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Exposing government links with mysterious FSG company
It seems Parliament has a knack for asking all the right questions when it comes to Fertiliser, Seed Grain (FSG) private limited. Investigations have revealed that the company is located at number 75a...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 20:36hrs | 323 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe fears terrorists attack from Al-Qaeda
Zimbabwean Senators have expressed fears that the country could be attacked by affiliates to the AlQaeda terrorist group. Discussing in Senate on Thursday, Senators said Zimbabwe could b...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East - a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond - a Reu...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?
One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations,...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Taurai J. Pachena
Where did all the Zimbabwean man go?
If Zimbabweans were serious about changing their lot, they could borrow a page from the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia (December 17 - January 14, 2011). In 2010, Tunisia's experienced high unemployment...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 15:42hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Exposed: The sprawling network of US military bases in Africa
The other CSL, in the remote smuggling hub of Agadez, is set to become the premier US military outpost in West Africa. That drone base, located at Niger's Airbase 201, not only boasts a $100m construc...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, show some leadership, and stop the incitement
The season of press conferences is upon us. It seems like it never ends, and each one has its own little piece of drama or soundbite of stupidity that makes one forget that rarely something is being s...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:30hrs | 1 | by Anthony Mkondo
Al Jazeera on the brink of being shut down
Four Arab states have sent Qatar a list of 13 demands it must meet if it wants them to lift their sanctions.Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are asking the Gulf state ...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 09:41hrs | | by BBC
Fare thee well Osama, sorry Obama
An askari sat in the Oval Office at the White House for eight years, and did not want to disappoint the white establishment standing guard over his every action. And he made sure he left a lasting imp...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:09hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi
A bleak future with Hilary Clinton
At the time of writing, the US elections are still in progress with the expectation that the 'respectable' Hilary Clinton will defeat the crude racist, sexist redneck Donald Trump.Many liberal...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 19:34hrs | 3 | by Future Msebele Zulu
Former CIA chief: 'Yes,' Donald Trump is a 'recruiting sergeant' for ISIL
Agrees, "yes", that Donald Trump has become a "recruiting sergeant" for groups such as ISIL and Al QaedaAdds that Trump's statements "have already made Americans less safe"Ac...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Al Jazeera
'There is no respect anymore in Zanu-PF,' says Mugabe
Individualists and factionalists have no place in the Zanu-PF government and people should respect the leadership appointed at the party's 2014 National People's Congress, President Robert Mugabe said...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 06:02hrs | | by Felex Share
Mugabe becomes AU's worst chair
The end of January 2016 will see President Robert Mugabe's one year tenure as the African Union (AU) chair coming to an end. He will leave office as the weakest AU leader in the history of the organiz...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 13:20hrs | | by Willias Madzimure
Al-Shabaab terror group hunts Mugabe's ministers
A Kwekwe-based terror group going by the sick moniker "Al-Shabaab" and said to be aligned to one of the factions contesting for power in the warring post-congress Zanu-PF has gone berserk, tormenting ...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 13:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Somebody please advise MDC-T's Obert Gutu to shut up
Slow down, or shut up completely, sir! This is a piece of advice that yours truly, the writer of this column, will give the next time he meets the spokesperson of the opposition MDC-T party, Obert Gut...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Respect term limits, says French President
COTONOU - French President Francois Hollande last week urged African leaders to respect their constitutional term limits amid concerns that some are prepared to risk political instability in order to ...Published: 06 Jul 2015 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Obama lied over Osama bin Laden's death
A top journalist has claimed that Barack Obama lied over Osama bin Laden's death to make himself look better.Pulitzer prize-winning Seymour Hersh said that the facts surrounding the Taliban l...Published: 11 May 2015 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru was using Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa
It must be a very difficult period for America, Obama especially. There is no rhyme, no reason, to the workings of the world that America has made.Everything looks Frankensteinian, all proving...Published: 05 Apr 2015 at 17:59hrs | 4 | by Nathaniel Manheru
'We won't kneel to West,' says Mugabe
JAPAN is warming up to Zimbabwe after slightly over a decade of frosty relations, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday.The Zimbabwean leader, speaking on a visit to the Asian country, said J...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 06:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Obama readying request to use force against IS
The White House will ask Congress by Wednesday for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters, congressional aides said on Monday, paving the way for lawmakers' first vote on the scope ...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Did Prophet T.B. Joshua predict Paris terror attack?
In the aftermath of the shocking terrorist attack on The Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris, France, controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua has released a video claiming to have predicted...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 09:06hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian journalist
Suicide bomber kills 33 in Yemen
Sanaa - A suicide bomber killed at least 33 people in central Yemen on Wednesday when he blew himself up at a cultural centre where students were celebrating Prophet Mohammad's birthday, medical sourc...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
USA created Al-Qaeda and the ISIS terror group
MUCH like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran's growing influence in the region. ...Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 08:01hrs | 9 | by Garikai Chengu
ISIS warns Obama in a Video
HD ISIS VIDEO - Flames of War Trailer In one of the Islamic State's first responses to President Obama's declaration that he would "degrade and ultimately destroy" it, the group released a short vid...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
How do international terrorist suspects acquire South African passports
CAPE TOWN - The increasing number of international terrorist suspects travelling on South African passports has become a serious cause for concern among Western intelligence communities including ...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Thabo Kunene
'Send Zimbabwe army to deal with Boko Haram,' says Chinotimba
A Zanu-PF MP Tuesday pleaded with government to dispatch soldiers to Nigeria and help the beleaguered nation fight the Muslim Boko Haram group and rescue the over 200 girls abducted by the fundament...Published: 14 May 2014 at 12:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Two bombs explode outside Baghdad cafe, killing 17 people
Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
New Al Jazeera Film investigates massacres against Kenyan-Somalis
A forthcoming Al Jazeera documentary takes an in-depth look at the grievances that Kenyan-Somalis have toward the Kenyan government and how Al Qaeda-affiliated group Al Shabaab is taking advantage of ...Published: 13 Nov 2013 at 04:49hrs | 2 | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Car bomb near an Egyptian army intelligence wounds six soldiers
A car bomb exploded on Saturday near an Egyptian army intelligence building in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding at least six soldiers, security sources said.No group has claimed respo...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 14:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Botswana backs Kenyan President on ICC
Botswana has said there are legitimate reasons to have the International Criminal Court (ICC) suspend proceedings against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial scheduled for November 12.Bots...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Militants claim they are 'holding out' in Nairobi mall
Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group said on Tuesday there were "countless dead bodies" in a Kenyan shopping mall as security forces searched for militants still holed up in the complex after a weekend...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Gunfire heard after Kenyan security forces claims total control over mall
Kenya said its security forces were in control of the Nairobi shopping mall where Islamist fighters killed at least 62 people, and police were doing a final sweep of shops early on Tuesday after rescu...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 04:11hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Nairobi mall terrorist attack - death toll rises to 59
Islamist militants were holed up with hostages on Sunday at a shopping mall in Nairobi, where at least 59 people have been killed in an attack by the al Shabaab group that opposes Kenya's participatio...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Reuters
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
Obama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress
U.S. President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his suspec...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 01:51hrs | | by Reuters
Somalia president escapes unhurt from an al Qaeda-linked militants attack
Somalia's president escaped unhurt from an ambush on his military-escorted motorcade on Tuesday that al Qaeda-linked militants said they carried out.President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was approa...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 10:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baghdad bomb attacks - 71 people killed, 201 wounded
At least 71 people were killed and 201 wounded in a series of bombings and other attacks across Baghdad on Wednesday, police and medical sources said, extending the worst wave of sectarian bloodshed i...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 11:02hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Military aircraft burst into flames at Somali airport
Mogadishu - A military aircraft burst into flames moments after landing at the international airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky, airpo...Published: 09 Aug 2013 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Four electoral officials, deputy mayor kidnapped in Mali
Bamako - Four electoral officials and a deputy mayor were kidnapped by suspected Tuareg separatists in northern Mali on Saturday, officials said, adding to tensions stirred by ethnic clashes before n...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Russian President warns on arming Syrian rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned the West on Friday against arming Syrian rebel forces, which he said included "terrorist" groups, and warned that a swift exit by President Bashar al-Assad r...Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Reuters)
Baba Jukwa - Legion of malicious engagement
When Southern Africa took up arms against the white colonial settlers, the late renowned veteran nationalist and founder of the Tanzanian nation, Mwalimu Kambarage Julius Nyerere, wrote a book titled,...Published: 15 May 2013 at 10:35hrs | | by Tonderai Tatura
14 Islamist insurgents killed by Nigerian Army
Nigerian soldiers killed 14 suspected Islamist insurgents on Sunday during a dawn raid on a house in the main northern city of Kano, the military said.Islamist sect Boko Haram wants to carve a...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 12:10hrs | | 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
Memo sets rationale to kill Americans linked to Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON - An internal Justice Department memo says it is legal for the government to kill US citizens abroad if it believes they are senior Al Qaeda leaders continually engaged in operations aimed ...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US group attacks Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden
A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osa...Published: 15 Aug 2012 at 03:59hrs | 1 | by Reuters
AMISOM committed to supporting Somalia one year after liberation of Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia - As Somalia today marks the first anniversary of the liberation of the capital, Mogadishu, from Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 09:44hrs | | by APO
Kenya under threat of terrorist attack
The US embassy in Kenya has warned of an imminent threat of an attack on the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and asked all its government workers to leave the coastal town, which has been hit by a se...Published: 23 Jun 2012 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Al Qaeda group offers rewards of chickens, camels for info on Obama, Clinton
A Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information on the whereabouts of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, mocking the millions of...Published: 11 Jun 2012 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Underwear Plane Bomb Plot Foiled By US
An al Qaeda plot to blow up a US-bound aircraft using an underwear bomb has been foiled, the SkyNews reported yesterday.The plan, around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing by ...Published: 08 May 2012 at 01:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Right hammers Obama for playing politics with anniversary of bin Laden's death
As the US President Barack Obama embraces the killing of Osama bin Laden as a campaign theme, the right is hammering him for playing politics with the approaching one-year anniversary of the terrorist...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 00:48hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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