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Kasserine – Tunisia imposed a nationwide overnight curfew yesterday in response to growing unrest over unemployment as protests across the country descended into vandalism in several cities.
Buhari warns corrupt leaders
Abuja – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has sent out a stern warning to corrupt officials in the country, saying he will not spare anyone who has a case to answer,…
SA rubbishes ‘mischievous’ Zuma Davos no-show report
Johannesburg – The Presidency on Thursday said an article published on Biznews.com, reporting that President Jacob Zuma withdrew from the CNBC Africa debate in Davos at short notice was false.
UN mission arrives to halt violence in Burundi
Bujumbura – A UN Security Council delegation arrived in Burundi on Thursday in an attempt to halt the spiral of political violence threatening to plunge the east African country into…
20 killed as Al-Shabab storms Somali restaurant
Up to 20 people were killed when al-Shabab suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a seafront hotel and restaurant in the heart of the Somali capital. A car packed with explosives…
Scars of step-parents indelible
Vaidah Mashangwa Gender According to research, when children have been beaten or neglected and were subjected to physical and verbal abuse by their parents, they are more likely than other children…
Africa’s power gap . . . Lessons to be learnt from the Middle East
James Simpson, Katharine Sonneborn and Giulia De Michelis Over the last decade, Africa has, for the most part, demonstrated resilient economic performance. However, sustainable and affordable energy development has not…
Fine-tuning a revolution
Perspective Stephen Mpofu Zimbabwe’s agrarian revolution was not, and is not, meant racially to punish white settler farmers by “seizing land belonging to them” — a charge favoured by the foreign…
Editorial Comment: Thumbs up for the judiciary
Residents of Bulawayo, particularly those from Luveve and Cowdray Park suburbs, yesterday woke up to very refreshing news that members of the gang that has been terrorising them, have been…
President back from annual vacation
Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe arrived home last night, quashing false media reports that the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief…