adminChamber of Commerce hosts Midlands business awards
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) will tonight host the Midlands annual business awards to honour outstanding corporates and individuals.
Rwanda opposition seeks to block third term for Kagame
Kigali — Rwanda’s Green Party, the country’s tiny but main opposition, said on yesterday it was challenging moves to change the constitution to allow strongman and President Paul Kagame to…
65 killed, 370 missing as Chinese ship capsizes
Jianli — Rescuers cut three holes into the overturned hull of a river cruise ship in unsuccessful attempts to find more survivors yesterday as the death toll in the Yangtze…
Israeli planes strike Gaza Strip
Jerusalem — Israeli warplanes struck multiple militant targets in the Gaza Strip early yesterday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, but nobody was injured according to Palestinian security sources.
Mauritius approves first woman president
Port Louis — Prominent scientist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was yesterday approved by the parliament of Mauritius as the Indian Ocean island nation’s new president, making her the first woman to hold…
Morocco arrests two men who kissed in public
Rabat — Two Moroccan men who kissed in public were arrested by authorities in the conservative Muslim kingdom and a Spanish feminist was expelled after a pro-gay protest, officials said…
Petrol station blast kills 90
Accra — An explosion at a petrol station in Ghana’s capital Accra killed about 90 people, many of whom had sought shelter there from torrential rain, on Wednesday night, the…
Buhari vows to look into Amnesty allegations
Abuja — Nigeria’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday promised to look into an Amnesty International report urging the International Criminal Court to probe senior military officers for war crimes…
Burundi Presidential elections postponed
BUJUMBURA — Burundi Presidential and parliamentary elections have been postponed in Burundi, an official said yesterday, following weeks of unrest in the capital over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a…
Dutch lawmaker wants to show Mohammed cartoons on TV
The Hague — Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has vowed to show cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed on television during time reserved for political parties, after parliament turned down such…