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INSTANBUL. – Turkey’s largest-circulation newspaper has adopted a more pro-government line in its first edition since a court ordered it to be seized, a move which has heightened fears over…
Old Mutual plots break-up: Report
LONDON. – Old Mutual, the Anglo-South African financial services firm, is plotting a 9 billion pounds ($12,8 billion) break-up which could trigger a takeover battle for its various operations, Sky…
Trump, Clinton maintain leads
NEW YORK. – Senators Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders scored key victories Saturday in their White House quests, but it was Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who outperformed their rivals…
Rwanda fast tracks social transformation
KIGALI. – In a bid to fast track social and economic transformation of the country, the government of Rwanda seeks to achieve 70 percent of planned rural settlements within the…
Benin to elect new president
PORTO-NOVO. – Benin went to the polls yesterday to choose a new president but with lingering concerns about the distribution of voters’ cards that has already forced a two-week postponement…
Armed men gun down 12
BANGUI. – Armed men killed 12 people in villages in Central African Republic, local officials said yesterday, in the first violence since Faustin-Archange Touadera was confirmed as president last Tuesday…
Mutsvangwa loses war vets chairmanship
Bulawayo Bureau— FIRED War Veterans Minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has lost his position as chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) as former freedom fighters cannot be led…
Zanu-PF wins Mhondoro-Mubaira seat
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau Zanu-PF candidate Cde George Gangarahwe romped to an emphatic victory in the Mhondoro-Mubaira by-election at the weekend, beating his little-known rival from the Freedom Front Party Mr…
Mujuru under fire for insulting President
Felex Share Senior Reporter leader of newly-formed Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) Dr Joice Mujuru came under fire yesterday for denigrating President Mugabe, with political analysts saying her utterances were tantamount to…
Bogus VID officials on the prowl
Masline Mavudzi Herald Reporter Government has warned motorists to be on the lookout for fraudsters who illegally issue out counterfeit documents and masquerade as Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officers. Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister…