adminEditorial Comment: MDC-T split now complete
The split of MDC-T is effectively complete after farcical events at the weekend — an anti-Morgan Tsvangirai faction announcing his suspension and his loyalists declaring he was still in charge.…
Is MDC-B on the way?
Yoliswa Dube The rift in MDC-T, which started soon after the July elections and reached a new level in March with the suspension of deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma,…
Iraq attacks kill 20 as security forces vote
BAGHDAD — Deadly attacks yesterday, including a spate of suicide bombings, killed 20 soldiers and policemen as they cast their ballots ahead of Iraq’s first election since US troops withdrew.…
Senior British official visits Iran to discuss upgrading ties: IRNA
DUBAI — A senior British official and nuclear negotiator visited Iran yesterday to discuss upgrading relations severely damaged over an Islamist mob raid on the British embassy in Tehran in…
Top Brotherhood leader, 682 supporters sentenced to death
AN Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 682 supporters to death yesterday, intensifying a crackdown on the movement that could trigger protests and political violence ahead…
Assad seeks re-election in poll
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared yesterday he will seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the devastating…
‘Nigeria can handle Boko Haram’
NIGERIA is preparing a special development plan for its poor, violence-hit northeast and increasing spending to counter an Islamist revolt there that could dent growth in Africa’s No. 1 oil…
Ethiopia charges nine bloggers, journalists with inciting violence
ETHIOPIA has charged six bloggers and three journalists with attempting to incite violence, their supporters said yesterday, prompting accusations from rights groups that the government is cracking down on its…
Israel, Palestinians square up as peace deadline looms
ISRAEL and the Palestinians appeared determined yesterday to seal their divorce as Washington’s nine-month deadline for reaching a Mideast peace deal was to expire, leaving peace hopes in tatters. After…
22 killed in attack on CAR hospital
BANGUI — At least 22 people including three staff members of medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres were killed during a weekend attack by gunmen on a Central African hospital, a…