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MONROVIA. — Riots broke out in Monrovia after the government quarantined Liberia’s biggest slum in an effort to curb the Ebola epidemic, local newspaper Front Page Africa reported yesterday. Residents clashed…
Nigerian soldiers demand ‘better weapons’
KANO. — Dozens of Nigerian soldiers have refused to deploy for an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists until they receive better weapons, several of the mutineers told AFP yesterday. The troops…
Obama vows ‘justice’ after execution of US journalist
WASHINGTON. — President Obama delivered an angry condemnation yesterday of the Islamic militant group believed to be behind the beheading of an American journalist, labeling the group a cancer and…
Afghanistan expels NY Times correspondent
KABUL. — The attorney-general of Afghanistan yesterday ordered the expulsion of an American correspondent for The New York Times, Matthew Rosenberg, and banned him from re-entering the country. The action, the…
Doctor arrested for raping patients
RIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazilian police said on Tuesday that they had arrested fugitive doctor Roger Abdelmassih, wanted for sexually abusing dozens of patients. After three years on the run, Abdelmassih…
Pakistani army calls for dialogue
ISLAMABAD. — As political crisis in Pakistan is fast growing and thousands of anti-government protesters have forced their way to reach the parliament building, the country’s powerful army yesterday called…
CMED saga takes new twist
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter— Confusion surrounds the trial of the three First Oil directors facing charges of defrauding CMED (Pvt) Ltd of $3 million in a botched fuel deal after the…
City twins Chinese Province
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Reporter Harare Metropolitan Province is expected to twin with a Chinese Province following a request by Governor Miriam Chikukwa three months ago. Officiating at a handover ceremony of…
Harare’s US$3 billion Singaporean deal questioned
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Harare City Council has allegedly entered into a $3 billion finance scheme with a Singaporean company — Neo-Paragon — to fund the construction of three dams, without…
Zim sets up Ebola monitoring at borders
Patrick Chitumba and Sukulwenkosi Dube Government has started setting up health ports to strictly monitor visitors coming in via air or land routes and quarantine them if necessary in a…