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The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Ian Beddowes
ICC, a waste of African resources
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition political outfit in South Africa appears to have run out of steam and is seeking extra fodder to power its waning relevance. This week, the party hit the headlin...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | 12 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Chamisa: A soldier simply fading away
There is nothing peculiar in challenging an election result in a court of law as that has been the tradition in many countries. Just a few instances suffice as examples. In the 2000 United Sta...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Dear Robert, you must stop it
Waving banners saying "Mugabe must go" and "We can't wait until 2002", a crowd of 25,000 massed in Harare's Rufaro Stadium to celebrated the first anniversary of the founding of the MDC. Drawing roars...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Tafadzwa Masango
Will MDC rule if they are voted in?
In September 2017 Zimbabwe experienced a coup within a coup. Coup d'etat is a French word to mean that strike on the state. A coup detat is usually an unconstitutional means of changing the status cor...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 18:48hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Apologies for a boring coup!
"The words you speak become the house you live in." What a killer and loaded statement from Hafiz.Dziri seiko dzimba dzamakazvivakira nemashoko? Mumwe nemumwe mumba yake. Let me leave this sto...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Bishop
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 | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Bob and Grace Mugabe's Muppet Show is in full swing
Get ready to salsa to the sounds of party-political kongonya when Grace Mugabe takes centre stage at the Zanu-PF special congress scheduled for December. So I hope Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa ca...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa ally's woes mount
Zanu-PF activist and Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strident supporter, Energy Mutodi will spend the long weekend in remand prison after a Harare magistrate yesterday ruled that he was not a prop...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally arrested
Harare businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi was today arrested following an article he posted on Facebook regarding President Mugabe's succession.Police sources said Mutodi was arrested by d...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 18:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why choosing Mugabe successor is a difficult job
As President Robert Mugabe begins to look for a possible successor from among his subordinates, Zimbabweans are anxious to know who will eventually be picked to become the country's second executive p...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Energy Mutodi
UN's 2018 Zimbabwe election plot uncovered
The United Nations Development Programme's political department is working with local opposition groups to hijack the outcome of Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections, it has emerged.Senior...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN reforms: President Mugabe on a right track
"The UN is a body that encompasses the countries of the world. For him (President Mugabe) to say that he wants to form a splinter organisation, it shows that he is not normal," said Obert Gutu the MDC...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 13:19hrs | 8 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Khama is a US agent for regime change
Ian Khama's bizarre call for President Robert Mugabe to step down, evidently shows that there are some sinister forces behind him.Mr Khama might not know what he is doing and this might be the...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Tafara Shumba
Ex-Ivorian first lady claims she suffered rape attempt
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire's former first lady Simone Gbagbo on Wednesday denied charges of crimes against humanity during political violence in 2010 and said she had suffered attempted rape while in det...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Agencies
ICC needed in Zimbabwe- Mutodi
President Robert Mugabe's loyalist Energy Mutodi has made sensational indications that then political instability rocking the ruling Zanu PF makes it necessary for the International Criminal Court to ...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
President Mugabe's UN Security Reform stance laudable
Some private media houses have chosen to ignore the good work that President Robert Mugabe did as the AU Chairperson only to shame themselves by saying that his big brother stature is what makes the A...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Is power a cancer for African leaders?
As Rwandans go to the polls to vote on whether presidential limits should be lifted or not, possibly paving the way for Paul Kagame ruling the tiny east African country till 2034, that ever-embarrassi...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 08:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF - Betray them before they betray you!
For once, Didymus Mutasa is right. Mugabe is a really scared man, but for other reasons Mutasa does not cite (dailyn...Published: 14 Apr 2015 at 22:38hrs | | by Ismal Ngwenya
How TB Joshua influenced the Nigerian elections
On Sunday 5th April 2015, Pastor T.B. Joshua sensationally revealed how he sent a message to outgoing Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan several weeks before the historic presidential elections ...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 07:40hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Grace Mugabe now running the show
FIRST lady Grace Mugabe this week gave strong signals that she is now running the show in Zanu PF and government behind the scenes when she virtually gave her husband, President Robert Mugabe, a pub...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ICC unseals warrant for arrest of Gbagbo aide
THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court on Tuesday unsealed a warrant for the arrest of ex-Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo's youth leader, accusing him of crimes against humanity amid a bloody...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 10:56hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'We must do all we can to make sure Zimbabwe's elections are fair elections,' UK MP
For many, life in Africa is moving forward. Recent development indicators published by the World Bank show that in Sub-Saharan Africa GDP has risen every year since 2000, averaging 5.8% annual ...Published: 17 May 2013 at 12:21hrs | | by James Duddridge is the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East
Drogba to star in TV series
Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba will be the first to feature in a 5-part documentary titled Football Rebels.Football Rebels is presented and narrated by former Manchester ...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 10:58hrs | | by Al Jazeera
'All my life, I fought for democracy' Gbagbo tells ICC
The Hague - Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday told the International Criminal Court which is weighing whether to charge him with crimes against humanity that he had always been ...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Africa: Divided, ruled, for now
Last week I gave you a perspective steeped in history. I am grateful for the polite responses I got, whether by way of counter-arguments or by way of polemical affirmations. Either way, the responses ...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
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
African sworn in as ICC chief prosecutor in The Hague
Former Gambian justice minister,Fatou Bensouda, has been sworn in as the International Criminal Court's new chief prosecutor in The Hague.Ms Bensouda becomes the first African to hold the post...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obama Administration Accomplishments in Sub-Saharan Africa
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ - Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Accomplishments in Sub-Saharan Africa"I see Africa as a fundamental part of our interconnecte...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by APO
Malawi President Dies! - Is TB Joshua A Real Prophet!
At the news of the death of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, one of the things that sprang to the minds of many was a much publicised prophecy from Nigerian...Published: 07 Apr 2012 at 12:33hrs | | by CHISULO CHIZIMU - Lilongwe, Malawi
TB Joshua could be opening church in Zimbabwe
There are reports that popular Nigerian prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua) who recently prophesied the death of an old African president, could be opening a branch of his church in Zimbabwe....Published: 25 Mar 2012 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
The lavish lives of the dictators' wives
Safia Gaddafi ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 06:28hrs | 4 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe fails to ratify AU Convention on Democracy, Elections and Governance
Zimbabwe's failure to ratify the African Union (AU) Convention on Democracy, Elections and Governance betrays its intentions on good governance especially in the face of elections, legal experts and p...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Emergency funds for targeted journalist - Cote d'Ivoire
PARIS, France - Reporters Without Borders is providing temporary financial assistance to Awa Ehoura, a journalist who presented the 8 p.m. news programme on state-owned Radio-T√É∆í√Ǭ©l√...Published: 20 Jan 2012 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by APO
The African condition: Of Imperialists, tyrants and puppets
Chief among the many challenges that confront the African continent are three evils that African thinkers and intellectuals must urgently find durable solutions to---The vicious scramble for Africa√...Published: 05 Jan 2012 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Exclusive interview with Alassane Ouattara, of Cote dIvoire
On the sidelines of the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d'Ivoire spoke about the situation in his country and the challenges facing his...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 06:10hrs | | by un
Laurent Gbagbo and wife charged with 'economic crimes, armed robbery'
Laurent Gbagbo the former Ivory Coast President and his wife Simone have been charged with economic crimes, armed robbery, looting and embezzlement, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.Simplice Koua...Published: 19 Aug 2011 at 09:56hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Nigerian President warns against coup attempts in W Africa
Abuja - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned on Thursday against coup attempts in west African countries, saying the region with a long history of turbulence must no longer accept undemocratic ...Published: 12 Aug 2011 at 07:32hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Africa must resist interference by the West: Mbeki
Former South African President and Zimbabwean mediator Thabo Mbeki has accused the United Nations of destabilising peace processes in countries such as the Ivory Coast and Libya.He said Africa...Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 07:02hrs | | by timesonline
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
Is Zanu-pf snub of elections funding official Zimbabwe policy?
The recent snub of EU and UN funding for elections by Zanu-pf should not be taken as official Zimbabwe policy because it was not sanctioned by the coalition government, at least until the other partie...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Gbagbo's daughter writes to Sarkozy
Paris - The daughter of detained former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has written to French President Nicolas Sarkozy voicing concern over his fate, one of her lawyers said on Thursday."M...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
The Case for UN Reconsideration of the Zimbabwean Matter
Now that the international community has confronted two of Africa's most ruthless dictators - Cote d'Ivoire's Laurent Gbagbo and Libya's Muammar al...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Eddie Walsh for ISN Insights
Coalition government a model for African dictators like Mugabe: Odinga
The Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has told an audience in Washington US on Wednesday that the Kenyan coalition government appears to have become a model for African dictators desperate to hold on...Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 17:34hrs | | by Mafu Sthabile
Treat Gbagbo with dignity: ECOWAS
President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission (ECOWAS), James Victor Gbeho, has expressed concerns over the fate of the captured Laurent Gbagbo, former President of Cote ...Published: 14 Apr 2011 at 06:53hrs | | by Bobby Olagoke
Gbagbo moved to an undisclosed location
Abidjan - Arrested former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo has been moved from a hotel in the main city Abidjan to an undisclosed location in Ivory Coast, his rival President Alassane Ouattara said ...Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Ivory Coast generals switch sides
Generals who fought for Ivory Coast's ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo have pledged loyalty to his rival, internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara.Mr Gbagbo's arr...Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Calm at Ivorian refugee camp; 11 new babies born
Refugees from neighbouring Ivory Coast appear to be adjusting to life in Ghana, with reports of eleven newly born babies.The estimated 3,000 refugees who fled the troub...Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 09:39hrs | | by Byo24News
Does Jonathan Moyo know that Gbagbo was finally captured
The humiliating capture of Laurent Gbagbo in a white vest on Sunday by forces loyal to his rival Alassante Quattara who won presidential elections in Ivory Coast must have come as a big shock to Rober...Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst
France carrying out a coup in Ivory Coast: Gbagbo spokesman
Paris - A spokesperson for ousted Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday accused French special forces of carrying out a coup d’état in its former colony on beh...Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 12:39hrs | | by Byo24News
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