adminRobber jailed for 12 years
Court Reporter
A 26-year-old Bulawayo man was yesterday sentenced to 12 years for robbery and theft of motor vehicles.
Prosecutor demands death sentence for Mubarak
CAIRO — The prosecution in the case against former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak has demanded the death sentence for him and other defendants, including his two sons and the former interior minister.
Mubarak is facing charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 18-day demonstrations which swept him from power last February.
ANC celebrations tinged by disappointment
Johannesburg — Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only.
Gunmen kill six in Nigeria church attack
Kano — Gunmen opened fire on a church service in Nigeria on Thursday, killing six people and wounding 10, the church’s pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa’s most populous nation.
Friends want medical parole for Selebi
Johannesburg — A group calling itself “Friends of Jackie Selebi” wants the former national police commissioner to be released on medical parole, its spokesperson said yesterday.
Libya ‘must offer militia a way out’
Washington — Libya must offer its still-armed revolutionary fighters a future beyond the gun, the country’s former interim prime minister said on Thursday, warning that failure could spell destabilising violence.
Speaking in Washington days after violent clashes erupted in the capital Tripoli, Ali Tarhouni — an adviser to the current government — said disarming and integrating bands of militia fighters will be key to avoiding an escalation in violence.
Congolese refugees taken to Tongogara camp
Chronicle Reporters
The 26 Congolese who have been staying at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Zimbabwe (AMECZ) in Makokoba since Monday were yesterday taken to Tongogara Refugee Camp in Manicaland province.
Deadly bombing hits Damascus
Damascus — A suicide bombing hit Damascus yesterday, killing 25 and wounding dozens of mostly civilians, state media said, blaming “terrorists” for the second such attack on the Syrian capital in two weeks.
State television said the “powerful explosion” struck in the historic Midan quarter in the heart of the capital.
Castro warns of climate change
Havana — Cuba’s iconic revolutionary Fidel Castro warned that the world was on an “inexorable” march into the abyss this year because of climate change and the threat of nuclear war.
In an article published on Thursday — Castro’s first since November 2011 — the 85-year-old retired leader also took aim at the United States and at gas shale “fracking”, a new source of fossil fuels condemned by environmentalists.
Proteas claim series win over Sri Lanka
Cape Town — South Africa won their first home Test series in over three years, beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with more than a day to spare in Cape Town yesterday.