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MOSCOW. — A court has found Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny guilty of embezzlement in a retrial, barring him from running in the 2018 presidential election. As the judge read out…
Over 400 soldiers for Zuma state of the nation address
JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has authorised more than 400 soldiers to join the security team at his annual state of the nation speech this week, drawing outrage…
Tanzania’s public ghost workers increase
DAR ES SALAAM. – The government of Tanzania said on Tuesday the number of public ghost workers in the east African country reached 19 708 by January 31, 2017. Angellah Kairuki,…
Namibia dismisses media report
WINDHOEK. – Namibia on Tuesday refuted allegations from a Botswana online newspaper about it being among three countries that sabotaged Botswana’s quest for the top job at the African Union…
UN seeks $450m for Horn of Africa drought
NAIROBI/GENEVA. – The UN food agency on Tuesday announced that it is seeking to raise about $450 million for emergency humanitarian assistance to three drought-hit countries in the Horn of…
Voting begins in Somalia
MOGADISHU. – Somali lawmakers began casting their votes yesterday in tightly contested presidential elections drawing 21 candidates amid heavy security in the capital Mogadishu. Members of the upper and lower houses…
Gone and Coming
Petros Kausiyo and Eddie Chikamhi— ZIFA finally ended the uncertainty that had seemed to cloud Callisto Pasuwa’s tenure as Warriors coach when the soccer mother body revealed they would be…
Return of the Jungleman . . . Grobbelaar wants to replace Pasuwa
Collin Matiza Sports Editor AFTER having been a member and the driving force behind the famous Reinhard Fabisch’s “Dream Team” of the early 1990s, legendary former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce “Jungleman” Grobbelaar…
CAPS United launch kit
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter CAPS United marketing director Hannah Wright believes Makepekepe players will get inspiration from the efforts of the club’s leadership after the Green Machine yesterday unveiled new…
Tsipa upset to miss Champs League
Eddie Chikamhi Senior Sports Reporter VETERAN forward Leonard Tsipa, the man who helped CAPS United secure the ticket for the CAF Champions League, is hurt that he will not be part…