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Cameroon holds Zimbabwe Warriors
Zimbabwe 0 - 0 CameroonIn a gritty performance, Zimbabwe stood firm against five-time African champions Cameroon, holding the Indomitable Lions to a goalless draw in a crucial Group J 2025 Africa ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:35hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over sexual deviance law
The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned.The World Ba...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Museveni stands firm on anti-gay law
"No one will make us move," Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the "Anti-Homosexuality Law 202...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uganda ban gays
Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth has appalling human rights record
This written article by Professor Jonathan Moyo, then an academic at the University of Zimbabwe, was published by the Financial Gazette on 10 October 1991, a few days...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Isaac Mpofu shatters eight-year record
LONG distance runner Isaac Mpofu put up a good performance at the World Athletics Championships in the United States of America to finish in the top 10 of the men's marathon and in the process shatter...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Isaac Mpofu makes top ten at the World Athletics Championships
ZIMBABWE'S Isaac Mpofu yesterday put up an amazing performance at the ongoing World Athletics Championships when finishing on position 10 in the men's marathon and setting a new national record in Eug...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Uganda's 'preferred' next President General Muhoozi celebrates birthday
Ugandan Army General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is set to celebrate his birthday on the 24th of April and Uganda is buzzing with messages urging the General to take over from President Yoweri Museveni. ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 17:20hrs | | by Nicholas Ncube
Embarrassing moment as Jacob Mudenda fails to join Africa in mourning Ugandan Speaker of Parliament
The new dispensation has been busy building relations at a global level. It comes as a surprise that Uganda lost its Speaker of Parliament, several Speakers of Parliament across Africa sent their cond...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 09:44hrs | | by John Mbizvo
How the West is plotting to exploit Africa
IF designs of global money are not stopped in their tracks, Africa is threatened with environmental degradation and nutritional poverty. If we, as Africans, do not begin to think deeply about what is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Linda Apollo
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 3 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Ugandan former child soldier turned rebel commander jailed for 25 years for war crimes
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, said Domini...Published: 06 May 2021 at 13:13hrs | | 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
'Build your own heroes' acre and bury your heroes there'
Zimbabweans were recently back to that time again when they lose sleep debating who is and who is not a national hero. This debate has been going on for as long as we have been a nation; that is, sinc...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Muckracker
UK welcomes the relatively calm passing of elections in Uganda
Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, said:"The UK Government welcomes the relatively calm passing of the elections in Uganda and notes the re-election of H.E. Yoweri Museveni as President....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Museveni takes commanding lead in polls
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has taken a commanding lead in the country's presidential election, according to provisional results released yesterday, with 34 percent of the ballots counted....Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
US cancels observer mission for Uganda polls
The US will not observe Uganda's general election on Thursday as it claims that 75% of its poll observer accreditation requests were turned down by the electoral commission.Ambassador Natalie ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa begs Twitter to ban Museveni
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa has pleaded with Twitter to ban Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni from its platform.Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mozambique presses for Zimbabwe military intervention
FRESH intricate details of back-to-back meetings by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security have emerged, indicating that they failed to resolve a met...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Uganda: What Nelson Chamisa can learn from Bobi Wine
Yesterday two despots shared the same birthday - that is one Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa from Zimbabwe and the other being Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from Uganda. Despite old age, these two brothers in de...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:38hrs | | by Leonardo Makuya
Africa's first litmus test
It was a David and Goliath scenario as the Proteas of South Africa collided with the She Cranes of Uganda at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England for the netball world cup semifinals placement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe in make-or break battle
PREDICTABLY, there has been some toxicity, which is part of our game's DNA, regrettably there has been a tsunami of negativity, which is part of its tortured soul and, refreshingly, there has been a r...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ugandan coach makes U-turn on Warriors
TWO months after insinuating Zimbabwe were the weakest team in Group A of the 2019 Afcon finals, Uganda's French coach Sebastein Desabre is singing a different tune ahead of his Cranes' showdown again...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sends Netball team to Uganda
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that the Zimbabwe senior netball squad, Zimbabwe Gems leave for Uganda on Wednesday on government fully funded frien...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 13:41hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe and African countries urgently need a new generation of leaders?
For the youth in Zimbabwe, you have a chance for "youth quake" on July 30, 2018! Zimbabwe like most African countries' populations is dominated by young people. Unfortunately, these young peop...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:34hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa son in law's $3.5 million offer to PSL
LOCAL company Dr Dish have dangled a $3.5 million bid to the domestic Premier Soccer League (PSL) to acquire the top-flight league's media visual broadcasting rights from this year, in a ground-breaki...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth can help achieve SDGs
In 2015, Samuel Malinga, at age 26, founded Sanitation Africa - a company engaged in turning human waste into briquettes for cooking and agricultural manure. For his innovative approach to waste manag...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 23:16hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Diagnosing Africa's medical brain drain
Higher wages and modern facilities are magnets for Africa's health workers Dressed in full medical gear and clutching a folder, Folu Songonuga, a physi...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 21:59hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Warriors walk over Uganda
Zimbabwe 2 - 0 UgandaUGANDA coach Milutin "Micho" Sredojevic yesterday said Zimbabwe have a great chance to qualify for next year's Africa Cup of Nations after a largely second string Warriors out...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
The fate of the Zimbabweans in Kuwait
The predicament of some Zimbabwean women who are reportedly stranded in Kuwait is a very unfortunate result of this country's sanctions-induced poor socio – economic condition.They are said ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mugabe causes stir in Uganda
President Robert Mugabe pulled another shocker in Uganda Thursday during President Yoweri Museveni's swearing-in ceremony.This time around he did not stumble like in Japan.Mugabe repor...Published: 13 May 2016 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Museveni rips into ICC
UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni yesterday branded the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a "bunch of useless people who should not be taken seriously." His sentiments echo those of President Muga...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Munyaradzi Huni
Mugabe back home
President Robert Mugabe is back home after attending the inauguration ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.Mugabe was met at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Emmer...Published: 12 May 2016 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Opposition challenges Museveni win in Uganda
Kampala - Uganda's failed presidential challenger Amama Mbabazi launched a petition on Tuesday challenging the win by President Yoweri Museveni last month, citing voter bribery and arrests.But...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by AFP
Museveni wins Uganda poll, amid claims of fraud
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni extended his 30-year rule yesterday, winning an election that international observers said lacked transparency and one that his main opponent, who was placed under...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Uganda opposition leader nabbed
Kampala - Ugandan police arrested top presidential challenger Kizza Besigye on Thursday as polls closed, his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party said."He was in his home district where he ...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pasuwa's team disappoints again
Zimbabwe 1 - 1 UgandaGOALKEEPER Tatenda Mukuruva produced one of the finest displays by a Zimbabwean goal-minder in the Warriors colours as the senior national football team took a point in their ...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:10hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Cops fined for illegally deporting Ugandans
Two Botswana police officers who played a role in the recent illegal deportation of two Ugandan refugees, have been found guilty of contempt of court and fined P3,000 or six months in jail....Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Otherwise
From the outside Zimbabwe is a true object of political and intellectual tourism, somewhere to explore and experience but never really dwell in. This country is also politically p.ornographic, well un...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 17:35hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
African governance: does it have steadfast love, justice and accountability?
I have lived to witness three military coups under my watch either in transit or while visiting a country. The experiences were unforgiving and very taxing. The doubt of whether you will ever be able ...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Lobola refund outlawed
Media caption The judges admitted the term "bride price" could make it seem like the woman was being boughtUganda's Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of refunding a bride price on the...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by BBC
Cameroonian, Ugandans trials at Bosso
A Cameroonian national is training with Highlanders while two Ugandans are in Harare en route to Bulawayo to try their luck at Bosso ahead of the second transfer window that opens next week on Wednesd...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Home Affairs officials issuing fraudulent documents
The Registrar-General's Office has said it has put in place adequate security measures to ensure that identity documents are not fraudulently acquired by syndicates who are allegedly conniving with s...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 06:47hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Three Registrar-General's Office employees nabbed for ID fraud
Three officials from the Registrar-General's Office and an ex-employee have been arrested on allegations of fraudulently facilitating the issuance of identity documents to Ugandan nationals. ...Published: 03 Jan 2015 at 07:04hrs | | by Crime Reporter
'Tsvangirai just another Idi Amin,' says rivals
The MDC renewal team has described MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai like "just another Idi Amin", intolerant to challenge, personalising a movement and a hypocrite who preaches what he does not practic...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brazilian weave? No, it's goat hair
In China, hair extensions, wigs and weaves are big business.Buyers in hair salons and shopping malls are often told they are getting real human hair - but when you look closely, sometimes thin...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by Sam Piranty, BBC News
Lack of experience fuels Ebola crisis
Kampala - When Ebola hit Uganda two years ago - the third outbreak in a dozen years - the president quickly went on TV and urged Ugandans to avoid touching each other. Health officials speedily quaran...Published: 09 Aug 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
HIV+ Nurse accused of spreading HIV
Goaded by journalists who wanted a clear view of her face, the Ugandan nurse looked dazed and on the verge of tears. The Ugandan press had dubbed her "the killer nurse," after the HIV-infecte...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 15:07hrs | | by Sapa-AP
Uganda hit with aid cuts over anti-gay law
Kampala - Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences.At lea...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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