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NAIROBI — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday blamed “local political networks” for the killings of dozens of people in two attacks in the coastal region that have been claimed by…
Malawi president vows crackdown on graft
BLANTYRE — Malawi President Peter Mutharika yesterday vowed to crack down on corruption after a multi-million-dollar graft scandal rocked his predecessor’s administration and led donors to suspend $150 million in…
Fighting nears Baghdad
BAGHDAD/TIKRIT — Militants pushed a weeklong offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq to within 60 kilometres of Baghdad yesterday, as the UN warned the country’s very existence was under…
US captures suspected Benghazi ringleader
WASHINGTON — The United States has captured one of the suspected ringleaders of the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic compound in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the US…
486 alleged Boko Haram members arrested
BOKO Haram, which has killed more than 1,500 people in Nigeria this year, is also the group responsible for abducting more than 200 schoolgirls. Nigeria’s army arrested almost 500 suspected…
Up to 400 Britons fighting in Syria: Hague
TEHRAN — UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague revealed that as many as 400 British citizens may be fighting for terrorist groups in Syria. Hague made the announcement while speaking in…
Govt fleeced of millions
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter Public health institutions are losing millions of dollars as both public and private doctors fraudulently use Government resources on their private patients, while other staff members…
Development Trust accused of sabotage
George Maponga in Masvingo Government has accused the Development Trust of Zimbabwe of undermining efforts to relocate more than 3 000 Tokwe-Mukosi flood victims at Chingwizi to decongest the overcrowded…
Mining firms default on workers’ subscriptions
David Shumba Herald Reporter The National Union of Mines, Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe, an affiliate of the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions says it is owed US$67…
MDC-T faces more desertions
Senior Reporter THE MDC-T ship is fast sinking amid indications that more officials, including parliamentarians, are on their way out. This is not good news for former trade unionist Mr…