LATEST: Blues legend B.B. King dies at age 89 in Las Vegas

Riley B. King, the legendary guitarist known as B.B. King, whose velvety voice and staccato-picking style brought blues from the margins to the mainstream, died Thursday night.

LATEST: Burundi coup plotters arrested

BUJUMBURA – The leader of Burundi’s coup on Friday said that top members of his movement were surrendering after their attempt to overthrow President Pierre Nkurunziza failed.

‘I sent a snake to bite him’

Ngoni Dapira A 16-year-old self-confessed witch stunned villagers at Chief Zimunya’s traditional court on Sunday after she revealed that she sent a snake to kill an aide at the court.…

Witch fined 7 beasts

Ngoni Dapira A ZIMUNYA woman has been fined seven beasts after she was found guilty of bewitching a fellow villager who died after consuming food laced with poison. The chilling…

Foreigners tell of being ‘hunted like dogs’ in SA

Foreigners fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa on Tuesday narrated how they escaped marauding death mobs and vowed never to return to the country where they had sought a new…

Burundi’s president Nkurunziza toppled

A top Burundian general on Wednesday announced the overthrow of President Pierre Nkurunziza, following weeks of violent protests against the president’s bid to stand for a third term.

Trip to Europe too dangerous: Failed migrant

Saliou Ndiaye set off from Senegal last July with the intention of making the dangerous crossing over the Mediterranean to Europe. But after surviving a gruelling desert trip to Libya…

Disputes emerge over Ebola drug trials

THE Ebola crisis is winding down in West Africa, but the effort to develop drugs to treat the virus hasn’t lost its urgency, dividing scientists over whether it is ethical…

Cop murdered in cold blood

Liberty Dube and Luthando Mapepa A POLICE constable based in Chipinge who tried to stop a scuffle between five unknown assailants and a motorist was murdered in cold blood. The…

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