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India rewrites rulebook on counter-terrorism
HARARE - In its quest to counter terrorism and nuclear blackmail, India (under Prime Minister Narendra Modi) has embraced Operation Sindoor, the country's established policy in the fight against this ...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 19:55hrs | 383 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal
A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:58hrs | 2416 | by Roland Mpofu I iol
The abuse of freedoms and upending of Constitutional order
THE freedoms of expression, assembly, and association are fundamental human rights, essential for the flourishing of democratic societies.However, these rights are not absolute, and their limi...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 338 | by Nick Mangwana
UK-based Zimbabwean who called for bombings face deportation
A Zimbabwean man residing in the UK, William Chinyanga, 54, is set to be deported to Zimbabwe after serving a prison sentence for incitement to violence. Chinyanga was convicted for live-streaming Fac...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Why Kamala Harris Lost and How Donald Trump Won: A Deep Analysis of the 2024 US Election
Today I am mourning, but this too shall favour me - Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's loss carry lessons for us all. She joined the race just 107 days ago, facing a former president who began...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1744 | by Ifeanyi Abraham
Urgent Call for adoption of Regional Counter-Terrorism Strategy by member states
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has long been considered a safe haven from the threat of terrorism. However, recent developments, particularly the insurgency in Mozambique, ha...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe to establish counter-terrorism centre
ZIMBABWE is establishing a counter-terrorism centre, which is expected to boost COMESA's efforts in fighting terrorism and lead to increased trade and development across the bloc, Foreign Affairs and ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the radar of the new US Africa strategy
The United States foreign relations committee held confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden's Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Rwanda and Niger ambassadorship nominees on Wednesday.The four countries a...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Senator takes over African Parliamentary Union
Senate president Mabel Chinomona has officially taken over the presidency of the African Parliamentary Union following her election at the APU 44th Conference held in Victoria Falls in November last y...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must deploy border guards as extremism fears mount - report
WHILE Zimbabwe currently enjoys relative peace and harmony, the state should immediately deploy border guards at ports of entry and strengthen terrorism laws amid concern that the outbreak of the viol...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC identifies migration as issue that threatens SA's peace & stability
The African National Congress (ANC) has identified migration as one of the issues that threaten peace and stability in the country.In its briefing on the subject on Thursday as the ANC unpacks...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 18:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga-Indonesia arms deal jolts UK
THE United Kingdom has expressed concern over reports that Zimbabwe's Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was shopping for ammunition in Indonesia, amid growing fears of a plan to perpetuate human rig...Published: 28 May 2022 at 19:25hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans to pay a heavy price for Mnangagwa's proposed draconian law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of seeking to sacrifice the lives of millions of people that survive on humanitarian aid by trying to ban non-governmental organisations through a c...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa betrays SA war vets
SOUTH AFRICA'S elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white minority rule....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean secrets leaked to a high profile sexivist
Zimbabwe has once again woken up to some Twitter messages sent by the ever attention seeking Susa Mutami. It is important to understand who Susan Mutami is. She is if you remember the official mistres...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa in crucial Sadc Troika meeting
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to join other Heads of State and Governments in Botswana today for a one-day SADC Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit that will focus on emerging terrorism threats in the...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
British lingering nostalgia for an Empire forever lost
Mr Speaker, I rise to inform this House that, on 27 October, the British House of Lords, conducted yet another of their meandering debates on the situation in Zimbabwe. The fascination with Zi...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Hon Kindness Paradza
Zanu-PF pleads for Sadc help in Mozambique
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has urged Sadc States to mobilise and assist Mozambique in its fight against an Islamic insurgency which has plunged the neighbouring country's northern region into a civil wa...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 5 | by Pearl Matibe
Zimbabwe's path to prosperity
ON April 3, I gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa a letter from my government conveying the heartfelt sympathy of the American people for the lives lost in Cyclone Idai. I also announced that the Americ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:51hrs | | by Brian Nichols
Zimbabwean jihadist who fights with Isis 'may still be alive'
UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean man, Raymond Matimba, a jihadist, who fled Manchester for Syria has been identified as a key member of a clique of British fighters that include the notorious Islamic S...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man sentenced to death over Facebook post
A Pakistani counter-terrorism court has sentenced to death a man who allegedly committed blasphemy on Facebook, a government prosecutor said on Sunday, the first time someone has been handed the death...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 23:41hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Theresa May faces pressure to resign
London – British Prime Minister Theresa May faced pressure to resign on Friday after losing her parliamentary majority, plunging the country into uncertainty as Brexit talks loom.The pound f...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by AFP
Suspected terrosist attack in England: 19 dead and more than 50 hurt
Nineteen people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena.The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday following a pop concert by the US singer Ar...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by BBC
Sustainable Energy for All Forum launched
The Sustainable Energy for All Forum was launched at the Duggal Greenhouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Monday.The event brought together leading experts on achieving SDG 7 (Affordable and Cle...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
4 people killed in Westminster, London, terrorist attack
A police officer and a woman are among 4 people who have been killed near UK Parliament in central London in what Scotland Yard are treating as a terrorist incident.One of the people dead ...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Austrian girl 'beaten to death' for trying to leave the IS terrorists
A 17-year-old Austrian girl who went to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) is reported to have been beaten to death by the group after attempting to flee from the militant group's base in Raqqa. Sam...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 11:47hrs | 2 | by IBT
Zimbabwe scores big at Afcon 2015
ZIMBABWE's security assistance has enabled Equatorial Guinea to success-fully host the African Cup of Nations and safeguard continental pride, a top military commander here has said. After vi...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 11:12hrs | 20 | by John Manzongo
United Kingdom debate over Islam and 'Britishness'
London - A new row has erupted between the British government and Muslim organisations after the minister responsible for community cohesion wrote to hundreds of imams calling on them to do more...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 13:17hrs | 2 | by Aljazeera
US, Nato formally ends war in Afghanistan
Kabul - The United States and Nato formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as feroc...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 19:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
$1million bounty for sniper who shot dead 'White Widow' in Ukraine
A $1million bounty has been put on the head of a sniper who was said to have shot dead British terror suspect the White Widow, the UK Mirror reported.Samantha Lewthwaite, the world's mos...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 06:41hrs | 2 | 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
United Nations determined to help Africa fight 'terrorism'
Nairobi - The United Nations is determined to help Kenya and other countries in Africa fight "terrorism" following a series of deadly attacks, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday.Sp...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Sources of Islamist group, Boko Haram, funds revealed
Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and swiftly abducted a family of vacationing French tourists - a husband and wife and thei...Published: 20 May 2014 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Kathleen Caulderwood, International Business Times
Al-Qaeda Africa wing dreams global jihad but acts local
Washington - Armed extremist groups in North and West Africa may have pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda's vision of global jihad, but they act independently of its core command and have yet to make good ...Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 09:38hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Obama hopes to see Nelson Mandela
Johannesburg - US President Barack Obama hopes to see Nelson Mandela when he visits South Africa this week - but only if Mandela's health permits and the former statesman's family approves.Oba...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Google ordered to give private customer data to FBI
A US judge has ruled that Google must comply with the FBI's demands for private customer data.The internet giant had challenged 19 FBI letters asking for sensitive information on the grounds t...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
22-yr-old Woolwich murder suspect in court
A UK man has appeared in court charged with murdering the British soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, south-east London, the BBC reported Thursday.A handcuffed Michael Adebowale, 22, spoke only t...Published: 30 May 2013 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
For UN Peacekeepers, new means for changing times
The history of United Nations peacekeeping is one of innovation and adaptation. Until some twenty years ago, UN peacekeeping seemed a more straightforward affair. Blue Helmets were deployed to mon...Published: 29 May 2013 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Hervé Ladsous
Woolwich killing: Suspect's friend arrested after TV interview
A friend of one of the suspected British killers of a soldier butchered in a London street was arrested by counter-terrorism officers on Friday after going on television to allege that Michael Adebol...Published: 25 May 2013 at 04:39hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Prepare for fresh onslaughts by foreigners, Mugabe tells Africa's spies
President Robert Mugabe urged African intelligence services Monday to prepare for fresh onslaughts by foreigners and the continent's former colonizers to grasp its natural resources and potential weal...Published: 06 May 2013 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by AP
Nigeria opens secret detention centre for radical Islamist sect
Abuja - Nigeria is opening a secret detention centre to hold and interrogate suspected high-level members of a radical Islamist sect responsible for hundreds of killings this year alone, a security of...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 00:27hrs | 2 | by AP
The Voice of an African Muslim Woman - Religion In Zimbabwe
I recently sat down with Nebila Abdulmelik, a 25 year old woman who has lived in Harare, but is of Ethiopian heritage. She did her university studies in the United States of America and at the m...Published: 02 Jan 2012 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Nonku Vundla
US of America building secret drone bases in Africa
Washington - The US is building a ring of secret drone bases in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an aggressive campaign against al-Qaeda affiliates in Somalia and Yemen, The Was...Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Reuters
Somali held for over 2 mnths without being warned of Miranda rights: US
WASHINGTON — According to NewYork Times, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it would prosecute in civilian court a Somali man accused of ties to two Islamist militant ...Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 23:35hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy
Bin laden was un-armed when US commandos shot him dead
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States revealed that Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandos shot him dead and that Pakistani authorities were kept in the...Published: 04 May 2011 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Andrew Gully
Osama, Obama Hussein in Operation Odyssey
THE West has turned a deaf ear to claims by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi that the so-called protests in Libya are in fact not protests from the people of Libya, but a complex opportunistic ...Published: 31 Mar 2011 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
S. African terror threat suspect due in court
A Zimbabwean-born South African businessman living west of Pretoria, South Africa evoked the wrath of international law-enforcement agencies when he allegedly threatened to unleash an unprecedented bi...Published: 14 Feb 2011 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Byo24NEWS
Wikileaks cable (10LONDON132): Tendai Biti, Minimal Lifting of EU Sanctions
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 LONDON 000132 ...Published: 12 Feb 2011 at 22:17hrs | 1 | by Wikileaks
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