adminWorld leaders vow to ‘extinguish’ Ebola
Brisbane – The world’s most powerful economies vowed on Saturday to “extinguish” the Ebola epidemic ravaging west Africa, as the vast desert nation of Mali scrambled to prevent a new…
Putin walks out of G20 summit ‘to sleep’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has left the G20 summit in Australia early, live footage showed, after he came under intense pressure from the West over Moscow’s alleged support for separatist…
Namibia to be Africa’s first to e-vote
Windhoek -In a first for Africa, Namibians will cast their ballots electronically in this month’s presidential and legislative polls, the election commission said on Friday.
Protesters clash at Dutch ‘Black Pete’ event
Police arrested 90 people as protesters for and against the controversial “Black Pete” clashed at a traditional Dutch festival for children which critics say is racist, but that many locals…
Female Afghan MP survives suicide attack
A suicide bomber tried to assassinate a prominent female member of Afghanistan’s parliament, killing three people and wounding the lawmaker, a senior official said.
Nigeria army says back in control of Chibok
The Nigerian army said it has recaptured and secured the northeastern town of Chibok, where Boko Haram rebels kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April.
ISIL ‘beheads Syria troops and US aid worker’
A video has been circulated online purporting to show members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group beheading several Syrian soldiers and a US aid worker.
Pressure mounts on Mutasa to resign
Felex Share Harare Bureau PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa faced growing calls for his sacking yesterday after revelations that he told a girlfriend that President Robert Mugabe would be “shot”…
MDC-T takes MPs fight to ConCourt
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter THE MDC-T is taking its bid to recall 15 legislators and 3 senators to the constitutional court, arguing that the Speaker of the National Assembly…
17 elected to represent Midlands in central committee
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent ZANU PF Midlands has elected 17 members who will represent the province in the central committee while elections for representatives from Shurugwi and Gokwe North districts…