech by Dr Gorden Moyo made at the Bulawayo Agenda Dialogue Series-23 June 2015The current stand-off between the African Union (AU) and the Interna...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 20:47hrs | 5 | by Dr Gorden Moyo
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