Boko Haram militants strike in Cameroon: Army

YAOUNDE/ABUJA. — Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighbouring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters yesterday.

SA attacks expose ZIFA

Fans call for COSAFA Cup boycott Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter ZIFA have been badly exposed after failing to react to the waves of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, while…

UN seeks $274 million for Yemen

NEW YORK. — The United Nations launched an appeal for almost $275 million to aid 7,5 million people in Yemen over the next three months, as fighting intensifies in the…

The Zimbabwe we now see

Azareal Zhou Cool Writer Surely nothing beats the feeling of being independent after being oppressed economically, socially and politically. It is such an exhilarating feeling that our country got to…

$1,5m boost for food security

Herald Reporters Japan has donated $1,5 million to support a UN World Food Programme (WFP) relief operation to help people facing food shortages owing to drought that ravaged most parts…

OLD TIMERS REFLECT ON INDEPENDENCE

Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe and Fanuel Kangondo “Achimbangu, achimbangu!” preschool kids today sing artlessly without a clue of what a chimbangu might be nor an inkling of the second half which crudely…

Islamaphobia in France surges five-fold

PARIS. — Reports say Islamophobic acts in France have soared 500 percent since the deadly terrorist attack on the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo in January.

Of idiotic chieflings, hallucinating wannabes

BAR TALK with Bra Gee Who am I? I am definitely one of the people who can give you a glowing account of the #1980sofarsogood story. From nowhere and after…

Fight of the century live on supersport

JOHANNESBURG. — The Fight of the Century between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao on May 2 will be broadcast live across Sub-Saharan Africa only on DStv’s SuperSport.

1 000 SA victims to return home

Thupeyo Muleya, Lovemore Mataire and Nyemudzai Kakore The repatriation of over 1 000 Zimbabweans displaced in escalating xenophobic attacks in Durban is expected to start tomorrow, the country’s envoy to…

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