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BENTIU. — South Sudan’s army said yesterday it had completed its pullout from an oil field seized from the rival Sudanese regime, ending a bitter stand-off which forced thousands of civilians to flee. South Sudanese officials said the withdrawal from Heglig had been ordered to avert a return to all-out war. But they accused forces of the Khartoum-based Sudanese governmentChina records economic slowdown
BEIJING. — China’s listed companies saw narrowing profits in the first quarter as the country’s economy ran at the slowest pace since the third quarter of 2009, reports released by those companies showed. As of yesterday, altogether, 713 companies had disclosed their quarterly results, of which 385 posted year-on-year gains, 328 reported profit declines and 118 registeredMalawi senior minister apologises for scheme over presidency
LILONGWE. — Malawi senior Minister of Local Government Henry Mussa yesterday apologised to President Joyce Banda, Malawians and the whole world for being part of six ministers who convened a controversial press briefing on April 6 that denounced Joyce Banda (then Vice President) as illegible for taking over the country’s presidency. Mussa made the apology inSarkozy loses first round
PARIS. — Socialist challenger Francois Hollande won the first round of the French presidential vote yesterday, setting himself up for a May 6 run-off with right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Estimates of the result broadcast as polls closed gave Hollande between 28,4 and 29,3 percent, Sarkozy between 25,5 and 27 percent and the far-right’s Marine Le Pen between 18,2 and 20
DeMbare destroy Mambas
Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
Dynamos……….…(2) 4
Black Mambas……(0) 1
RODERICK Mutuma broke his goal duck this season when he fired a brace as champions Dynamos roared back to winning
Harare in need of US$24m
Municipal ReporterHARARE requires US$24 million to fix its two major sewer treatment plants — Firle and Crowborough — that have been cited as the major polluters of Lake Chivero. Both plants, which discharge raw sewer into Mukuvisi and Marimba rivers are 12km away
7 Indonesian business people at ZITF
Herald ReporterSEVEN Indonesian business people are participating for the first time at this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair which starts on Tuesday. They are representing various companies with business interests in textile, food processing, tea
Mutambudzi laid to rest
Herald ReporterTHE late father of the director of Urban Communications in the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity, Major Anywhere Mutambudzi, Mr Muroyi Detoit Mutambudzi was laid to rest at Gaure Farm in Norton yesterday. Mr Mutambudzi (77) died on
Zim-EU talks set to resume soon
Herald Reporter
THE Zimbabwe-European Union re-engagement talks are expected to resume early next month with calls for the complete removal of the illegal sanctions set to take centre stage, Foreign Affairs secretary Ambassador Joey Bimha has said. He said
MPs warned against meddling in elections
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
THE Zanu-PF leadership will deal sternly with its members who try to influence District Co-ordinating