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Zimbabwe police stop teachers' Palestine solidarity march
POLICE yesterday stopped the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz)'s plans to deliver a petition to the United Nations office in Harare to show solidarity with Palestinian workers in th...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare says 'Mozambican crisis a regional question'
ZIMBABWE will not individually deploy troops in northern Mozambique to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more than 2 500 people and displaced 700 000 others in the country, the government sa...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The trouble with ruinous advisers
IT HAS been painful to watch over the past few days the desperation with which the small cast of know-it-alls, that is contributing so much to the country's toxic politics, has been attacking talk abo...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma survives assasination attempt
Former South African President Jacob Zuma says there was a detailed plot to kill him in Durban during the recently held Fill up Moses Mabhida stadium show by Masikandi artist Khuzani Mpungose....Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 28 | by Reginald T. Gola
UN-AU decry absence of women in peacebuilding activities
A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality Reporting back from a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Repu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Leon Usigbe
Mnangagwa: The bloody end of crocodile politics
Concealed to many of us is that the real misfortunes of a true crocodile pursue Emmerson Mnangagwa and the politics that he represents. The crocodile tears over corruption and crime in Zimbabwe that h...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 15:16hrs | 11 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
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
Somali journalist dies after suicide bomber targets café
Nairobi - Somali broadcast journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died yesterday from injuries sustained on September 10 when a suicide bomber attacked a café in Beldweyne where members of the press gathe...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by CPJ
ANC rebels are 'suicide bombers'
South Africa's police minister Fikile Mbalula has denounced members of the governing ANC who voted for President Jacob Zuma's removal as "suicide bombers"."Why do you want to compromise the re...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 18:07hrs | | by BBC
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
National Schizophrenic anger is the Cost of doing nothing for too long.
Anger and absolute desperation breaks all conventions. In Zimbabwe, ordinary people have resorted to extreme insults directed to the imbecile Presidium. Today on Facebook, a normally very respecting h...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 17:09hrs | 4 | by Venus Mlalazi
Saboteurs in vain attempt to block Zimbabwe's access to funds
It is quite disappointing that while Government is working tirelessly for economic revival, some local intended beneficiaries are equally working untiringly to throw spanners into that endeavour....Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
50 killed at wedding attack
At least 50 people have been killed and 94 more wounded in an explosion at a wedding ceremony in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep, near the Syria border.The blast, which occurre...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Nigerian military threatens journalist for not revealing sources
Abuja, Nigeria - The Nigerian military should cease threatening freelance journalist Ahmad Salkida with prosecution for not acting as an informer, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Boko Haram releases 'video' of Chibok girls
Boko Haram has released a video of the Nigerian schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes. The armed group, wh...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Al Jazeera
The Prophet who foretold Saudi attack
Nigerian prophet T.B. Joshua has once again come up trumps with a prediction regarding an attack in Saudi Arabia. The same day that suicide bombers rocked three cities, Saudi Arabia, Joshua releas...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killing in the name of God
RELIGION, seen by many as an oasis of tranquillity and hope, appears to be going bonkers with strange stuff happening in most faiths, particularly in Christianity and Islam.With followers bein...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Fatima Bulla
Would-be suicide bomber changes mind before attack
Abuja - Local Nigerian officials say a teenage girl packed with explosives by a Nigerian rebel group ripped off her vest to avoid taking part in an attack on a refugee camp.Two others with her...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Plot to expel Mnangagwa from Zanu-PF, Govt revealed
Zanu PF Midlands province is planning to oust Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa from both his party and government positions.Mnangagwa is said to be "running out of both rope and oxygen"...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 13:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Women, peace and security
15 years of implementing UN Security Council resolution 1325 in Africa As conflicts and crises in Africa took a more complex turn in recent years,...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Zipporah Musau
Nigeria 'technically' wins against Boko Haram
Lagos - President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria has "technically" won the war against Boko Haram though suicide bombers remain a threat, in remarks issued days before his self-imposed deadline to defe...Published: 24 Dec 2015 at 16:12hrs | 2 | by AFP
'Matabeleland South stuck in NGOs aid trap,' says Grace Mugabe
FIRST Lady and Zanu-PF Women's League secretary Grace Mugabe yesterday blasted non-governmental organisations for using food handouts to pursue hidden political agendas that create confusion in commun...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Two Zimbabweans caught up in Paris terror attack alive and well
Johannesburg - Two Zimbabweans who were among foreigners caught up in deadly terrorist attacks in the French capital, Paris on Friday say they are safe but still shaken by the events.One of th...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 05:22hrs | | by Thabo Kunene
Cameroon deports 2 000 Nigerians
Yaounde - Cameroon has deported more than 2 000 Nigerians who were living in the country illegally as part of new security measures intended to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, sources...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe to continue Pakistan cricket tour despite 'suicide bomb'
Zimbabwe on Saturday said it will continue its cricket tour of Pakistan despite an apparent suicide bombing leaving two people dead outside the stadium during a match between the two sides.Fri...Published: 30 May 2015 at 18:38hrs | 10 | by AFP
Suicide bomber kills 2 during a Pakistan-Zimbabwe cricket match
Islamabad - A Pakistani minister admitted on Saturday that a suicide bomber was responsible for an explosion outside Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium that killed two people during a Pakistan-Zimbabwe cricket ...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:52hrs | 9 | by AFP
Nigerian forces kill over 300 Boko Haram fighters
Maroua - Nigerian forces have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages since the start of the week, the military said on Wednesday, as regional n...Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boko Haram killed woman in labour
Lagos - Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed on Thursday....Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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
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
13-year-old girl says father gave her to Boko Haram
Kano - A 13-year-old girl says her father gave her to Boko Haram extremists and that she was arrested after refusing to explode a suicide bomb at a market in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city in the...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Evil 'White Widow' gunned down in Ukraine
A British female terrorist nicknamed the 'White Widow' has reportedly been shot and killed in Ukraine. Samantha Lewthwaite, 30, was gunned down by a Russian sniper two weeks ago, according to ...Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 06:41hrs | 1 | 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 | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe and his wife Grace are terrified people
An observant student of power and its effects, the late French philosopher Michel Foucault noted that "we are subjected to the production of truth through power" and that "we cannot exercise power exc...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Inside Mugabe's sealed succession envelope: Fear, self assassinations and a coup
An observant student of power and its effects, the late French philosopher Michel Foucault noted that "we are subjected to the production of truth through power" and that "we cannot exercise powe...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Islamic State opens new anti-US front with beheading video
Baghdad - Islamic State's beheading of a US journalist and its threat to "destroy the American cross" suggests it has gained enough confidence seizing large areas of Iraq and Syria to take aim at Amer...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Even Mandela was Pro-Palestine
He who controls the media can commit war crimes and get away with it.Israel for one. On Sunday 20th of July they refused a 3 hour humanitarian ceasefire requested by the International Red Cros...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 21:28hrs | 4 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
53 Boko Haram fighters killed in Nigeria
Maiduguri - Nigeria's military said on Saturday that it had killed 53 fighters from the Islamist Boko Haram group when it repelled an attack on a military base in the northeast Nigerian town of Damboa...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Deadly bomb attack at popular Djibouti restaurant
Addis Ababa - At least two people were killed late on Saturday in a bomb attack on a restaurant popular with Westerners in central Djibouti, official sources said.Diplomats said there were re...Published: 25 May 2014 at 17:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Al-Shabab launches attack on Somali parliament
The armed group al-Shabab launched an assault on the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb and storming the complex in an attack which killed at least four people.Fighters on ...Published: 24 May 2014 at 15:30hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Seven die in Egypt bombings, clashes
Cairo - Seven people died in Egypt on Friday amid a series of bombings that targeted security forces, coupled with clashes that erupted as supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi took to the str...Published: 03 May 2014 at 16:05hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
What happens when Mugabe dies? - Live Discussion
The post-Mugabe era is like a time bomb that Mugabe himself has been all this while strapping round himself like a suicide bomber on a mission to punish people for a reason he himself is not sure ...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 09:08hrs | 13 | by Moyo Roy
14 people killed in suicide bomb attack in Russia
At least 14 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators say.The blast comes a day after 17 people died in another suicide attac...Published: 30 Dec 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by BBC
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
Woman caught placing bomb at primary school
Baghdad - A guard caught a woman planting a bomb next to a primary school in Iraq on Monday, while attacks elsewhere killed six security forces members, officials said.The woman was trying to...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'White widow' not part of Nairobi mall massacre claims al-Shabaab
Nairobi - Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamists insisted on Monday that no women joined them in an attack on Nairobi's Westgate shopping mall, dismissing speculation that British "white widow" Samantha Lewth...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 03:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
39 people still missing after Nairobi Mall attack
Nairobi - Kenyan lawmakers investigating alleged security failings during the deadly assault on Nairobi's Westgate mall by Islamist gunmen inspected Monday the charred wreckage, where searches continu...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 03:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kenya vows not to bow to Shabaab threats
Nairobi - Kenya has vowed not to bow to Shabaab threats of more attacks if troops are not pulled out of Somalia, following a devastating mall attack in Nairobi by the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents....Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by AFP
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