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President William Ruto's poor and misguided politics! He lied to the voters
We still have voices in Africa that spell it out: That one voice comes from Ghana: Kwesi Prett Jr. does not mince words: His politics is eloquent, he understands African politics. Without fear or favo...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 21:11hrs | 28 | by Nomazulu Thata
Exposing Western duplicity over criminal law amendment
WHILE Zimbabwe's promulgation of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act has sparked criticism from Western forces, a similar law has been silently embraced in the United Kingdom, exposing the ...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:31hrs | 9 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mnangagwa appoints new CIO fixer to consolidate grip on power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to re-assert his vice-like grip on Zimbabwe's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), which is critical to his power consolidation a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:42hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biden's speech on Russia exposes US hypocrisy
Well, this is hypocritical.In a speech addressing Ukrainian refugees in Poland on Saturday, United States President Joe Biden exposed his country's paranoia with Russia, saying President Putin...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When the police officer is actually a thug
CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi
CIO big shot behind Malunga farm grab
A TOP Zimbabwean Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director and senior ruling Zanu-PF officials in Matabeleland North province are behind the illegal seizure of a farm belonging to a local inter...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mediclinic justifies ties to apartheid era 'Dr Death'
Private hospital group Mediclinic South Africa has come under fire after it emerged that Dr. Wouter Basson is still practicing at its Cape facilities.Dr. Wouter Basson was the mastermind behin...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 164 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe, North Korea, Syria and Myanmar among countries defending China's actions in Xinjiang
Ambassadors representing 37 countries praised China for its "remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," just a day after a group of 22 other countries formally condemned Beijing for the ma...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Mnangagwa prepares for ruthless demos crackdown
AFTER subjecting more than a thousand regular police officers to paramilitary training, purchasing an assortment of weapons, including AK assault rifles and sniper rifles, government has moved to acqu...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want liquid in water cannons probed
Parliament has been urged to institute an investigation into the chemical composition of the liquid in water cannons used by police to disperse crowds amid fears that the liquid could contain harmful ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Dexter Nduna calls for death sentence for sanctions advocates
ZANU-PF Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna has moved a motion to have any Zimbabwean who calls for sanctions on the country to be sentenced to death. Nduna said the people who call for illeg...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to lead in corruption fight
President Mnangagwa will lead the fight against corruption after he reserved to his office several laws meant to curb graft. The President also set out functions for Cabinet ministers in several Statu...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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
'A brazen attempt to murder civilians on British soil' - OpEd
On a quiet Sunday in one of Britain's most beautiful cathedral cities, a father and daughter were struck down by the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War.S...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by HMA Catriona Laing
Another people's storm is coming
What has been unfolding in opposition circles over the past few days reflects the fact that the opposition lacks relevance in fulfilling its backers' desired goal.As President Mugabe was discu...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:03hrs | 1 | by Teddie Bepete
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 | 1 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
The Ian Smith myth and other fallacies
There are many fallacies associated with the history of Zimbabwe. Let's start with one of the oldest.Rhodesia was not built on an empty veld. The fallacy that the land was empty is just that: ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Simon Massey
Russia 10 - 0 UK
The G7 group of nations has failed to reach agreement over threatening new sanctions against Russia and Syria.Foreign ministers were seeking a common position on the Syrian conflict, befor...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 14:07hrs | | by BBC
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
Applications open for UNODA Women scholarship for peace
The Women Scholarship for Peace: Global South is an initiative coordinated by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at Vienna within the so-called Disarmament and Non-proliferation Partnership...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 09:59hrs | | by United Nations
If I am Kalanga, so what?
KALANGA is one of the officially recognised languages embedded as an obligation in section 6 of Zimbabwe's constitution. To someone with normal, functional faculties, this would mean those of our citi...Published: 09 May 2015 at 15:41hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Obama, Putin discuss Ukraine crisis over phone
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed in a phone conversation the Ukraine crisis and ways of settlement, including Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's ...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Syria ships first quantity of chemical weapons
Damascus - A first shipment of material has been removed from Syria under a deal to rid the country of its chemical weapons arsenal, the joint mission overseeing the disarmament said on Tuesday....Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A Proven Solution to the Syrian Crisis
President Obama said, "...my administration has tried diplomacy and sanctions, warning, and negotiations - but chemical weapons were still used by the Assad regime." Even if Assad gives up his che...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 17:59hrs | 31 | by Teresa Studzinski and Dr. David Leffler
Russia fears Syrian opposition will attempt to use chemical weapons again
A Russian news website 'Russia Beyond The Headlines' Monday reported that Moscow fears that the Syrian opposition will again attempt to use chemical weapons.According to the publication, Russi...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's speech to 68th session of UN General Assembly: Full text
Statement by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe during the general debate of the 68th session of the United Nati...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 19:16hrs | 97 | by Robert Gabriel Mugabe
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
Chemical weapons watchdog gets Syrian details
The Hague - The world's chemical weapons watchdog has received details on Syria's programme and arsenal, which it has been tasked with dismantling, it said on Friday."The Organisation for the ...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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
Barack Obama rejects Putin's claim
Washington - President Barack Obama rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's claim that Syrian rebels were responsible for a 21 August chemical gas attack but, in an interview broadcast on Sunday, ...Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US 'to drop military threat' on Syrian regime
Washington - The United States concedes that Russia will not allow the UN Security Council to authorise military strikes against the Syrian regime, senior White House officials said on Friday....Published: 14 Sep 2013 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Syrian rebels behind chemical attack says Putin
Washington - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday argued that Syrian rebels were behind a chemical weapons attack which prompted the United States to threaten military strikes against Bashar ...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 04:20hrs | | 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
US President Barack Obama marks 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon
Washington - For President Barack Obama, the prospect of more US military action in the Middle East hung over his observance on Wednesday of the 9/11 attacks that occurred a dozen years ago.Wh...Published: 11 Sep 2013 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Statement of the Africa Forum on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Statement of the Africa Forum on the situation in the Syrian Arab RepublicWe, members of the Forum for Former African Heads of State and Government, commonly referr...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 10:46hrs | | by APO
UK has fresh Syria evidence says Cameron
London - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that Britain had further evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, which a British source said confirmed the use of sarin."We hav...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pope Francis against 'futile pursuit' of a military solution in Syria
Vatican City - Pope Francis urged the Group of 20 leaders on Thursday to abandon the "futile pursuit" of a military solution in Syria as the Vatican laid out its case for a negotiated settlement that ...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 18:23hrs | | 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
Asian shares climb to a two-week high, yen retreats, yen retreats
Asian shares climbed to a two-week high on Monday, and the Australian dollar and copper gained, as China said its manufacturing expanded in August at the fastest pace in more than a year.A de...Published: 02 Sep 2013 at 04:19hrs | 1 | by Staff Report
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
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)
'We must do all we can to make sure Zimbabwe's elections are fair elections,' UK MP
For many, life in Africa is moving forward. Recent development indicators published by the World Bank show that in Sub-Saharan Africa GDP has risen every year since 2000, averaging 5.8% annual ...Published: 17 May 2013 at 12:21hrs | | by James Duddridge is the Member of Parliament for Rochford and Southend East
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
UN concerned about use of chemical warfare in Syria
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has voiced grave concern about the reported use of chemical warfare in Syria.Ki-moon points out in his statement that the use of such warfare by any party...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Blair, Bush should face trial over Iraq war - Tutu
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Sunday called for Tony Blair and George Bush to be hauled before the international criminal court in The Hague and delivered a damning critique of the physical...Published: 03 Sep 2012 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu will not compromise its founding principles
Dr Dabengwa speaking at a meeting in Nkayi at Gwamayaya on the 28th July 2012 said "ZAPU is back and back for good, ZAPU will never again allow itself into a situation in which th...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 05:58hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
NATO led Libya civil war cost 20 000 lives
Benghazi - More than 20 000 people have been killed in the six-month rebellion to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, rebel leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil said on Thursday."I do not have the exact...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 05:04hrs | | by AFP
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