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What the CIA really thought about Mugabe and other African leaders
One was "highly emotional", another prone to "erratic personal behaviour", and one was said to have quite impressive intellectual and political skills.Those were some of the frank assessments ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
African Union Chair tackles US president on Zimbabwe sanctions at Washington summit
The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit this week touched on several themes, including collective security and human rights, which Emperor Haile Selassie I espoused in his speeches before the United Nations wh...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Despotic leaders to blame for Africa's economic morass
ON May 25, Zimbabwe joins the rest of the African continent in marking the 59th anniversary of Africa Day.The day has tremendous significance for Africans and was set aside to commemorate the ...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 14 | by Bishop Lazarus
101 Amazing Facts About the Life and works of Emperor Haile Selassie
On the occasion of the 129th birthday of the Emperor, I have selected one out of 101 extraordinary achievements he accomplished during his reign: from Ras Tafari- Emperor Haile Selassie. The May 5th V...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:21hrs | 18 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza originally written by Mulugeta Haile
Muna Hacha Maive Nei? The first speculative fiction novel in ChiShona re-published.
A United Kingdom based Zimbabwean author Masimba Musodza, five years after publishing MunaHacha Maive Nei? has again issued the first ever science-fiction novel in ChiShona, and the first novel in tha...Published: 04 May 2016 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Dare's Africa Day Message
My fellow Zimbabweans, today we join the rest of the African family both on the African continent and in the diaspora in a celebration of the ideal of African unity which our visionary Pan- African le...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Benny Mukusha
Mengistu out of the woods
COLOGNE- Ethiopia's fallen military autocrat, Mengistu Haile Mariam, is now all but a free laughing man who is unlikely to be extradited back to his native land, nor be hauled before the Hague for his...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 14:25hrs | 4 | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
Can Africa produce another Mandela?
MTHATHA - As tributes continue to pour in for the departed global icon and great son of Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, I have been asking myself whether the continent will be able to produce anoth...Published: 19 Dec 2013 at 05:50hrs | 4 | by Thabo Kunene
Lion kills zookeeper
Addis Ababa - A lion at the Addis Ababa zoo attacked and killed a zookeeper on Monday after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where the lion sleeps, officials said.The lion, named ...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 14:54hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Today in History
Monday September 12 is the 255th day of the year. There are 110 left.Quote of the Day: "If change is happening on the outside faster than on the inside the end is in sight.":- Jack Welch...Published: 12 Sep 2011 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
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