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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 | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | | by Tafadzwa Masango
Did the Mugabes deserve immunity?
In 2006 I was part of a few select delegates that attended a workshop that was held by the UNDP in Victoria Falls which included senior officials in the Ministry of Justice led by Patrick Chinamasa, a...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:53hrs | | 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 | 5 | 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 | 1 | by Bishop
Zimbabwe's false rumours and fake photos
After reports emerged of the military seizing control in Zimbabwe, social media was full of stories about what was happening during a stunning 24 hours, but not all were accurate.Robert Mugabe...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 15:13hrs | | by BBC
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
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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Spectacle of Dead-mouse Mutasa
So it's true after all? That Tsvangirai's MDC benefited from Mai Mujuru and her late departed hero-husband, Chauya-Chauya's Mavambo project? So why was she denying it when this column made that revela...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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
Detractors were at it again, Cdes
COMRADES, what did I say about that witch that tried to harass me on my recent visit to Abuja? I realised that the best way to embarrass her was simply to let her do it herself by simply ignoring her ...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 07:57hrs | | by CZ
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 should learn from jailing of ex-Ivorian First Lady'
Local political analysts yesterday said the recent jailing of Ivory Coast's former First Lady Simone Gbabgo sends a clear message to politicians fond of abusing power and trampling on the rights o...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | | by Staff Reporter
Botswana sponsored MDC-T claims State media
THE government of Botswana sponsored MDC-T's election campaign with the Seretse Khama Ian Khama administration providing material support to the party in a desperate bid to unseat Zanu-PF, the H...Published: 07 Aug 2013 at 04:43hrs | | 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
UN expert urges Côte d'Ivoire to boost democracy through human rights and impartial justice
GENEVA, Switzerland - The United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Côte d'Ivoire, Doudou Diène, urged the Ivorian authorities give the highest priority to bo...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 07:54hrs | | by APO
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 | | 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 | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zuma takes on Ping for top AU job
President Mugabe joined 14 other heads of state and government for the African Union's Peace and Security Council meeting that convened here yesterday to deliberate on ways of resolving conflicts affl...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 07:36hrs | | 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
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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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
Telecel managing director has been failing to renew his work permit
TELECEL Zimbabwe managing director Mr Aimable Mpore is in a dilemma following revelations he has been failing to renew his work permit after it expired early this year.It was not clear why the...Published: 13 Sep 2011 at 04:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must learn from Ivory Coast: Tsvangirai
Abidjan - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday that his country must learn from Ivory Coast's post-election crisis where 3 000 people died following a disputed vote.He...Published: 02 Sep 2011 at 06:40hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
Cut sanction on Zimbabwe: Norway
NORWAY yesterday called for a "reduction of sanctions" against Zimbabwe to boost mediation efforts in the country by SA.Such a move would reinforce SA's campaign for the US and the European Un...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Sapa
Tsvangirai flies to Ivory Coast to meet Ouattara
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai arrived in Abidjan Wednesday for a 24-hour visit aimed at boosting ties between the two countries, the Ivory Coast government said in a statement.The...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 06:07hrs | | by AFP
Tsvangirai warns against 'another Ivory Coast'
Abuja - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday urged Nigeria and the African Union to help ensure his country does not become "another Ivory Coast" amid disagreement over upcoming ele...Published: 31 Aug 2011 at 11:33hrs | | by Sapa
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
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