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Russia, Africa pledge to bypass Western-controlled global mechanisms
In a bold move to reshape international relations and break away from Western influence, Russia and African nations have committed to reducing their reliance on global systems dominated by the West. A...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Russia and China are lifting sanctions against North Korea?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the geopolitical climate had changed completely since the United Nations imposed sanctions on North Korea, and he accused the West of breaking ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | 4 | by Reuters
If Mnangagwa is unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why?Simpl...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 13 | by Tendai Mbofana
If Mnangagwa unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why? Simp...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe's US$3bn platinum deal all but collapses in a shambles
IT was noisily touted as a game changer for Zimbabwe's mining sector, and the economy; a centrepiece of government's ambitious yet unrealistic US$12 billion target for the industry by next year and ca...Published: 31 May 2022 at 07:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Putin moots military base in Zimbabwe…….as Mnangagwa begs for Moscow bailout package
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE - Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has reportedly set his eyes on opening a Russian strategic military base in Zimbabwe, as Moscow ratchets up her new foreign policy in Afri...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Mnangagwa kick-starts 2019 reengagement offensive
President Emmerson Mnangagwa kick-starts his 2019 engagement and reengagement and economic diplomacy offensive with visits to four European countries next week and the Davos World Economic Forum meeti...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia commits to assist Zimbabwe
Russian Foreign Affairs minister is in Zimbabwe and met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss ways on how to strengthen existing bilateral relations between the two countries.Sergei Lav...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:41hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Russia eyes Zimbabwe's diamonds and platinum
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday met with Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa and discussed possible military co-operation as well as plans to boost economic ties.La...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 15:40hrs | | by AFP
Sergei Lavrov due in Zimbabwe this week
RUSSIA'S President Mr Vladimir Putin will this week dispatch a high-powered delegation led by his Foreign Minister Mr Sergei Lavrov to Zimbabwe, in yet another show of confidence in President Emmerson...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Russians descend on Zimbabwe
Russia's President Mr Vladimir Putin will this week dispatch a high-powered delegation led by his Foreign Minister Mr Sergei Lavrov to Zimbabwe, in yet another show of confidence in President Emmerson...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 09:06hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe re-engagement gathers momentum
Ever since the swift execution of Operation Restore Legacy and the resultant resignation of President Robert Mugabe in November 2017, the country's trajectory and fortunes have a turn for the better, ...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Bevan Musoko
Mnangagwa to meet UK envoy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is making remarkable headway in taking Zimbabwe to the global arena with the President this week set to receive a special envoy of British Prime Minister ...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Russia's Lavrov set to visit Harare
Russia'S Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Zimbabwe soon to cement relations between Harare and Moscow. Mr Lavrov visited the country in 2014 for the groundbreaking ceremo...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Russia 10 - 0 UK
The G7 group of nations has failed to reach agreement over threatening new sanctions against Russia and Syria.Foreign ministers were seeking a common position on the Syrian conflict, befor...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 14:07hrs | | by BBC
A Prophet is not without honour, except in his own country
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama was to confer on the Zimbabwean leader a Millennium Life Time Achievement award for his role in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle from British colonial rule had the...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Tafara Shumba
Putin, Obama congratulate Zimbabwe on 36th anniversary
Russia and the United States have sent congratulatory messages to Zimbabwe on attaining 36 years of independence.Russian President Vladimir Putin and US president Barack Obama yesterday joined...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Elita Chikwati
Mugabe speech mix-ups: Common error
PRESIDENT Mugabe's delivery of a wrong speech in Parliament yesterday is a fairly common mistake that leaders make at local and international forums, it has been established.In the world of sp...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Tsvangirai 'misinforms' civil servants
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is alleged to be moving around the country telling civil servants and parastatal heads that 150,000 government workers will soon be retrenched, as he tries to cause alar...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 06:04hrs | | by Takunda Maodza
Chidhakwa, Defence ministry in bitter tussle
MINES minister Walter Chidhakwa is locked in a bitter tussle with the Ministry of Defence over control of the much-vaunted US$4 billion Russia-Zimbabwean platinum mining project in Darwendale amid al...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe takes swipe at 'evil men of our world'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday hailed the increased economic ties between Harare and Moscow and fired a broadside on the European Union for imposing sanctions against the two countries in contrave...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe seals and signs $3 billion platinum deal with Russia
Russia and Zimbabwe signed Tuesday a $3bn deal to jointly mine platinum in the southern African country, the world's third largest producer, with Moscow providing the investment funds.The ...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by AFP
Crimea votes to join Russia
Simferopol - Crimeans voted overwhelmingly on Sunday in favour of joining former political master Russia as tensions soared in the east of the splintered ex-Soviet nation amid the worst East-West...Published: 16 Mar 2014 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by AFP
Russia fears Syrian opposition will attempt to use chemical weapons again
A Russian news website 'Russia Beyond The Headlines' Monday reported that Moscow fears that the Syrian opposition will again attempt to use chemical weapons.According to the publication, Russi...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Russia and France disagree on Syria chemical attack
Russia said on Tuesday it still suspected an August 21 chemical weapons attack in Syria was carried out by rebel forces, despite a report by U.N. investigators which France said showed the government ...Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US 'to drop military threat' on Syrian regime
Washington - The United States concedes that Russia will not allow the UN Security Council to authorise military strikes against the Syrian regime, senior White House officials said on Friday....Published: 14 Sep 2013 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Syrian rebels behind chemical attack says Putin
Washington - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday argued that Syrian rebels were behind a chemical weapons attack which prompted the United States to threaten military strikes against Bashar ...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Diplomatic efforts intensify on securing Syrian chemical arms
Diplomatic efforts toward placing Syria's chemical weapons under international control intensified on Wednesday and U.N. investigators concluded Syrian government forces were almost certainly responsi...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 03:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Russia and U.S. officials agree to prepare for Syria peace talks
U.S. and Russian officials agreed on Friday on the need to convene a long-delayed Syrian peace conference in Geneva as soon as possible, but they offered no concrete plan to bring the warring governme...Published: 10 Aug 2013 at 02:55hrs | 5 | by Reuters
Snowden breaks 10-day silence
Fugitive US intelligence specialist Edward Snowden, breaking a 10-day silence since fleeing Hong Kong, accused Washington of pressuring foreign leaders to refuse him refuge as he sought asylum in 21...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 04:46hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
US of justifying terrorism says Russia
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Wednesday of justifying terrorism against the Syrian government and berated Western nations he said had not condemned attacks that k...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 11:30hrs | | by Reuters
Kofi Annan urges Damascus to take "bold steps " to solve crisis peacefully
The UN-Arab League joint special envoy Kofi Annan said that the recent carnage in central Syrian village of Houla which killed over 100 people was "appalling," urging the Syrian government to take "bo...Published: 28 May 2012 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
22 Syrians killed as opposition seeks UN action
Fierce clashes on Sunday killed at least 22 Syrians, mostly soldiers, as opponents of President Bashar al-Assad sought to up the pressure for UN action after the Arab League withdrew its observers....Published: 29 Jan 2012 at 09:36hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Julian Assange should be awarded Nobel peace prize, suggests Russia
Russia has suggested that Julian Assange should be awarded the Nobel peace prize, in an unexpected show of support from Moscow for the jailed WikiLeaks founder.In what a...Published: 09 Dec 2010 at 20:06hrs | | by Luke Harding
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