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Tsvangirai's epic speech on epic day
MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the an...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 9 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Kabila's general flees to Zimbabwe
An army general under the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) former President Joseph Kabila has fled to Zimbabwe, according to reports from the mineral-rich country.This comes as...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Self appointed 'Elders' shoot down Mnangagwa's POLAD
THE Elders, a grouping of 'independent' global leaders, has called for a national dialogue in Zimbabwe dismissing attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the ever-quarrelling politicians to conve...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water is a human right, It is illegal to disconnect domestic taps: a Petition to the UN
Water is a human right: It is illegal to disconnect domestic tapes: a Petition to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the way to UN...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 20:11hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Kofi Annan jets into Zimbabwe
Former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan along with a team from 'The Elders' have arrived in Zimbabwe for a three-day trip to engage political stakeholders ahead of general elections slated...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe faces turmoil,' Prophet Makandiwa prophecy coming to pass?
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa on Sunday 10 July 2016 predicted more political turmoil which could degenerate into anarchy that requires foreign intervention....Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 11:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Renewed efforts to abolish death penalty
Human rights groups have re-launched their bid to have the death penalty abolished in Zimbabwe.The country is one of three southern African nations still upholding the harsh penalty.As...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Young women breaking into the male-dominated ICT world
One of Africa's leading tech start-up spreads its wings It was a bright morning in March 2010, when a group of ...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 19:33hrs | | by Kwamboka Oyaro
Africa most affected by refugee crisis - Ethiopia and Uganda praised for open-door policy
As Germany, France and other European countries contend with an unprecedented influx of refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, shocking tales of women and children drowning in the Medit...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
10 days to stand up for someone's rights Matabeleland call for action
From the 1st of December 2016 to the 10th of December 2016 Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights is calling the people of Matabeleland to join the challenge to stand up for someone's rights thro...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 13:18hrs | | by Benedict Sibasa
South Africa: ICC Move Betrays Victims
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty represents an enormous blow to its commitment to justice for atrocity crimes, Human Rights Watch s...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 12:39hrs | | by APO
Heal Zimbabwe calls for peace and end to violence
Heal Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the world in commemorating International Day of Peace.This year's commemorations are running under the theme, "The Sustainable Development Goals: Building ...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 18:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Yes to dialogue, no to sanctions
Statements by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, R.G. Mugabe, to the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly debate and on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting of the 71st UN ...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 07:42hrs | 9 | by Robert G Mugabe
Heal Zimbabwe urges government to stop Enforced Disappearances
Heal Zimbabwe has joined the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.The organization said the special day is commemorated annually o...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 21:57hrs | | by Stephe Jakes
Zimbabwe protests show people have power
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe is well known both at home and abroad for crushing dissent. He has mastered the use of the police, the army and the intelligence service to keep him in office for cl...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 20:55hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
Mugabe faces turmoil, says Prophet Makandiwa
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa has predicted more political turmoil which could degenerate into anarchy that requires foreign intervention.Makandiwa to...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa denies food aid is distributed on partisan lines
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has denied that food is being distributed on partisan lines saying no one will starve as the government continue to source food for the citizens.Mnangagwa's r...Published: 16 May 2016 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe jets off to New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare last night for New York where he will join other Heads of State and government for the High Level Signature Ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.The P...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
LISTEN: Mugabe 92 birthday interview
Tazzen Mandizvidza (TM): Hello and welcome to the programme, "The President@92", this is a special programme in which we talk to the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe who turned 92 on the 21st of ...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's UN rumbling - pot calling the kettle black
That the United Nations, especially some of the key arms such as the Security Council need reform, is never debatable. In fact, such reform is long overdue. For starters, having only one of the five p...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 13:00hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
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 pledges to pull Africa out of UN
President Mugabe has threatened to drag the entire Africa continent out of the United Nations if Westerners continue to block efforts to reform. Mugabe gave the warning in the...Published: 31 Jan 2016 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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
Orphaned Zimbabwe teenage girls break into professional Mbira circles
INSTEAD OF COWERING down to intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination, two outstanding Zimbabwean teenage girls from Harare's poor Ruwa African Township have da...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 17:55hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai in Harare
2015 Winners of UN Climate Solutions Awards
Sixteen game-changing initiatives from around the world were honoured as winners of a prestigious United Nations climate change award at a special ceremony at the United Nations Climate Change Confere...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 17:46hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa's priorities
Newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals could transform the continentOn 26 September, a day after world leaders adopted the new development age...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 21:55hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Mugabe wins Chinese Nobel Peace Prize, Beats Bill Gates, Ban Ki-Moon
Hailing the aging revolutionary icon's continued work in actively promoting "African peace", the African Union chairman was selected to win the Confucius Peace Prize.Africa Crable website repo...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe wins Confucius award
He secured re-election in an election marred by fraud but that has not stopped Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe from being awarded China's version of the Nobel Peace Prize.Hailing the aging...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe land reform a shining example for African countries
Zimbabwe's Land Reform Programme is a shining example of how African countries can ease the pressures of migration to urban centres by creating economic reasons for people to remain in, and develop ru...Published: 26 Sep 2015 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 700 pilgrims killed in Saudi Hajj stampede
At least 717 pilgrims from around the world were killed on Thursday in a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi authorities said, in the worst disaster to strike the annual haj pilgrimage ...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 22:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup
Burkina Faso's interim president, Michel Kafando, has been stripped of his functions and the government dissolved, a military official said on state-run RTB Television on Thursday."We have...Published: 17 Sep 2015 at 09:39hrs | | by online
Govt of Zimbabwe must end culture of enforced disappearances
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has challenged the government of Robert Mugabe to end the culture of enforced citiozens disappearances.The organisation made the remarks as th...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe back from New York, US
President Robert Mugabe, who is the African Union (AU) and SADC Chairman, has returned home after leading the continent to a successful high level International Ebola Conference that raised more than ...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 18:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe arrives in New York, US
President Robert Mugabe has arrived in New York, in the United States of America where he has been invited in his capacity as the AU Chairman to attend the International Ebola Recovery Conference to b...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 16:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Grace jets off to New York, US
President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, USA where he has been invited to attend a high level International Ebola Recovery Conference.The E...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 20:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Billions now required to save depleted healthcare systems
Ebola's most affected countries lobby for funding for hospital infrastructure On 10 May 2015, a day after the World Health Organization declared Li...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 17:48hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Mohadi blasts Zuma for lack of tact
HOME Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi yesterday expressed dismay over comments by South African President Jacob Zuma in which he appeared to suggest that Zimbabweans were largely responsible for crimes c...Published: 24 Apr 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by Lovemore Mataire and Mashudu Netsianda
African leaders laud Climate Summit
New initiatives to address agriculture and renewable energy agreed uponAfrican leaders have welcomed the Climate Summit held at the United Nations...Published: 06 Mar 2015 at 21:08hrs | | by Dan Shepard
Letter to UN Secretary-General from RPP
Our Ref: RPP/UNSG-01/21J15/0012/J2015/JK/BM-DRC/FDLR-DA/DRC-1UN Secretary General, the Hon. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Headquarters 405 East...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 05:53hrs | | by Rwanda People's Party
Ebola: A wake-up call for leaders
Disease exposes the weaknesses of neglected healthcare systemsThe recent outbreak of the Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone h...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 17:45hrs | | by Masimba Tafirenyika
Zimbabwean lands top UN mission appointment
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has appointed Raisedon Zenenga, a Zimbabwean, as his deputy special representative of the United Nations Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).In a statement on...Published: 06 Dec 2014 at 16:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Philips collaborates with SA company to commercialize Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate Monitor
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa - Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), today announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (PowerFree Edu...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:13hrs | 4 | by Tech Reporter
Full statement by Mugabe To The 69th Session of The UN General Assembly, New York
Statement by His Excellency The President of The Republic of Zimbabwe Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe, To The 69th Session of The United Nations General Assembly, New York,September 25, 2014....Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabes off to New York, US
President Robert Mugabe yesterday flew to New York for the high-level segment of the 69th United Nations (UN) General Assembly session.Mugabe is accompanied by First Lady Grace Mugabe, Foreign...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lesotho PM asks Sadc to send peace force after 'coup'
Maseru - Lesotho's exiled premier on Monday called on the southern African regional bloc SADC to send peacekeeping troops to his country, after claiming that the army had seized power in a coup....Published: 01 Sep 2014 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by AFP
'65% of Zim youths suffer drug-induced mental problems'
About 65% of Zimbabwean youths are said to suffer from mental problems due to drug and substance abuse, and unemployment. This was said by Zimbabwe United Nations Association Youth preside...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after the disputed 2013 election and the way forward
Mr ChairmanLadies and Gentlemen, all protocol observedZimbabwe after the disputed 2013 election and the way forward1.IntroductionIt is my singular honour and pleasure to be inv...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 21:36hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai
United Nations determined to help Africa fight 'terrorism'
Nairobi - The United Nations is determined to help Kenya and other countries in Africa fight "terrorism" following a series of deadly attacks, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.Sp...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe arrives back home - Video
President Robert Mugabe has arrived back home from Equatorial Guinea, where he had joined other African leaders attending the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Govern...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 20:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Special Court for Sierra Leone rests - for good
The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. ...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 09:37hrs | | by Lansana Gberie
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