adminUS “policeman” role to end, says Trump in surprise Iraq visit
President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected — to defend the withdrawal from Syria and to declare an end to America’s role as the global “policeman.”
9 killed on roads on Boxing Day
NINE people were killed in road accidents on Boxing Day, bringing the number of deaths recorded so far during the festive season to 21.
Haritatos family extends Christmas spirit
The Haritatos family brought Christmas cheers to two children’s homes in Kadoma when it donated an assortment of foodstuffs and toys.
Police launch a manhunt for suspected armed robbers
POLICE in Manicaland have launched a manhunt for two suspected armed robbers who last Friday attacked and robbed an 83-year-old man of his car and cash at his farm in Nyanga.
Voting in three DR Congo opposition areas postponed to March
Voters in three Congolese cities known as opposition strongholds will be excluded from presidential elections on security and health grounds, officials said, in a move that looks certain to inflame political tensions before Sunday’s ballot.
France drops charges against Rwandan officials: judicial source
Investigative magistrates in France have dropped charges against nine Rwandan officials investigated over the death of the country’s president in 1994, an event that triggered a genocide that killed more than 800,000 people, a judicial source said.
Strike call, protests in DR Congo after new election delay
A Democratic Republic of Congo opposition bloc called Thursday for a nationwide stoppage and police clashed with demonstrators in two eastern cities after upcoming elections were placed on hold in their region.
255,000 displaced due to ethnic violence in Ethiopia
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Wednesday about 255,000 people have been displaced by ethnic violence in western Ethiopia.
Indonesia burns mountain of marijuana
A towering stack of marijuana that weighed a hefty 800kg went up in smoke on Thursday as Indonesian police lit up the pungent contraband.
4.8 quake hits near Sicily’s Mount Etna
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday near Europe’s most active volcano Mount Etna, injuring several people, displacing some 600 and damaging buildings, Italian civil protection officials said.