adminFormer mine workers demand farming land
Municipal Reporter
Former employees of Vanad Mine in Mutorashanga, the majority who are elderly and of foreign extraction want the Government to assist them with farming land. The community met its Member of the House of Assembly who is also the Minister of Local
Pomp, fanfare as Egypt votes
CAIRO — Egyptians voted yesterday in the country’s first free presidential elections, with Islamists and secularists vying for power with competing visions of an Egypt free of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak’s iron grip. Several hours after polls opened at 08:00 am (0600 GMT), there were still lines of people waiting to vote, many in a festive mood. “It’s a beautiful day forThousands more flee war-torn DRC
KAMPALA. — Thousands of refugees have registered at a transit centre in Uganda after fleeing fighting between the army and mutineers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN refugee agency official said yesterday. More than 1 000 refugees arrived at the centre near the border on Tuesday alone, adding to the growing number of Congolese who have sought help since heavyFresh blow to democracy hopes in Mali
BAMAKO. — Supporters of Mali’s coup leader dealt a fresh blow to a return to democratic rule by saying they had chosen him to head an interim government, defying a deal mediated by regional leaders at the weekend. The party of former parliamentary speaker Dioncounde Traore, who was named in the deal to lead the transition — sparking angry protests in which he wasSurgeon jailed for being hired to find Osama
PESHAWAR. — A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed yesterday for 33 years for treason, officials said. Shakeel Afridi, who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago, was found guilty under the tribal justice system of Khyber district, part of Pakistan’s semi-autonomous tribal belt. In addition to his jail sentence, he wasTunisia to extradite former Libyan PM
TUNIS. — Tunisia’s government agreed to extradite former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Mahmoudi, Radio Mosaique FM reported on Tuesday. Mahmoudi, who is awaiting extradition in the Mornaguia prison near Tunis, could be extradited “within days, weeks or maybe longer” pending procedural issues, the report said, quoting Tunisian Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri.Romney on course for nomination
WASHINGTON. — Republican Mitt Romney won primary votes Tuesday in the southern states of Arkansas and Kentucky, bringing him within arm’s reach of scoring the delegates needed for his party’s formal White House nomination. The Republican nomination race has been largely academic for months since the other main candidates have dropped out, andIran urged to reduce nuclear enrichment
BAGHDAD. — Michael Mann, spokesman of European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said yesterday that the world powers submitted a proposal to Iran to reduce uranium enrichment during the Baghdad nuclear talks. Mann told reporters in Baghdad on the sidelines of the nuclear meeting between Iran and the world six major powers in addition to EU that “weNgoni Makusha to miss London Olympic Games
Collin Matiza Sports Editor
NGONIDZASHE Makusha — one of Zimbabwe’s brightest medal prospects at this year’s London Olympic Games — has all but been ruled out of the world’s biggest sporting showcase through injury. Long jumper Makusha, a bronze medallist at last year’s
Handball course participants to officiate at youth games
Collin Matiza, Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporters
SOME participants in last week’s four-day handball Level One referees’ course are expected to officiate at this year’s National Youth Games in Bindura in August. The Level One referees’ course, which was conducted by Congolese Germain