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Who is causing parallel market rates to spike?
FOR the past 18 months, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a rebound, assisted by a stronger performance in the agricultural and mining sectors, an improved balance of payments and external sector p...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:20hrs | 4 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Who is causing parallel market rates to spike?
For the past 18 months, the country's economy has been on a rebound, assisted by the stronger performance in the agricultural and mining sectors, an improved balance of payments and external sector po...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | 2 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Online casino on the rise in Africa
Casinos were previously associated with Las Vegas, Nevada in the US but the trending is quickly spreading to various other parts in the world. African countries has not been left behind in the elite g...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:03hrs | 18 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Trial of 'Shut-down' protesters fast-tracked
Eight protestors - who allegedly burnt down a Zupco bus and a car belonging to former Information minister Webster Shamu's wife - have accused the State of practicing "Sharia law" after they were "hur...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to abolish death sentence
Dear editor, This is a step in the right direction. This issue of abolishing death penalty is a bone of contention in most jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions which pursue Sharia law, will not e...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Woman with '11 husbands' stoned to death
A woman has been stoned to death in Somalia after a court run by al-Shabab convicted her of having several husbands, the militant group says.Shukri Abdullahi Warsame was accused of marrying 11...Published: 10 May 2018 at 18:52hrs | | by BBC
Corporal punishment must never be viewed as violence
Editor,Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the leash of fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an es...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:25hrs | 2 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Spare the rod and spoil the child
We keep a German shepherd at home. He is quite an intelligent and polite dog. He is very inquisitive and playful with every new person it meets. It is very alert and energetic.The dog weighs a...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Man stones wife to death
IN a typical Sharia law application, a Gwanda man allegedly stoned his wife to death after he stumbled upon a message which had allegedly been sent by his wife to his best friend suggesting that t...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:37hrs | | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Legal age of marriage around the world
Country Boys Girls Afghanistan 18 16 Albania 18 18 Algeria 19 19 Andorra** 14 14 Angola 16 15 Antigua and Barbuda 15 15 Argentina 18...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman publicly caned for having affectionate contact with a man
Hundreds of people gathered to cheer as a woman was publicly caned in Indonesia for having affectionate contact with a man who was not her husband. According to ...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I don't fear Mujuru,' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says he does not fear a political challenge from Joice Mujuru because he has dispensed with trickier political opposition in the past.Speaking at a luncheon hosted by t...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Woman receives 100 lashes as punishment for adultery - Video
An Afghan man and woman found guilty of adultery received 100 lashes on Monday in front of a crowd who filmed their punishment.The footage, taken in the western province of Ghor, showed a woma...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 23:54hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Even Mandela was Pro-Palestine
He who controls the media can commit war crimes and get away with it.Israel for one. On Sunday 20th of July they refused a 3 hour humanitarian ceasefire requested by the International Red Cros...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 21:28hrs | 4 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Religious Freedom flourishes in Zimbabwe
As the persecution of Christians is on the increase in some parts of the world, the issue of religious liberty is increasingly becoming a contemporary global issue. Two weeks ago, the Seve...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 09:00hrs | 10 | by Tafara Shumba
Sources of Islamist group, Boko Haram, funds revealed
Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and swiftly abducted a family of vacationing French tourists - a husband and wife and thei...Published: 20 May 2014 at 07:35hrs | 15 | by Kathleen Caulderwood, International Business Times
Move over South Africa: Here comes Nigeria?
For years South Africa has asserted itself as Africa's most dominant economy, frequently being touted as the world's gateway into Africa. However, its anaemic growth in recent times has seen...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Mugabe officially opens school named after his late sister
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday officially opened a secondary school in Zvimba South constituency named after his late sister and national heroine, Sabina Mugabe (pictured right), who died on July 29, 201...Published: 15 Mar 2014 at 05:59hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
19-year-old gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes
A 19-year-old gang rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and to six months in jail for the crime of indecency and speaking to the press.Saudi Arabia defended a controversial verdict sentenci...Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 05:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Most feared al Qaeda commanders in Africa killed in northern Mali
One of al Qaeda's most feared commanders in Africa, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, has been killed by Chadian forces in northern Mali, Chad's President Idriss Deby said on Friday. French officials said the...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nigerian man gets his hand chopped off in Saudi over theft
Saudi authorities on Wednesday chopped off the hand of a Nigerian muslim convicted of theft, in compliance with the Islamic sharia law strictly applied in the kingdom, the interior ministry said....Published: 21 Nov 2012 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mali's President asks ECOWAS for military assistance
Mali's interim president Dioncounda Traore has formally asked west African forces to intervene to take back northern Mali from Islamist rebels, a senior French official said here Tuesday."Pres...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Only Man Who Can Stop Boko Haram
Renowned medical doctor and President of the Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim Datti Ahmed is the only man who can stop Boko Haram hostilities, a Muslim organisatio...Published: 25 Aug 2012 at 03:54hrs | | by Moyo Fabiyi
Women-only city to be constructed in Saudi Arabia
A women-only industrial city dedicated to female workers is to be constructed in Saudi Arabia to provide a working environment that is in line with the kingdom's strict customs....Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman faces death penalty by beheading for casting a spell on girl (13)
A Sri Lankan woman could face the death penalty by beheading after she was arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a family shopping trip, a police spokesman said. ...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mali's MNLA proclaims independence of Azawad
Paris - Tuareg rebels of north Mali's National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) on Friday proclaimed the "independence of Azawad" in a statement on their website and through a spokesperson...Published: 06 Apr 2012 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blogger deported to Saudi Arabia for insulting Prophet Muhammad
Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he m...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 13:48hrs | | by Reuters
Gunmen attack police station in Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria - Gunmen attacked a police station with explosives and automatic weapons in Nigeria's northern city of Kano on Monday, the latest assault by suspected Islamist militants on the country'...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 05:00hrs | | by Moyo Roy
'I don't know of any moderate Muslim': French minister
Paris - A French minister said there was no such thing as moderate Islam, calling recent election successes by Islamic parties in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia "worrying" in an interview published on Sat...Published: 03 Dec 2011 at 21:20hrs | 2 | by -
Kenyan soldier killed by an improvised explosive device near Somalia border
A Kenyan soldier was killed after an improvised bomb struck a military truck near the Somali border on Thursday, the army said, the latest in a spate of attacks near the frontier since Kenya sent troo...Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 09:36hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Raila Odinga: Unmasking the archetype of violence
Today, Friday April 29 2011 the leader of Kenya's Orange Democratic Movement Raila Odinga is scheduled to visit Zimbabwe in his personal capacity to deliver a keynote address at the MDC-T Congress in ...Published: 29 Apr 2011 at 09:43hrs | 15 | by George Rugare Chingarande
Osama, Obama Hussein in Operation Odyssey
THE West has turned a deaf ear to claims by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi that the so-called protests in Libya are in fact not protests from the people of Libya, but a complex opportunistic ...Published: 31 Mar 2011 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Worrying times
I HAVE watched the recent developments in both Tunisia and Egypt with a sense of growing, unease, because, should other countries such as Morocco, the UAE, Jordan or Saudi Arabia follow suit, we would...Published: 08 Feb 2011 at 04:44hrs | 7 | by BRIAN ALLAN
Zimbabwe named as one of the four riskiest African countries
Four resource-rich African countries ranked among the riskiest nations for companies to work in because of corruption and a lack of respect for the rule of law and property rights, a risk analysis gro...Published: 28 Jan 2011 at 21:24hrs | 4 | by Byo24News
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