adminNamibian company makes paper with pearlmillet to save trees
WINDHOEK — The Onankali Mahangu Paper Making Cooperative, a small enterprise initiative in Namibia’s Oshikoto Region, is manufacturing paper out of pearl millet stalks to save trees.
Do not let stigma kill you
Catherine Mwauyakufa Stigma is the greatest threat in the national response to HIV. It prevents individuals from getting tested for HIV, seeking medical care, disclosing to partners thereby failing to…
Malawi arrests three over shooting of fraud official
BLANTYRE – Malawi police said Wednesday they have arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting of a top treasury official about to expose a corruption syndicate.
Council embarks on heavy vehicle blitz
Innocent Ruwende Municipal Reporter HARARE City Council has embarked on a blitz targeting heavy vehicles entering and parking in residential areas. The council is reportedly making thousands of dollars from…
Syria: nearly half rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, says IHS Jane’s report
DAMASCUS– Nearly half the rebel fighters in Syria are now aligned to jihadist or hardline Islamist groups according to a new analysis of factions in the country’s civil war.Opposition forces…
Brazilian President cancels US trip
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has canceled a state visit to Washington in October over reports that the United States spied on her personal communications and those of other…
Divorced diva denies affairs and becoming nun
BEIJING — Faye Wong, a Chinese singer usually referred as a “pop diva”, who divorced her second husband last Friday,broke her silence on Wednesday afternoon, denying rumors of extramarital affairs…
Did Obama strike the wrong tone on Monday?
WASHINGTON— The White House defended President Barack Obama from criticism that he was tone deaf in his reaction to the mass shootings at Washington Navy Yard. For a second straight…
President slams MDC-T
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday said MDC-T dug its own grave after it came up with policies that created suffering among people by denying them agricultural inputs and…
MDC-T in no-show, handlers pitch up
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter— BRITISH, American, Australian and Canadian ambassadors whose countries have refused to endorse the harmonised elections yesterday attended the Official Opening of the First Session of the…