adminSomali forces, AU troops recapture key town
BARAWE Somalia — Somalia’s army and African troops deployed forces yesterday inside a strategic port which they retook from Islamist rebels at the weekend, promising residents they would be protected.…
Boko Haram ‘behead’ seven in attack
MAIDUGURI — Boko Haram militants killed seven people yesterday in the remote northeast of Nigeria, residents and an official said, with reports indicating the victims were beheaded in a revenge…
Kurds repel jihadist attack on town
BEIRUT — Kurdish forces defending a Syrian town near the Turkish border clashed with the Islamic State group yesterday after repelling a wide-ranging jihadist assault the day before in battles…
China sacks 160,000 ‘phantom officials’
CHINA has taken 160,000 “phantom” government staff who were receiving salaries despite not doing any work off its official payroll, state-media reported yesterday. A total of 162,629 officials who were…
Zambia ex-air force chief convicted
LUSAKA — A Zambian court yesterday convicted the country’s former air force commander Andrew Sakala of corruption, opening the door to a possible 15-year jail term. Lieutenant-General Sakala was found…
13 ‘bandits’ die in armed clashes in Bangladesh
DHAKA — At least 13 suspected bandits were killed in fire-fights with police in Bangladesh, police said yesterday. Five policemen were injured in the armed encounters on Sunday, district police…
How I got rich: Obert Mpofu
Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau— FORMER Mines and Mining Development Minister Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday revealed for the first time how he acquired some of his much talked-about riches, but said…
17 years jail for Mugabes armed robber
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter— ONE of the two armed robbers who raided an Alpha Omega Dairy warehouse in Bulawayo and got away with $1,035 in cash and mobile phones,…
First Lady wants Zanu-PF provincial chairs fired
From Tendai Mugabe in Gweru— Zanu-PF provincial chairpersons in major cities and in provinces with major towns have failed to reassert the ruling party’s dominance in urban areas and should…
Minister defends Air Zim flight delays
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor— AIR Zimbabwe is battling to contain flight delays with travellers increasingly being subjected to major inconveniences emanating from technical faults in the company’s fleet. The undercapitalised…