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NEWLY-PROMOTED Premiership football side Manica Diamonds are scheduled to regroup on Monday next week with a number of new faces expected at their pre-season training ahead of the 2019 season.
Poor state of crops worries Zaka farmers
Crops here are wilting due to moisture stress as a result of erratic rains.
Female artistes cry foul
Zimbabwe’S music industry has, for long, been dominated by male artistes. Women in music no longer gain the popularity like in the old days when top showbiz activities involved female artistes like Chiwoniso Maraire, Busi Ncube, Stellla Chiweshe and Plaxedes Wenyika.
Mozambique ex-finance minister to fight extradition
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister Manuel Chang will oppose extradition to the US after he was arrested on charges related to a debt deal that led to a default in 2017, according to his lawyer.
Saudi prosecutor seeks death sentences as Khashoggi murder trial opens
Saudi Arabia’s attorney general sought the death penalty for five of 11 defendants charged with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as their high-profile trial opened in Riyadh on Thursday.
Ghanaian church stormed over prophecy
Ghanaian pastor Owusu Bempa, in what has become his traditional New Year prophecies listed a number of high profile citizens who he claimed will die in 2019.
Sudan forces fire tear gas at protesters trying to deliver petition
Sudanese security forces on Thursday fired tear gas to disperse protesters who were trying to deliver an anti-government petition to the local headquarters of President Omar al-Bashir’s ruling party in Port Sudan, a witness said.
SA man detained in Mozambique for being alleged Jihadist leader
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) says it will be assisting 60-year-old South African Andre Hanekom who is in a Mozambique prison for allegedly being a jihadist leader.
Ethiopia expects Nile dam to start operating in late 2020
Ethiopia’s US$4 billion dam project on the River Nile, which has been beset by construction delays and criticism from Egypt, will start initial operations in December 2020, the water and energy minister said on Thursday.
US, Brazil’s new govt target Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed supporting a return to democracy in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua with Brazil’s new right-wing government on Wednesday, in a joint effort against what he called authoritarian regimes in Latin America.