Messi returns for Barca
PARIS. – Lionel Messi is expected back for tonight’s Champions League soccer quarter-final first leg against Roma and for Barcelona his return cannot come soon enough. Messi’s latest rescue-act on Saturday, when he came off the bench to inspire a remarkable fightback against Sevilla, has regurgitated the question of Barca’s dependency on their number 10.
Nigeria to probe Cambridge Analytica over polls
ABUJA. – Nigeria’s government will investigate allegations of improper involvement by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica in the country’s 2007 and 2015 elections, a presidency spokesman said on Monday.
ZTA descends on illegal operators
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has started closing down unlicensed operators after the deadline for them to regularise their operations lapsed on March 31.
Trade facilitation pact to enhance economic growth
Zimbabwe launched a five-year Trade Facilitation Roadmap initiative, a move that seeks to complement ongoing efforts towards the ratification of the World Trade Organisation-Trade Facilitation Agreements (FTA).
Consummating the Chinese love affair
My Turn Tichaona Zindoga President Mnangagwa is in the People’s Republic of China on a long-awaited tour that is so fraught with significance on different levels. It’s President Mnangagwa’s first…
Humba inspired by Mukadota
Popular local television soap “Wenera”’s Conrad “Humba” Mwanawashe says he is inspired by the late Safirio Madzikatire — Mukadota. Humba who has become the darling in many households, has proved that soap operas play a pivotal role in shaping the society as his character is not only being followed but is imitated too.
Zim, S. Korea moot parly forum
Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday met South Korean Ambassador to Zimbabwe Cho Jaichel and discussed possibilities of establishing a joint association between parliaments of the two countries.
SA approaches Minister Mpofu
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has approached Government to discuss immigration issues. Home Affairs and Culture Minister Dr Obert Mpofu confirmed the discussion with his South African counterpart.
Pain and shock at passing of Winnie Mandela
Lisa Vives Correspondent Tributes to anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela have been filling the South African radio airwaves as news of her untimely passing on April 2 reached the far corners…
Ethiopia PM sworn in
ADDIS ABABA. – Abiy Ahmed was sworn in on Monday as Ethiopia’s prime minister, amid hopes he will be able to quell the sustained anti-government protests that have rocked Africa’s second most populous nation.











