adminEditorial Comment: Factional politics detract from development
Reports of factions and factional politics are not new in Zimbabwe. They have been a major characteristic of Zanu-PF for a long time. The same disease appears to have infected…
Ukraine drifting towards war
Paul Craig Roberts People ask for solutions, but no solutions are possible in a disinformed world. Populations almost everywhere are dissatisfied, but few have any comprehension of the real situation.…
Zimbabwe’s pole position under serious threat
Stephen Mpofu Primary and secondary teachers in Zimbabwe should appear in public with their heads hung in self atonement for the appalling, nay disgraceful pass rate
Our shambolic justice system
Our justice system is riddled with inconsistencies and some outright injustices. Something must be done. A 22-year-old man, Robert Mangau, was recently sentenced to a lengthy 10 years in prison.…
Unemployment, expectations causes of protests: Research
A South African research institute says youth unemployment and rising expectations are some of the causes of violent protests that have increased in recent months in the country.
Morsi’s case adjourned
Cairo. – A Cairo court yesterday adjourned the trial of Egypt’s former president Mohamed Morsi along with 35 other people over espionage charges to February 27, official news agency MENA…
‘Obama must show moral courage’
US President Barack Obama should close Guantanamo Bay and set the inmates free to show that he has some moral courage and that he is really in control of his…
Ukraine replaces president with speaker
The opposition-controlled Ukrainian parliament has voted to appoint its freshly-elected Speaker Aleksandr Turchinov as acting president. MPs supporting the move argue that President Yanukovich has de facto resigned his office.
Syria to co-operate with UN
Damascus. – Syria’s government says it will co-operate with the UN on providing humanitarian aid to all afflicted groups in the country “without discrimination,” the state-run SANA news agency reported…
HIV+ Britons face food insecurity
Thousands of Britons with HIV are unable to afford the basic food to fight their condition as a result of the UK government’s welfare reforms, a charity has warned.