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Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum The July 31 harmonised elections were peaceful, with no major incidents of violence reported countrywide. Ironically, the same men and women, who shunned violence did not…
The day the Save River silted
Tendai Mugabe It is unbelievable. Yes, quite incredible for a famous man to be condemned from his mighty greatness to an insignificant other in his backyard. I am talking here…
Memo from an African observer
Orji Uzor Kalu The letter conveying my appointment as a member of the African Union (AU) Observer Mission to Zimbabwe came as I was planning to jet out to South…
Never mind whether Obama’s red line has been crossed — Is it even legal?
Stephen Gowans US OFFICIALS say they’re convinced that the Syrian government gassed its own people. This might mean something, if US officials weren’t notoriously bad at getting the facts straight.
Ghana Supreme Court upholds president’s election victory
ACCRA. — Ghana’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld President John Dramani Mahama’s win in elections last year, dismissing the opposition’s case alleging voter fraud in a test for one of Africa’s…
Kenyatta castigates reckless drivers as 41 perish
MOMBASA. — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday vowed tough action after 41 people died in a road crash, one of the worst in recent years.
8 prisoners stabbed in Mexican jail
NUEVO LAREDO. — Eight prisoners were stabbed to death in a northern Mexican prison during a fight that six suspects said began when they were “verbally attacked,” authorities said yesterday.
South Africa opposes military intervention in Syria
JOHANNESBURG. — The South African government yesterday announced that it does not support any idea of military intervention in Syria. “South Africa is alarmed at the latest escalation in the…
Editorial Comment: Opposition’s Damascene moment must endure
We hail the opposition leaders who attended yesterday’s burial of national hero Cde Enos Mzombi Nkala at the National Heroes Acre. We are encouraged even more by statements made by…
Komichi had no good intentions, court told
Farai Kuvirimirwa Court Reporter MDC-T deputy national chairman Morgan Komichi had no good intentions when he opened a tamper-proof envelope containing ballot papers that was allegedly found in a dustbin…