adminSadc agrees on travel restrictions
CAPE Town — The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has reportedly agreed to impose travel restrictions on people coming into the region from countries affected by the Ebola virus.
Chile steps up security after bomb hurts 14
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s president yesterday increased security measures and expanded powers to investigate a day after a bomb attack injured 14 people in the country’s capital.
Scotland seeks split from Britain
BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron implored Scots yestersday not to vote for independence in next week’s referendum after an opinion poll showed a surge in support for a break from…
Nigeria ex-premire’s son wounded in Boko Haram attack: aide
KANO (Nigeria) — Boko Haram militants shot and injured the soldier son of Nigerian ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo during clashes, an associate of the former head of state told BBC radio…
Over $5bn illegal imports find way into Zim market
Prosper Ndlovu and Oliver Kazunga Business Reporters CLOSE to $6 billion worth of imports found their way into the country without adequate clearance at the borders between 2009 and June…
Flight 17 likely downed by outside impacts: report
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report…
Midlands STI cases spike
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent MIDLANDS has recorded an increase in the number of new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the second quarter of this year as compared to the first…
Hundreds die in India and Pakistan after heaviest rain in 50 years
THE death toll from the heaviest rain to fall on Kashmir in 50 years rose to at least 420 yesterday, with thousands still trapped on rooftops, as criticism of Indian…
Zim eyes pole position in tobacco industry
Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is on course to reclaim its place as one of the major suppliers of tobacco in the world with preliminary indications showing that the country is now…
MDC-T MP fingered in violence
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter AN MDC-T activist needed hospital treatment after he was assaulted by Magwegwe MP Anele Ndebele, also of the same party, in clashes following a divisive…