adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimbabwe’s cards are on the table
INDICATIONS that Zimbabwe is on course to achieving complete normalisation of relations with international creditors will certainly go a long way in boosting confidence with the international business community. This is…
Venezuela seeks to counter US sanctions
CARACAS. – Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday night requested special decree powers to “defend the peace, sovereignty and development” of the South American nation in confrontation with what he…
Bid to smuggle cocaine earns man 15 years in jail
DENPASAR. – A German man was yesterday jailed for 15 years for trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali, the latest example of Indonesian authorities’ hard line against the narcotics trade…
Suriname president’s son gets 16-year prison term
NEW YORK. – The son of the president of Suriname received leniency on Tuesday from a judge who ordered him to serve over 16 years in prison, about half of…
Namibia appoints female premier
WINDHOEK. — Namibian President-elect Dr Hage Geingob yesterday named long-serving Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila as the country’s prime minister. Geingob announced the appointment at a media briefing where he also announced…
41 perish in bus, truck collision
DAR ES SAALAM. — At least 41 people were killed, while dozens were injured when a bus and a truck collided on a busy road in south-west Tanzania yesterday, police…
Nigeria puts 2 army generals on trial
ABUJA. — Nigeria has began the trial of two army generals and 20 other officers who were recently accused of declining to fight Boko Haram, a terror group which has…
Military joins fight to contain typhoid
KAMPALA. — The Ugandan military has joined the fight against a typhoid outbreak in the capital Kampala that has killed two people and left hundreds of others hospitalised. Lieutenant Colonel Paddy…
ICTs, codes of conduct, work ethic
Hildegarde The Arena AS governments, companies and other organisations embrace Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), it is apparent that filing cabinets, box files are being rendered useless. And, as more people resort to…
‘Women’s empowerment, development towards Africa Agenda 2063’
Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma I would like to add my voice to all women worldwide and especially the women of Africa in acknowledging the fight led by female pioneers for…