adminHosts Gabon out of AFCON
LIBREVILLE. – Gabon talisman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang admitted that the African Cup of Nations hosts had blown their chance and blamed a poor build-up to the soccer tournament after they were…
Sorry farmers, these rains may leave you licking bruised egos!
Obert Chifamba — If you’re curious where the phrase “raining cats and dogs” came from, add your name to the long list. Some think it originated in the 1500s, when…
Choosing the next African Union Commission chair
Cheryl Hendricks: Correspondent THE impending departure of Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma from the key continental position of chair of the African Union Commission (AUC) has generated a highly contested election campaign for…
Breaking WHO’s glass ceiling
Jill W. Sheffield and Peter A. Singer This year, the World Health Organisation will elect a new Director-General. Last September, WHO member states nominated six candidates for the position: Tedros…
Let’s talk about pictures and picture albums
David Mungoshi: Shelling the Nuts Many years ago when I was a clueless schoolboy making my way through primary school, my father travelled to our rural home with a man…
The intensifying struggle for the soul of UNWTO
Correspondent Last week the city of Madrid, Spain, was a hive of intrigue and obfuscation — both conscious and accidental — into which cocktail has been stirred (but not quite…
Mexico identifies 56 sets of human remains
Mexico City. – Prosecutors said on Sunday that 56 sets of human remains have been identified in a jumble of bone fragments found at a burial pit in Mexico’s northern…
Morocco takes aim at Elephants
OYEM. – Having guided the Ivory Coast to glory at the 2015 African Cup of Nations, Herve Renard is now hoping to end his former soccer side’s defence of the…
Chelsea looks more solid, less vulnerable
LONDON – Chelsea are a level above other English Premier League soccer teams because they do not look vulnerable, even when playing badly, says Graeme Souness.
Govt freezes doctors’ employment
Paidamoyo Chipunza, Harare Bureau Government has frozen medical doctors’ employment with effect from next month as the posts have been filled up, prompting the class completing its internship next month…