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Melissa Mpofu Showbiz Editor Urban grooves artiste Trevor Dongo stole the show at the Miss World Zimbabwe finale held at Mermaids Pool Resort in Shamva on Saturday evening with his hit…
Bulawayo turns out for Cassper Nyovest
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent SOUTH Africa’s hip hop superstar Cassper Nyovest on Saturday evening said he was overwhelmed by the warm reception from Zimbabweans during his show proving that there was…
Xenophobia: ‘We’ll burn you alive’
JOHANNESBURG — Security has been beefed up at the Durban offices of the South Africa Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after a series of violent threats, City Press reports. Anonymous callers have…
Vote counting begins in Togo presidential poll
LOME/DAKAR — Vote counting is underway in Togo following Saturday’s presidential election, which was expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe remain in power. The president was running for a third five-year…
Nepalese dig with bare hands for quake survivors
Kathmandu — Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal yesterday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing at least 2,000 and triggered…
Horsemeat trafficking ring bust
The Hague — Police from seven European countries detained 26 people in a crackdown on a horsemeat trafficking ring two years after a tainted meat scandal that rocked the continent,…
Benin votes in key test for President Boni Yayi
Cotonou — Benin headed to the polls yesterday in legislative elections seen as a key test for President Thomas Boni Yayi, whose controversial plans to change the constitution to extend…
Boko Haram attacks Niger army base
Niamey — Suspected Boko Haram fighters in motorised canoes have attacked a Niger army base on an island in Lake Chad, the body of water touching all four countries that…
Kenyan governors build confidence to secure tipoffs on Islamists
Kisumu — Governors of Kenyan regions near the border with Somalia say they are encouraging new ways for residents who do not trust the police to report local Islamist cells…
12 arrested in black man’s death protest
Thousands of people marched peacefully through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexplained death of a black man in police custody but pockets of violence erupted when a small…