adminS. Sudan doctor wins UN refugee prize
JUBA. – A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthetics on Tuesday won the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award.
Lifting lid on black box of informal trade in Africa
The share of internal trade in Africa remains low, as reflected by official statistics. This is despite numerous regional trade agreements that have led to tariff removals within the trading blocs. At least in principle.
Govt should up support for new farmers: Shiri
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Settlement Minister Perrance Shiri has called for more support for new farmers to address food insecurity issues and to boost productivity…
Workers urged to register for pensions
Daniel Mhonda Mutare Correspondent THE Insurance and Pension Commission (IPEC) has encouraged workers to register for pension benefits with various insurance and assurance companies throughout the country. IPEC public relations manager,…
More than 1,200 detained over deadly Ethiopia violence: police
ADDIS ABABA. – Ethiopian authorities arrested more than 1,200 people after violence erupted in and around the capital this month, a senior police official said, three times more than earlier estimates.
Land expropriation: Mbeki slams ANC for deviating from non-racialism
JOHANNESBURG. – Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has lashed out at the ANC, saying its new policy to expropriate land without compensation is a deviation from non-racialism, which is the party’s founding principle.
Turnall Holdings to upgrade plants
LISTED roofing and building products manufacturer, Turnall Holdings Limited plans to embark on plant upgrade at its factories in Bulawayo and Harare to boost capacity utilisation and create more jobs.
S. Sudan govt troops, rebels blame each other for renewed fighting
JUBA. — Fresh fighting has broken out between government forces and rebels in the northern parts of South Sudan, barely two weeks after the warring parties inked a peace deal in neighboring Ethiopia.
Trump urges world to isolate Iran in UN address
NEW YORK. – US President Donald Trump has used his second address to the United Nations General Assembly to attack Iran, promising hard-hitting sanctions and urging the world to isolate the Islamic Republic.
US-China trade war draws rebuke from world leaders at UN event
NEW YORK. – Heads of state gathered on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday had more on their mind than North Korea’s nuclear program and impending US sanctions on Iran: the impact of a global trade war.