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PRETORIA. — The African Union will decide whether African countries will remain in the International Criminal Court, South African International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Tuesday. “South…
42 executed in Iraq for mass killings
BAGHDAD. — Iraq executed 42 people, including a woman, for mass killings and other “terrorism” offences over two days this week, the justice ministry and the United Nations said yesterday…
First UN drone heads to DRC
KINSHASA. — The first in a fleet of United Nations drones will begin monitoring rebel activity on the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo next month, a UN commander…
Canada’s Munro wins Nobel Prize for Literature
STOCKHOLM/TORONTO. — Canadian Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday for her tales of the struggles, loves and tragedies of women in small-town Canada that made her what…
Libyan PM released
TRIPOLI. — Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was freed yesterday morning, a few hours after being seized by armed men. Zeidan was freed late in the morning and taken back…
US, UK behold: The world has spoken
The United Nations, which brings together 193 member-states, is the only truly international community and when it speaks, all member-states must listen, no matter their geographical size, financial muscle or…
Safe zones for women shrinking
Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum Two weeks ago, while driving home on a Friday night, I decided to stop at a popular joint in the neighbourhood for a drink. The idea…
When ZUJ awards become a humanitarian affair
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, hoes digging the same hole cannot avoid knocking against each other, no matter…
It’s Africa’s right to review ICC
Sipho Hlongwane You may not have noticed two politically intriguing events in Africa this week. First, the African Union is meeting to decide the future of the continent’s participation in…
The trouble with Tsvangirai
Baffour Ankomah Readers who have followed my work over the last quarter century know how much I love George Orwell’s famous words: “He who controls the past, controls the future.…