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A chain is as strong as its weakest link
The Bishop's heart always bleeds each time he thinks about Ethiopia, the land of brave men and women who valiantly frustrated Italy's imperial designs in the 20th century, making it difficult for colo...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazarus
UN envoy to meet Chamisa?
THE Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Commission (OHCHR) has invited submissions from various stakeholders for the United Nations special rapporteur Alena Douhan, who is on a 10-day vis...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We need NTA or heading for Armageddon' - no, we there and Zanu PF will drag us past no-return
Zimbabwe has sleep-walked into "failed state" and now the country is heading for dark dungeons of Armageddon!"We need a national transitional authority (NTA), we need a soft landing for our co...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Need transition Govt if there is no Govt' Zanu PF acknowledges - Exactly, present is illegitimate
"Zimbabwe does not need a transitional Government. Transiting to where? This country is governed through the Constitution which was adopted by more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans in 2013 and the same ...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1
If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 201...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 2 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Bulawayo White City explosion: Dereliction of duty
In every election, be it in Zimbabwe, Africa or any other country, there are pre-election furores, these are events and pronouncements that either shock or intrigue the masses before the election....Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Isis threatens Ronaldo, Messi ahead of World Cup
Fundamentalist group the Islamic State (Isis) has issued an eerie new threat ahead of the World Cup in Russia, this time aimed at soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.In chilling ne...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by News.com.au
Will MDC rule if they are voted in?
In September 2017 Zimbabwe experienced a coup within a coup. Coup d'etat is a French word to mean that strike on the state. A coup detat is usually an unconstitutional means of changing the status cor...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 18:48hrs | 7 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Trump denies Mugabe lunch
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday snubbed President Robert Mugabe as he treated other African leaders to a working lunch on the sidelines of the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
United Nations was deliberately created to cause wars
When the United Nations (UN) was formally established on 24 October 1945, soon after the Second World War, there was much hope that this signalled the end to all wars - but it only was the beginning o...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe on Donald Trump's radar
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is among an "exclusive club of the world's dictators", who remain on United States President Donald Trump's radar, it has emerged.US national security adviser Herbert...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Mugabe a huge embarrasment for Africa
As we commemorate Africa Day today, we reflect on whether the continent has made any strides in extracating itself from its notority of being a haven of war and dictators to being a proud land of milk...Published: 25 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Donald Trump launches US air strikes against Assad regime, Russian military informed
The United States launched a military strike Thursday on a Syrian government target in response to their chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians earlier in the week.On Presiden...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Iran, Venezuela, North Korea back Zimbabwe at UN inquiry
Activist group United Nations Watch (UNW) has expressed disgust over the hailing of Zimbabwe's human rights record by "rogue" States - Iran, Venezuela and North Korea.While the three count...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe - The First Lady from Hell
The on-going saga surrounding the multi-million lavish lifestyle of the First Lady, Grace Mugabe, clearly shows that her greediness has reached alarming and unacceptable levels as she has become the b...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 18:03hrs | | by PDP
US admits to butchering dozens of Syrian forces
The US has admitted carrying out an attack in eastern Syria that killed dozens of Syrian forces fighting so-called Islamic State (IS).According to the BBC, the US-led coalition said the "m...Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 18:12hrs | | by BBC
Of protests, opposition politics and Western imperialism
THE wave of protests that characterised Harare in recent weeks all but confirmed a failed retracing of the Libyan, Tunisian, Egyptian and Syrian political footprints.Granted, the country is fa...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:05hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Rebels seize largest army base in Syria
An umbrella group of opposition fighters have seized the largest army base in the southern province of Deraa - the birthplace of Syria's four-year uprising - after 24 hours of fighting, a rebel spokes...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'HSBC helped conceal over $100 billion in Swiss accounts'
Global banking giant HSBC for years catered to a motley crew of weapons dealers, tax evaders, tin-pot dictators and celebrities, using its private Swiss arm to shield accounts worth more than $100 bil...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 10:38hrs | | by CNNMoney
Saudi King Abdullah dies
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman became king, the royal court in the world's top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a statement carried by state tele...Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 09:27hrs | | by Reuters
Grace Mugabe now running the show
FIRST lady Grace Mugabe this week gave strong signals that she is now running the show in Zanu PF and government behind the scenes when she virtually gave her husband, President Robert Mugabe, a pub...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 07:16hrs | | 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 | 6 | by Garikai Chengu
Woman stoned to death for 'adultery'
Jihadists in the northern Syrian province of Raqa have accused a woman of adultery and stoned her to death, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.It was the first "execution" ...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 10:40hrs | | by AFP, KIRKUK
Syrian troops recapture strategic town, takes upper hand
Syrian troops recaptured the strategic town of Deir Attiyeh Thursday, less than a week after losing it, taking the advantage in its bid to crush rebels just north of Damascus.The seizure of De...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Should Obama avoid the Syrian war under present financial conditions?
Rather than paying attention to the immediate financial dangers hovering over the US empyrean, the government is paying increased attention to the Syrian issues. However, majority of the Americans...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 18:45hrs | | by Mirana
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
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
UN honours Zimbabwe's top army officers
FOUR senior Zimbabwe National Army officers have been conferred with United Nations medals in recognition of their outstanding service during the peacekeeping observer mission in Syria last year....Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 05:36hrs | | 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
Britain, U.S. discuss Syria
Washington - US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron inched closer on Saturday to attributing blame for a massive chemical weapons attack near Damascus to Bashar al-Assad's ...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 04:51hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Reuters
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 | | by Reuters)
Israeli official confirms Syria strike
Israel has carried out an air strike into Syria, targeting a shipment of missiles bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.The Jewish state ...Published: 04 May 2013 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Air raid - 18 civilians killed in Syria
Beirut - At least 18 civilians were killed, including two children and two women, in a Syrian air raid on a rebel-held town in the northwestern province of Idlib on Saturday, a monitoring group report...Published: 13 Apr 2013 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe votes 'no' to UN resolution on Syria
Zimbabwe voted "no" on Friday along with Russia, China, Syria, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Belarus, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Burma and Venezuela. Among those states abstaining were India and Pakistan....Published: 04 Aug 2012 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIA helping steer arms to opposition fighters in Syria
The New York Times on Thursday reported that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in covert operations in southern Turkey, are helping steer arms to opposition fighters to fight the Syrian gover...Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 03:53hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Syria's worsening situation is similar to Bosnia - Bill Clinton
Washington - Former President Bill Clinton believes the worsening situation in Syria is similar in some respects to one he faced early on in the Bosnia crisis in the 1990s, and said a way must be f...Published: 02 Jun 2012 at 06:27hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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
The lavish lives of the dictators' wives
Safia Gaddafi ...Published: 16 Mar 2012 at 06:28hrs | | by Moyo Roy
The Art of Self-immolation - Zanu-PF style!
In skydiving circles, it is accepted – scientifically proven for that matter - a 'bullet-shape free fall' not secured with a chute may attract terminal velocit...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 16:45hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya
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
Arab League suspends Syria monitoring mission
The Arab League has suspended its monitoring mission due to "critical" deteriorating conditions and rising violence in Syria, which is grappling with a 10-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assa...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over 5 000 people killed in nine months, Syria: UN
MORE than 5,000 people – 300 of them children have been killed in nine months of unrest in Syria, the UN human rights chief said, as an insurgency begins to overshadow w...Published: 15 Dec 2011 at 07:50hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Obama begs Iran for the drone
Washington - President Barack Obama on Monday said the US government had requested the return of a spy drone downed over Iran but declined to discuss if its loss could compromise US national security....Published: 12 Dec 2011 at 18:43hrs | | by Reuters
Israel calls for "crippling" economic sanctions against Iran
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Thursday called for "crippling" economic sanctions against Iran for its alleged weapon-related nuclear program."Iran should be put as soon as possi...Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 05:39hrs | | by Moyo Roy
U.S.A and its European allies calls for Bashar al-Assad to step down
U.S.A and its European allies on Thursday called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and outlined a broad campaign to force him from power by targeting his regime's finances, including ...Published: 19 Aug 2011 at 05:43hrs | | by wsj
Syrian forces kill 19, in a campaign to crush street protests
Amman - Syrian forces killed at least 19 people in raids near the Lebanon border and in the country's Sunni tribal heartland, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush street protests aga...Published: 12 Aug 2011 at 06:33hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Remote control killing: US’ new sport
DEFENCE contractor giants like Boeing, Lockeed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and others, as well as smaller rivals compete for growing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They include remote contr...Published: 29 Jun 2011 at 04:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Lendman
More violence in Syria, '18 people killed'
At least 18 people were killed in Syria when troops in tanks and armoured vehicles poured into the southern town of Deraa and opened fire on Monday, residents said.A prominent activist Ammar...Published: 25 Apr 2011 at 14:38hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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