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Mnangagwa condemns xenophobia
President Mnangagwa is using his visit to New York to engage investors and other Heads of State and Government as he champions the twin policies of engagement and re-engagement, as well as "Zimbabwe i...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION O...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 9 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Mutsvangwa castigates media over sub-Saharan Africa reporting
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday castigated the media for framing sub-Saharan Africa as poorly-run resulting in foreign intervention.Mutsvangwa made the remarks while presentin...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tyrants are generally cowards who flee when their bullying power is under threat
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler hid in an underground bunker - where he eventually committed suicide - when Allied forces had surrounded Germany's capital Berlin in 1945.Iraq's iron-fisted tyrant, ...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 16:09hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa then fled 'assassins' for a safe place
George Charamba, the man who served former president Robert Mugabe for over 30 years and mediated the veteran ruler's resignation under pressure from the military and his party, has lifted the lid on ...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe gets special message from President Xi Jinping
The visiting Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Zhang Ming has paid a courtesy call on President Robert Mugabe where he delivered a special message from His Excellency President Xi Jinping....Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 19:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe engages France over UN Security Council seat
President Robert Mugabe has engaged France's leader, Francois Hollande, to intervene in calls to include one of Africa's 54 States in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).Mugabe ' cu...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe returns
President Robert Mugabe returned home Thursday evening after attending the fourth Africa Arab Summit where he called on the two regions to form partnerships in key sectors to create an impact on e...Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vasco da Mugabe jets off again
President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to attend the 4th Africa Arab Summit.He was seen off by the two Vice Presidents Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
IS-linked militants take over major power plant in Libya
TRIPOLI - The Islamic State (IS) affiliated militants on Tuesday took over a power plant in northern coastal city of Sirte in Libya, according to the group and a military source."The Caliphate...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa to return Gaddafi billions
Johannesburg - South Africa will return assets and cash stashed in the country by the slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the Treasury said on Thursday.The two governments agreed on "the repa...Published: 14 Jun 2013 at 07:22hrs | | by AFP
IOM, Partners Aid Displaced Families in Libya
GENEVA, Switzerland - IOM, in partnership with a group of 37 NGOs that make up the Libyan Consortium for Humanitarian and Legal Work, has begun targeted distributions of essential non-food relief item...Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 06:58hrs | | by APO
Mugabe faces snub at AU summit
President Robert Mugabe comes up against a potentially embarrassing snub at the African Union summit (AU) this week as he bids to carry his slain friend Muammar Gaddafi's dream for a single Africa Pr...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Libyans brave violence to grasp first free polls
Liibyans defied violence and boycott calls to rush to the polls in their first free national election in 60 years on Saturday, parting with the legacy of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship....Published: 07 Jul 2012 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Libyan students to learn anti-Gaddafi revolt
Tripoli - Libya's 1.2 million schoolchildren returned to classrooms nationwide on Saturday, to learn a revamped curriculum that includes the revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafii and purges his pers...Published: 07 Jan 2012 at 18:38hrs | | by AFP
Gaddafi's daughter pressing UN war-crimes prosecutors
The daughter of ousted Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi is pressing U.N. war-crimes prosecutors to investigate the October deaths of her father and one of her brothers during Libya's civil war....Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 22:26hrs | 1 | by -
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to be tried inside Libya: ICC
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Wednesday, Saif al-Islam the captured son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will be tried inside Libya.Speaking at...Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 23:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muammar Gaddafi's son captured
Muammar Gaddafi's son and heir apparent, Saif al-Islam, has been detained in the southern desert, Libya's interim justice minister and other officials said on Saturday.They said Saif al-Islam ...Published: 19 Nov 2011 at 17:19hrs | 1 | by -
Libya: Imperial conquest and control
"Age: approximately forty years.Race: white.Height: approximately 5' 9" . . . The following injuries were noted in the general examination; 1. Bullet wound in the left clavicular reg...Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 08:05hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi tells ICC he is innocent
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of murdered former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, told the International Criminal Court he is innocent of alleged crimes against humanity, the court prosecutor ...Published: 29 Oct 2011 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi enters in Mali
Bamako - Muammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has passed from Niger into Mali, security sources from both countries said ...Published: 27 Oct 2011 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
The murderous western touch
So now Muammar Gaddafi has died; apparently after being incapacitated by the fire power of US drones and French gunship bombers, and left to face a very primitively ruthless death at the hands of the ...Published: 27 Oct 2011 at 05:24hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Muammar Gaddafi's family to file Nato war crimes complaint
Paris – Muammar Gaddafi’s family plans to file a war crimes complaint against Nato with the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alliance's alleged role in hi...Published: 26 Oct 2011 at 10:56hrs | | by -
Secret desert grave for Gaddafi's burial
Misrata - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by -
Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body still on show
Misrata - Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, to see for themselves that the dictator was dead, while talks dragged on among emerging local factions over ...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 14:00hrs | | by -
Mass grave discovered in Gaddafi hometown, NATO and NTC blamed
Tripoli - A human rights group says it has discovered 53 decomposing bodies, apparently of Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces.The New York-b...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 10:25hrs | | by -
Gaddafi's will surfaces, requests he be buried in Sirte
A will written by murdered Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been discovered, requesting that he be buried in Sirte.The will, which surfaced on Gaddafi's Seven Day News website, came ...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
How was Gaddafi going to retreat
behind the deep, yawning sea, above which hovered ferocious NATO air power?As I write this piece, Gaddafi has been executed by the so-called revolution...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 06:34hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Libyan Prime Minister says wishes Gaddafi had not been killed
Libya's Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said in an interview with the BBC on Saturday he wished former dictator Muammar Gaddafi had not been killed and instead had been put on trial for his crimes....Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 21:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muammar Gaddafi's tribe demand body for burial
Cairo - The tribe of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi urged on Saturday the National Transitional Council to hand over his body to to be buried in their hometown of Sirte according to Islamic rule...Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 21:19hrs | 11 | by -
United Nations orders Gaddafi death investigations
AS the world ponders a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya, questions abound over how the former Libyan leader died. The United Nations, his widow and other world leaders have since called for an inves...Published: 22 Oct 2011 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by -
Gaddafi burial latest
The burial of Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed for a few days until Libya's new rulers decide where to bury him, the oil minister said on Friday, but another transition government official said there...Published: 21 Oct 2011 at 08:37hrs | | by -
Gaddafi's drainage look-alike hideout
Muammar Gaddafi was allegedly captured in these concrete pipes in Sirte....Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 13:59hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Gaddafi's son captured alive
Cairo - The son of deposed Libyan leader, Mo'tassim Gaddafi, has been captured alive in Sirte by forces of the National Transitional Council, Arabic satellite channels reported on Thursday.Th...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 13:45hrs | | by -
Picture of wounded and dead Gaddafi emerges
Sirte - A photograph taken on a mobile phone on Thursday appeared to show veteran Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi heavily bloodied during his capture in the fall of his hometown Sirte.In th...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 12:54hrs | | by -
Gaddafi 'killed - captured' as rebels hoist new flag in Sirte
Libyan freedom fighters have hoisted the new three-coloured national flag above the centre of Sirte as the National Transitional Council is reporting the 'killing' of Col. Muammar Gaddafi. Other...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 11:29hrs | | by -
Muammar Gaddafi 'captured'
Muammar Gaddafi, who has been on the run since Nato and Libyan rebel forces started closing the net on Tripoli in mid-August, has been captured by revolutionary forces in Libya, Reuters has been rep...Published: 20 Oct 2011 at 12:59hrs | | by -
Zuma: AU better without Gaddafi
Pretoria - The African Union will work better without Libya's ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, who repeatedly tried to convince members to form a pan-African government, President Jacob Zuma said on Th...Published: 14 Oct 2011 at 08:26hrs | | by -
Gaddafi hiding in the desert near Niger and Algeria
Tripoli - An official on Libya's governing council says he believes Muammar Gaddafi is hiding in the south-western desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria, but denied allegations that the Tuar...Published: 11 Oct 2011 at 06:35hrs | 14 | by -
When Zanu-PF coughs
Let's keep a tab on Libya. It is very important in understanding how imperialism works nowadays.Forget the ongoing operations to subdue Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown. That is a sideshow, a real sm...Published: 08 Oct 2011 at 03:46hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Crucifying the innocent, feting Barabas
Well the UN General Assembly is underway and nowhere was Robert Copper's dream of a world of double standards evident than at this great gathering of animals great and small.To those who may n...Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Caesar Zvayi
Gaddafi's son flees Libya, enters Niger
Muammar Gaddafi's third son Saadi entered the territory of Libya's southern neighbour Niger on Sunday, Niger's justice minister has said.His flight reduces the retinue of close family members ...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 22:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Gaddafi's last options
Benghazi - As Libya's new leadership tightens the noose around the last possible bolt-holes of ousted strongman Muammar Gaddafi and those closest to him, the fugitive would seem to have only two opti...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 07:30hrs | | by AFP
Gaddafi vows to prevent oil exports from Libya
Tripoli – Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to prevent oil exports from Libya, in a kind of threat that stirs fears of an Iraq-style insurgency, urging his supporters to fight on as world l...Published: 02 Sep 2011 at 06:50hrs | | by Reuters
Gaddafi is in the desert planning a fight-back: Military chief
Muammar Gaddafi is in a desert town outside Tripoli planning a fight-back, a Libyan military chief said on Thursday, as Libya's interim rulers conferred with world powers on reshaping a nation torn by...Published: 01 Sep 2011 at 09:45hrs | | by Moyo Roy
We have a right to kill Gaddafi: Nato backed rebels
Tripoli – Muammar Gaddafi is almost certainly in Libya, senior officers of the National Transitional Council said on Wednesday, with one of them adding rebels have the right to kill ...Published: 31 Aug 2011 at 07:49hrs | | by AFP
Gaddafi seen in Zimbabwe: MDC spokesman
A UK tabloid, The Sun, c...Published: 27 Aug 2011 at 13:39hrs | | by thesun
Nato targets Gaddafi as British jets strike his bunker
London - British Tornado jets fired cruise missiles overnight at a headquarters in deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Friday....Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 13:06hrs | | by Reuters
Libyan Ambassador to Zimbabwe faces deportation
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that the Harare government no longer recognizes Libyan ambassador Taher Elmagrahi following his defection to rebels led by the National Transitiona...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 05:10hrs | | by voa
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