adminMat South school heads accused of undermining Kalanga language
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent SOME headmasters in Matabeleland South have been accused of undermining Kalanga as they’re reluctant to have the language taught at their schools. The Kalanga Language and Cultural Development…
US mourns shooting victims
The United States is mourning the victims of its latest gun massacre, after a 21-year-old white man allegedly shot dead nine people inside an historic African-American church in the US…
Netanyahu blasts Ban over Gaza children remarks
Jerusalem — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday denounced what he called the “hypocrisy” of the United Nations after UN chief Ban Ki-moon demanded Israel protect the lives of children in…
Hitler’s artworks on sale in controversial auction
Nuremburg — Fourteen watercolour paintings and drawings allegedly by a young Adolf Hitler are set to be auctioned in the German city of Nuremburg this weekend, the Weidler auction house…
Senegal’s reformers call for science to fix Ramadan dates
Dakar — The Muslim holy month of Ramandan unites the Islamic world in a devotional act of fasting from sunrise to sunset — but in Senegal its approach brings divisive…
70 killed, 500 wounded in Burundi violence
Bujumbura — At least 70 people have been killed, 500 wounded and over 1 000 jailed in weeks of political violence in Burundi, a rights groups said late on Thursday. The…
Stowaway plunges to death, another survives flight to UK
Johannesburg — A stowaway has fallen to his death onto a London office block after clinging to a passenger plane that flew more than 12,000km from Johannesburg to the UK,…
Pakistan suspends executions during Ramadan
Islamabad (Pakistan) — Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, has ordered that executions be temporarily suspended during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan began yesterday in Pakistan, and will continue for…
UN team in Madagascar to probe pirate Kidd’s treasure
Antananarivo — A UN research team arrived in Madagascar yesterday to determine the origin of a silver bar attributed to 17th-century Scottish pirate William Kidd, but whose authenticity has been…
Cameroon detains 84 children after raiding Quranic schools
Dakar – Human rights activists say that Cameroonian authorities have been holding 84 children in detention after they raised a series of schools accused of supporting Boko Haram. Amnesty International said…