adminSoya bean seed production low
HARARE – Soya bean seed production is set to hit a record low this year due to lack of financial support for farmers and delayed payments by the government to…
Hawks probe minister for drug trafficking
Johannesburg — Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has handed over a case to the Hawks regarding an allegation that a cabinet minister is linked to drug trafficking.
Islamic State group ‘executes 700’ in Syria
The Islamic State group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a monitoring…
Kenya bars travellers from Ebola-hit nations
Kenya is closing its borders to travellers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three countries worst hit by the Ebola outbreak, the government has announced.
‘At least 34’ massacred in Central Africa
Suspected ex-rebels from the Central African Republic’s Seleka movement have massacred at least 34 people in several northern villages over the past several days, officials said.
Chad frees Boko captives at border
Maiduguri — Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant group kidnapped 100 people earlier this month but most were freed by security forces from neighbouring Chad, a Nigerian security official and a local…
Thousands join Hong Kong anti-Occupy protest
Tens of thousands have protested in Hong Kong against plans by pro-democracy activists to paralyse the city centre with a mass sit-in unless China grants acceptable electoral reforms.
‘No Gaza deal until security needs met’
Israel will not agree to any long-term ceasefire in Gaza at indirect talks in Cairo unless its security needs are clearly met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
Man planned to sire 1,000 children
Bangkok — A Japanese man suspected of fathering at least 15 surrogate children in Thailand planned to sire as many as 1,000, The Japan Times reported on Friday.
Jabulani Sibanda slams attack on chairman
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter ZIMBABWE National War Veterans’ Association chairman Cde Jabulani Sibanda yesterday condemned attacks on Bulawayo provincial chairman Cde Japhet Phuthi by former Ambassador to South Africa…