adminN.Korea keeps world on edge
SEOUL. — North Korea kept the world on edge yesterday over an expected missile launch while turning its own energies to celebrating leaders past and present amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula.Boko Haram leader rejects amnesty deal
KANO. — The leader of Nigeria’s radical Islamist group Boko Haram has rejected the idea of any potential amnesty deal, which the country’s presidency said it would study in a bid to curb a bloody insurgency, in a statement obtained by AFP yesterday.US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks
WASHINGTON. — Senators struck a hard-fought compromise on Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.Chavez legacy put to test
CARACAS. — The late Hugo Chavez’s self-declared socialist revolution will be put to the test at a presidential election on Sunday that pits his chosen successor against a younger rival promising change.Cabinet calls for transparency
BEIJING. — China’s cabinet has urged efficiency and transparency in government agencies’ response to the H7N9 bird flu, which has so far infected 33 people, nine of whom have died.Confusion over Odinga staff
NAIROBI. — Officials who worked in former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s office were on Wednesday lobbying to remain in government while some opted to retire.Permanent secretary Mohamed Isahakia is the most senior official who is said to have indicated his intention to leave.
The cruelty that keeps empires alive
The Swedish novelist Henning Mankell tells of an experience in Mozambique during the civil war horrors there 25 years ago, when he saw a young man walking toward him in ragged clothes.
NMBZ seals US$16m deal
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterNMBZ Bank Limited yesterday sealed a US$16,4 million debt-equity deal with three foreign investors who have bought a 26,79 percent stake in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed company.
NIEEB warns Stanchart
Business ReporterTHE National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board has written to Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe threatening to revoke its licence if the British-owned bank does not comply with the country’’s indigenisation laws.
Blue chip losses hurt stocks
Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange industrials index fell yesterday on losses from selected blue chips.
The mining index was also down after Hwange Colliery and RioZim traded lower than before.