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Britain's interference in the US presidential election will backfire badly
Foreign interventions in elections or referenda rarely end well for the interventionists. In 2016, then US President Barack Obama foolishly lectured the British people on how they should vote in the u...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 981 | by Nile Gardiner
Sadc Election Observer Mission gives thumps up to Mozambique plebiscite
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Mission (SEOM) has given Mozambique's 2024 presidential and legislative elections a clean bill of health, describing the process as ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 16:25hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso signsa confederation treaty
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, three military-led West African states, signed a confederation treaty on Saturday, underscoring their determination to chart a joint course outside the regional political...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 17:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Why army was deployed in oil-drilling precincts of the Zambezi Valley
FEARS of a Mozambican Cabo Delgado-style Islamic insurgency in the northern Zambezi Valley where the Zimbabwean government and an Australian Securities Exchange-listed Invictus Energy are engaged in o...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa slams US for 'panic-driven' Sandton terror alert
President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised the US, saying it jumped the gun by issuing a terror alert for Sandton, Johannesburg, before speaking to local authorities.The US embassy on Wednesday ...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's precision-strike aircraft given Shona name 'Mwari'
The Paramount Group has produced and sold the first military aircraft made in South Africa since the 1980s when state-owned arms maker Denel SOC Ltd. unveiled the Rooivalk, or red falcon, attack helic...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa soldiers fed rotten meat in Mozambique
South African members of the joint defence committee of Parliament are investigating reports that the country's special forces deployed as part of the Southern African Development Community regional s...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 10:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora gets rude awakening
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday got a rude awakening when a paltry crowd attended his party's official launch of its campaign ahead of the March 26 by-elections.An estimated 300 people...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Reality check for Mwonzora
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday got a rude awakening when a paltry crowd attended his party's official launch of its campaign ahead of the March 26 by-elections.An estimated 300 people...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Maputo
President Mnangagwa is today travelling to Mozambique for a one-day working visit at the invitation of President Filipe Nyusi.The two leaders are likely to discuss bilateral issues and regiona...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudha still using state security aides
FORMER State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube (pictured), who was last month fired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly fanning division and Zanu-PF factionalism in the Midlands province ...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Owen 'Mudha' Ncube overplayed his hand
BY the time fired State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube was removed from office, he had become a Frankenstein monster for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as he was now causing havoc in his home pro...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not in Facebook's secret blacklist of 'dangerous' groups and people
Zanu-PF has not been included in Facebook's secret blacklist of 'dangerous" groups and people. The list, compiled under Facebook's Dangerous Individuals and Organisations (DIO) policy, has bee...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Charamba confirms media blackout on deployment of Zimbabwean soldiers to Mozambique
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says the media will not be informed when government deploys soldiers to strife-torn Mozambique.Government is set to deploy its contingent of soldiers ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique signs agreement for SADC troop deployment
Mozambique has, after initial hesitance, signed an agreement allowing the immediate deployment of troops from the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) to help fight an Islamic State...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army to take active role in Mozambique'
Zimbabwe is likely to play an active role in the ongoing conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado region to save their ‘brother' at war, Zanu-PF Secretary for Science and Technology Christopher Mutsvan...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 18:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macron seeks Mnangagwa's military intervention in Mozambique
MOZAMBICAN President Felipe Nyusi visited Zimbabwe last week looking for military assistance to secure French investments in the conflict-ridden northern Mozambique at the behest of President Emmanuel...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
The security and political economy dimensions of the Mozambican insurgency
Southern Africa was recognised for a long time as one of the most pacific region in Africa but recent events that have been transpiring in Mozambique have proved that the stability of ...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Wallace K Musakanyi
EU military to colonise Mozambique?
The european Union could have a military training mission in place in Mozambique within several months, the bloc's foreign policy chief said on Friday, helping the southern african country tackle isla...Published: 30 May 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secretly deploys key special forces to Mozambique
FOLLOWING a recent military siege on the northern Mozambican town of Palma by Islamist insurgents, killing dozens, including a Zimbabwean, while leaving a trail of bloodshed and destruction in its wak...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Sadc leaders in crucial Moza indaba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow join other Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in a crucial regional meeting to map a strategy to fight Islamist militants in Mozambique's ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Harare says 'Mozambican crisis a regional question'
ZIMBABWE will not individually deploy troops in northern Mozambique to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more than 2 500 people and displaced 700 000 others in the country, the government sa...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appeals for divine help against new COVID-19 strain
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appealed for divine intervention to protect the country against a new COVID-19 strain that has been confirmed in some countries, including neighbouring South Afr...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa who left Harare this morning has arrived in Maputo, Mozambique for a day long indaba as SADC moves in to counter insurgency in that country.The President was welcomed at th...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 14:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares to deploy soldiers in Mozambique?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is preparing to deploy soldiers to fight terrorism in neighbouring Mozambique with Zimbabwe Defence House officials being locked in meetings to analyse the risks of placin...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc plots Mozambique rescue mission
SADC yesterday undertook to work on a robust regional response to the growing threat of terrorism and insurgency in parts of Mozambique, which it will put in action once finalised. This came o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans live in fear of terror attacks from Mozambique
A POLITICAL science student from the University of Zimbabwe, Jethro Ngara, sees doom and gloom as his country dares to wade into Mozambique's war on terror.Ngara, 25, said he is too young to d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Terrorist threat to region - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe will help Mozambique in its struggle against Islamic terrorists in the north of the country. The Mozambiquan government has appealed for international assistance ...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 3 | by ZimVigil
'Zimbabwe will not fold hands while terrorists ravage Mozambique,' says Mnangagwa
Mozambique is facing unprecedented civil war engineered by the ISIS militia men. This has prompted the Zimbabwean president moved by passion to sound a strong warning alarms to ISIS. President...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe ready to assist Mozambique
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has deplored the recent acts of terrorism in northern Mozambique, warning that Zimbabwe is ready to assist in stamping out the insurgency. A growing Islamist insurgency has...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs in a state of shock
MANIC Zanu-PF youths wielding machetes recently ran amok in the Midlands - assaulting party bigwigs and police officers, while also sowing terror among supporters of the former liberation movement in ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US asks sanctioned Zimbabwe to help fight Mozambique militants
THE United States asked Zimbabwe to help put down an Islamist insurgency in neighbouring Mozambique that's destabilising a region rich in natural gas, people familiar with the matter said. The...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fears terrorists attack from Al-Qaeda
Zimbabwean Senators have expressed fears that the country could be attacked by affiliates to the AlQaeda terrorist group. Discussing in Senate on Thursday, Senators said Zimbabwe could b...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bambanani Association stands with Chief Ndiweni
There is little doubt that the recent garbled, inane vitriol against Chief Ndiweni, emanated from the office of the Zimbabwean President. Rarely does one find such a match between messenger and messag...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East - a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond - a Reu...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Reuters
What ED and world leaders talked about 2018 did they come true?
New Year's speeches by world leaders don't typically contain much news, but taken together, they offer a helpful view of the global mindset as we turn the calendar. So here's a look at the most notabl...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 19:09hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Deadly suicide blast at polling station in Pakistan
Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in elections that could propel former World Cup cricketer Imran Khan to power, as security fears intensified with a voting-day blast that killed at least 28 after a campa...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by AFP
UN-AU decry absence of women in peacebuilding activities
A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality Reporting back from a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Repu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 18:43hrs | | by Leon Usigbe
Mugabe suffers Mubarak Ceausescu shame
THE army has taken President Robert Mugabe and his wife into custody, triggering speculation of a military coup, though the military's supporters called it as a "bloodless correction." It wasn't clear...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa terror gang 'Al-Shabaab' to be disbanded
THE Zanu-PF Midlands provincial executive on Wednesday was told about chilling stories from Kwekwe where former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly used to sponsor a terror group that went aro...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is democracy un-African?
Libya has experienced nothing but war and brutality since the reign of King Idris I started in 1951. Colonel Muammar Gaddafi deposed the monarch in a bloodless coup in 1969. Under Gaddafi, or 'Brother...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 17:39hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
State witness equates Mawarire to Boko Haram
The trial of #ThisFlag Campaign leader Evan Mawarire accused of attempting to overthrow President Mugabe unlawfully, resumed yesterday at the High Court with a State witness equating the cleric's move...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jihadist who fights with Isis 'may still be alive'
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean man, Raymond Matimba, a jihadist, who fled Manchester for Syria has been identified as a key member of a clique of British fighters that include the notorious Islamic S...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa's main problem is '7-8 children per woman'
France's newly elected President Emmanuel Macron has come under fire following his "controversial" remarks regarding Africa and African women at the just ended G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.M...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 12:17hrs | | by Online
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