Army seals off Tunis square after rival protesters clash
THE Tunisian army blocked off a square where rival protesters had confronted each other in Tunis yesterday, declaring it a “closed military zone” to try to stave off rising unrest.
Wave of car bombings hit Iraq, killing 60
BAGHDAD — Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq yesterday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi’ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni…
Togo ruling party wins two-thirds majority in parliament
TOGO’S ruling party has won more than two-thirds of the seats in last week’s parliamentary election, according to results announced by the tiny West African nation’s elections commission late on…
Egypt unrest hurts Kenyan tea exports
MOMBASA – Kenya’s tea exports to Egypt have fallen in the past three weeks, hurt as turmoil in the biggest market for the top grade Kenyan product hit sales, traders…
Clues sought in Italian bus crash
ROME — Italian authorities were yesterday tackling the difficult job of identifying the dead after one of the country’s worst bus crashes, as the death toll rose to 39, reported…
New Castle Lager-PSL deal on the cards
Lovemore Dube, Sports Editor THE Zimbabwe Premiership is about to clinch a contract extension with Castle Lager with negotiations said to be at an advanced level. This was disclosed by…
Rahman Gumbo ‘not keen on PSL jobs’
Ricky Zililo, Sport Reporter FORMER national team gaffer Rahman Gumbo says he is not keen on taking up any top level coaching job until the end of the year. Addressing…
PSL transfer window narrowed
Ricky Zililo, Sports Reporter THE country’s soccer governing body Zifa has brought the mid-season transfer-window deadline forward by a day, meaning that clubs have up to end of today to…
ZSE rankings improve
Business Reporter TRADING on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has registered phenomenal growth between May and June this year resulting in the bourse improving rankings on the continent, Finance Minister Tendai…
India touchdown in Bulawayo
Ricky Zililo, Sports Reporter THE India cricket team arrived in Bulawayo yesterday morning from Harare ahead of their two One Day International matches against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club.








