adminGlobal racism awareness kicks off
UNITED NATIONS. — The United Nations on Wednesday kicked off its International Decade of People of African Descent to raise global awareness of racism people of African descent still face…
‘Bush knew about CIA’s suspects torture’
WASHINGTON. — President George W. Bush was fully aware of and an “integral part” of the CIA’s torture of terror suspects, his vice-president Dick Cheney said on Wednesday.
I’m a soldier: Maradona
CARACAS. — Argentine soccer star Diego Armando Maradona said on Wednesday he’s a “soldier” of the Venezuelan revolution after a short meeting with president, Nicolas Maduro.
When Zim’s nationalism becomes ‘a problem’
Tichaona Zindoga Political Editor SO Zimbabwe’s nationalism is the problem? This is according to Ed Cropley, a British journalist who wrote a loaded piece on the succession issue in Zimbabwe,…
Editorial Comment: Clearing drainage needs concerted effort
MANY storm water drains in Harare are partly or fully blocked with rubbish and many surface drains in the suburbs are silted or have been landscaped and filled by those…
The honeymoon is over
Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Imagine Joice Mujuru standing up in the National Assembly during Question time to ask about Government policies. How about Didymus Mutasa and Nicholas Goche doing…
CIA torture: American democracy in shambles
Joseph Kishore Two irrefutable conclusions flow from the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture: 1) The United States, during the Bush administration, committed criminal acts of…
Remembering Africa’s World War 1 dead
Santory Chamley THE overlooked status of a World War 1 memorial for 940 African soldiers who died for France, and possibly medical science, has galvanised a remembrance campaign by Bordeaux’s…
The town visit that ended in tears II
After travelling all the way from the village to town, for the first ever time, this village boy found Auntie K’s place in Mvurwi after a lengthy sunset search.
How the US created its own worst nightmare
Michael Hudson THE world’s geopolitics, major trade patterns and military alliances have changed radically in the past month. Russia has re-oriented its gas and oil trade, and also its trade…