adminPrincipal accused of poisoning 23 children
PATNA — A school principal and her husband have been charged with murder after 23 children died from eating pesticide-contaminated lunches in July at the school in eastern India, police…
Greece launches emergency birth certificate probe
ATHENS — A top Greek prosecutor yesterday ordered an emergency nationwide investigation into birth certificates issued in the past six years after a girl was discovered living with alleged abductors…
Egypt orders trial of cops over killing of detainees
EGYPT’S prosecutor general yesterday ordered the trial of four police officers charged with killing 39 Muslim Brotherhood members in August after they were picked up in the crackdown that followed…
Kenya army took goods in mall siege for ’safekeeping’
KENYAN troops accused of ransacking Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall during last month’s massacre by Islamist gunmen took goods only “to ensure their safety”, the army chief said yesterday.
Zimpost introduces new money transfer service
Postal company Zimpost has launched a new money transfer service, Zipcash, that allows Zimbabweans to send money locally and internationally using an electronic platform.
NRZ rehabilitates rail network
Victoria Falls Reporter THE National Railways of Zimbabwe has started rehabilitating its railway line network across the country after receiving $4 million from the Government under the Public Sector Investment…
Zesa exports power to Namibia, DRC
Power utility Zesa Holdings is exporting power to two neighbouring countries in the evenings when demand is low, an official has said. Zimbabwe has a power deficit of up to…
Foreign aid hinders development in Africa
Gibson Mhaka FRENCH philosopher and revolutionary Frantz Fanon in his anti-colonialism masterpiece, The Wretched of the Earth, refers to some among us as “spoilt children of yesterday’s colonialism . .…
Editorial Comment: Allocate resources to lure health professionals
ZIMBABWE has since independence in 1980 made get strides in bringing services closer to the people through building schools, clinics, hospitals, government offices and other such infrastructure. The target was…
Another elephant carcass found
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent ANOTHER elephant carcass has been found at Ndolwane area in Bulilima District in a suspected case of cyanide poisoning, bringing to 109 the number of jumbos…