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The United States has sent a team of experts to Nigeria to help find nearly 300 girls and women abducted from a school last month by the armed group Boko…
Fighters begin pullout from Syria’s Homs
Syrian opposition fighters have begun withdrawing from the central city of Homs under a ceasefire deal agreed with government forces, opposition activists say.
US warns of plot to attack churches in Uganda
Kampala — The United States has received intelligence of a “specific terrorist threat” against churches and other places of worship in the Ugandan capital, its embassy there said.
Thai PM found guilty of abuse of power
Thailand’s constitutional court has ordered Yingluck Shinawatra to step down as prime minister after finding her guilty of abusing her power.
Moonshine kills 63 in Kenya
Nairobi — At least 33 people in Kenya died on Monday night and Tuesday from drinking illegal liquor, local media and government officials said on Tuesday. About 45 have been…
Libyan rebels refuse to deal with new PM
Benghazi — Libyan rebels occupying major oil ports in the east of the Opec producer said yesterday they would not deal with new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq, branding him “illegitimate”.
Chingwizi transit camp families face hunger
MWENEZI — More than 3,000 families displaced by flooding in the Tokwe-Murkosi Dam basin in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province are facing looming food shortages after more than three months living…
SA: From economic apartheid to true democracy
Garikai Chengu CONTRARY to the Westernised, popular belief that South Africa is a “model democracy”, it is one of Africa’s most dysfunctional democracies.
Editorial Comment: Moves to improve voting system welcome
Zimbabwe is a 34 year-old democracy. It is still growing and so has a few things to learn on some aspects of how a democratic system operates.
‘Wood involved in fight before death’
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter THE mistress of a former British commando found hanged at their rented home in Bulawayo’s Four Winds suburb two years ago, yesterday told an inquest into…