adminOutgoing Namibian president wins $5m leadership prize
NAIROBI — Namibia’s outgoing president, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s $5 million African leadership prize, an award meant to recognise good governance that had only been presented…
DRC gains in offensive against rebels
GOMA — The Congolese army has killed 14 rebels and captured 102 in its offensive in the east of the country, a government spokesperson said yesterday, announcing territorial gains.
Operation to retake Tikrit from ISIS begins
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s armed forces, backed by Shi’ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad yesterday as they launched an offensive to retake the city of Tikrit and the…
North Korea fires missiles in anger at South-US military drills
SEOUL (AFP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea and vowed “merciless” retaliation yesterday as the US and South Korea kicked off joint military drills denounced…
UMDC won’t rule Zimbabwe: MDC-T
Auxilia Katongomara Chronicle Reporter United Movement for Democratic Change (UMDC) leaders Professor Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti are failures who will never rule Zimbabwe and their political union opens the door…
‘United MDC: New patch on old garment’
Clemence Manyukwe News Editor Last Sunday’s launch of the United Movement for Democratic Change (UMDC) by opposition figures disillusioned by Morgan Tsvangirai’s leadership, was a futile attempt to put a new…
Makamba assures Telecel subscribers
Charity Ruzvidzo Chronicle Reporter TELECEL board chair James Makamba has broken his silence on the raging shareholding dispute rocking the second largest telecommunications firm to quell uncertainty among its estimated 2.6…
Mpilo audit complete
Temba Dube Deputy News Editor A TEAM of auditors have completed a seven-day forensic investigation into the tender system at Mpilo Central Hospital, with residents calling on the Health Ministry to…
Woman kills spear wielding ‘rapist’
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A ‘rapist’s attempt to kill his victim and her aunt backfired when the victim’s aunt overpowered and managed to suffocate him. Phenias Moyo, 67, of BH…
Parliament speaker to confirm Mliswa, Mutasa sacking
Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau Sacked Zanu-PF secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa and his nephew Temba Mliswa could have their fate as party legislators sealed today. National Assembly Speaker Advocate Jacob…