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DAMASCUS. — Syria said yesterday it was mobilising its allies against a possible US-led military strike over a suspected gas attack and would never give in, even if a third…
Defence chiefs meet over DRC
KAMPALA. — Defence chiefs and foreign ministers from Africa’s Great Lakes region met yesterday in the latest bid to end fighting in resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Language, culture disparities cripple Chinese literature
BEIJING. — A contest to translate contemporary Chinese literature has been launched amid concerns that language and cultural disparities have crippled China’s literature from going overseas.
Swedish companies mull sustainable water management
STOCKHOLM. — Three Swedish fashion retail companies announced yesterday that they were expanding their co-operation with the Stockholm International Water institute to improve sustainable water management practices at their supplying…
Mali’s Keita sworn in
BAMAKO. — President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged yesterday to unite Mali and end endemic corruption as he was sworn in to lead the deeply-divided west African nation’s emergence from months…
ANC condemns attack
JOHANNESBURG. — The South African ruling party, the African National Congress yesterday condemned the arson attack on its headquarters Luthuli House in Johannesburg.
Constitutional Court moves chambers
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The Constitutional Court has moved from the Supreme Court chambers and will be sitting from Mashonganyika Building along Samora Machel Avenue with effect from Monday…
Court throws out Samukange’s case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The High Court yesterday threw out the US$5 million defamation lawsuit filed by Mudzi South legislator Mr Jonathan Samukange against losing candidate Cde Eric Navaya.
‘Komichi’s conduct was unlawful’
Farai Kuvirimirwa Court Reporter MDC-T deputy national chairman Morgan Komichi breached the electoral law when he opened ballot papers that did not belong to him, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday.
Mother killer suspect in court
Court Reporter The 17-year-old girl from Chitungwiza who allegedly murdered her mother by stabbing her six times with a kitchen knife at the height of a domestic dispute appeared in…