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Vatican City For the second day in a row, Pope Francis has expressed his solidarity with Egypt’s Coptic Christians following an attack on a bus carrying Coptic pilgrims to a…
Jah Prayzah warms Swazi hearts
Noel Munzabwa THEY had waited and hoped Mudhara Vachauya, and when he eventually did shortly after midnight on Friday, Jah Prayzah brought to the stage a captivating and warm debut…
Burundi ‘peace run’ attracts 8 000, say organisers
Nairobi — More than 8 000 people on Saturday took part in a “Burundi Peace Run” through the capital Bujumbura, organisers said, in a bid to show the country has…
Kasukuwere probe team completes report
Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau Embattled Zanu-PF national political commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere will soon know his fate after a probe team set to investigate allegations being levelled against him completed its…
Govt to build 17 world class schools
Sydney Kawadza Harare Bureau Government is set to build 17 world class secondary schools to match its internationally-acclaimed education system, Primary and Secondary Education Deputy Minister Professor Paul Mavhima has said.
Philippines’ Duterte vows to ignore Supreme Court on martial law
Jolo — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will ignore the Supreme Court and congress as he enforces martial law across the southern third of the country, despite the…
Speaker warns ‘errant’ ministers
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Parliament will not succumb to threats on legislators by some Cabinet ministers for discharging their constitutional mandate of playing an oversight role, Speaker of the National Assembly…
Minister slams Botswana MP over border fence
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter HOME Affairs Deputy Minister Cde Obedingwa Mguni has slammed his Botswana counterpart Mr Samson Guma-Moyo for urging the neighbouring country’s government to erect an electric fence along…
5 reported dead as militias clash in Libyan capital
Tripoli. – At least five people were killed in fierce clashes on Friday between rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, seat of a UN-backed unity government, a hospital…
‘African writer’ debate rages on
Gracious Madondo Arts Correspondent Who and what is an African writer? The question calls for both a descriptive and definitive identity label. But is the identity of an African writer static?…