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AN eight-month old baby from Chiredzi was killed on Monday and her mother seriously injured when a tree fell onto their house during a heavy thunder storm, police said. Masvingo provincial policeBeitbridge runs dry
Beitbridge BureauSerious water shortages have hit the border town Beitbridge following the flooding of the water treatment pump due to the torrential rains experienced in the district this week. The water treatment station, which
Cuba turns on fiber-optic link to Venezuela
An undersea fiber-optic cable stretching from Cuba to Venezuela has been switched on, in the first hard-wired link from the communist-run island to international telecom networks, the state telecomChad begins tarmacking of roads
N’DJAMENA. — Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno yesterday launched the tarmacking of several roads that serve four regions of his country at a total cost of US$600 million out of which US$120 million will beAlgerian parties oppose French overflights
Algerian political parties called for a halt to French overflights of the North African state and an end to France’s military intervention in Mali, in a statement received by AFP yesterday. The parties, includingBritain warned
DAVOS. — The leaders of Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands yesterday urged Britain to stay in the European Union, following Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to hold a referendum on EUMore soldiers arrive in Mali
BAMAKO. — The first batch of about 150 Burkina Faso soldiers arrived on Wednesday at Segou, situated about 240 km from Bamako in the South of the country, a security source told Xinhua on the same day.15 000 crocodiles escape from farm
South Africa’s army and police were called in yesterday to rescue residents from thousands of crocodiles that escaped from a farm whose floodgates were opened due to torrential rains. Around 15,000
Editorial Comment: Time Africa establishd own standby force to maintain peace
AFRICAN leaders meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week for the 20th Ordinary Session of the AU General Assembly. This year will mark 50 years since the formation of the Organisation of African