adminSaddam-era officers in ISIL high ranks
BAGHDAD. — Officers serving under the rule of Iraq’s former ruler Saddam Hussein are reportedly in charge of top positions in the ranks of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group.
Arsenal lose in opener
LONDON. — And so it turns out, there is more to winning the title than signing a goalkeeper from the champions. Who would have thought it?
Al-Bashir attends talks on South Sudan crisis
ENTEBBE. — Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will today join a group of regional leaders in Uganda for talks on the South Sudan conflict, a top foreign affairs official said on…
How Mine edge Bosso
Sikhumbuzo Moyo in Bulawayo How Mine. . . . . . (1) 1 Highlanders . . . . (1) 1
Govt in talks on dam construction
Herald Reporter GOVERNMENT has opened negotiations with a major contractor for the construction of Kunzvi and Musami dams to ease water shortages in Harare’s northern suburbs.
Teen killed ahead of Ferguson anniversary
WASHINGTON. — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Ferguson unrest, triggered by the killing of a black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, a similar…
Beyond singing, dancing for income
Fred Zindi Music I have often wondered whether people like Sulumani Chimbetu, Alick Macheso, Oliver Mtukudzi and Ammara Brown who sing and dance on stage are consciously aware of the…
A portrait of the dissident as a young man
Stanely Mushava Literature Today Ngugi’s attachment with the freedom fighters runs deeper than platitudes: It is a question of blood ties. Earlier in his childhood memoir, “Dreams in a Time…
Trucker nabbed for suspected trafficking
LONDON. — Eighteen migrants have been found stowing away in a lorry on a British motorway, police said yesterday. The migrants were found after the lorry was stopped on Saturday…
‘Cops not above law’
Crime Reporter Police Commissioner-General Dr Augustine Chihuri has warned members of the police force they are not above the law and must discharge their duties diligently.