adminBeitbridge starts naming streets, suburbs
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has started naming streets, suburbs and business centres in line with its attainment of municipal status and the local authority’s modernisation drive, an official has said.
Rushinga to spend 70pc of budget on infrastructure
RUSHINGA Rural District Council has channelled 70 percent of its budget allocation to infrastructural development in pursuit of Government’s Vision 2030.
Russia FM says supports Gulf region unity
KUWAIT CITY. — Russia supports all efforts of Kuwait and welcomes means to preserve the unity of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said on Wednesday.…
Traffickers used World Cup to enslave us: Nigerian women
MOSCOW. – Blessing Obuson thought Russia’s soccer World Cup would be an opportunity to find a job and flew into Moscow from Nigeria last June on a fan ID. Instead, she…
Huawei sues US over federal ban on its products
NEW YORK. – Tech giant Huawei on Thursday opened a legal front in its counter-offensive against US warnings that it could aid Chinese intelligence services, filing suit to overturn a US…
DR Congo president in Kabila power-sharing deal
KINSHASA. – The parties of DR Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila on Wednesday urged the two leaders to form a coalition government after weeks of…
Venezuela asks German ambassador to leave
CARACAS. – President Nicolás Maduro’s government has declared the German ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 48 hours as Venezuela’s political crisis intensified on…
Cardinal convicted of child sex abuse cover-up
PARIS. – A French court has found top Catholic official Cardinal Philippe Barbarin guilty of failing to report to justice accusations against a paedophile priest in his diocese. In a surprise…
Tanzanian teacher to hang for murdering pupil
DAR ES SALAAM. – Court Judge Lameck Mlacha has convicted Respicius Patrick Mutazangira (51), a teacher at Kibeta primary school in Bukoba Municipal Council, of murdering a Standard Five pupil,…
Malawi: UN urges peaceful, credible elections in May
BLANTYRE. – The United Nations (UN) has called for peaceful and credible elections in Malawi as the country is preparing for the May 21 Tripartite Elections that will decide the democratic future…