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SCHOOLS re-opened yesterday in Gao in northern Mali after French and Malian troops moved in and armed Islamists who had held the town for seven months fled, an AFP photographer said. Girls and boysLack of reforms corners new Libyan rulers
TWO years after the start of the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s new rulers are under attack for lack of reforms and face protests on February 15 being touted by some as a “secondHow to distinguish true, false prophets
Takura Rukwati
Welcome to the wisdom corner, a place where issues and misunderstandings over Christianity today are solved by the word of God. In this week’s article, I will be talking a bit about how we can
Let’s take responsibility
Albert NhamoyebondeWith the finalisation of the Constitution-making process, there has been a sigh of relief that at last, indeed the agreement on the provisional document has been reached at a considerable cost to the
Vernacular driving training
Government will this year introduce driver’s license training material in vernacular languages as part of efforts to improve the quality of driving in the country and encourage prospective drivers to get licenses.
War vets entitled to care
THE State will be compelled to provide financial support and other basic needs of the elderly if the draft constitution is approved. The provisions, contained in the Declaration of Rights contained in
Egypt opposition wants Morsi tried
Cairo — Egypt’s main opposition group on Saturday sided with calls to oust the ruling Islamists after deadly clashes left the presidency scrambling to contain fallout from footage of police brutalising a man.
A statement from the National Salvation Front signalled a harder line from the opposition
Russia says use of force against Iran ‘unacceptable’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected as “unacceptable” any use of force against Iran as a resolution to the Western dispute over Tehran’s nuclear energy programme.
EU sets conditions for sanctions removal
Harare Bureau
THE European Union has said it will suspend illegal sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe after the constitutional referendum expected next month.
The European bloc traditionally reviews its position on sanctions in February every year.
In response to questions yesterday, EU head of delegation to Zimbabwe Ambassador Aldo Dell’ Ariccia said the European bloc was keen to see the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement signed by Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations.
Support indigenous churches —Minister
Pamela Shumba
Chronicle Reporter
INDIGENOUS churches should be respected and given sufficient support to ensure total indigenisation and empowerment in the country, Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere said yesterday.
Addressing hundreds of congregants during the Guta RaMwari Zvimiso 53rd anniversary of the advent of the second Host of God in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, Minister Kasukuwere said it was important for churches, especially those started by local people, to be given adequate support to make sure that there was total economic empowerment in the country.