adminNigerian militants trained in Mali: France
RABAT — Boko Haram, the Nigerian group recently labelled by the US as a terrorist organisation trained with al-Qaeda’s North African branch in northern Mali, France’s foreign minister said yesterday.…
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza
GAZA City — Israeli warplanes bombed two separate targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday after Palestinian militants fired projectiles across the border, the army said. The strikes in northern Gaza…
Libya ‘seeks to make its laws more Islamic’
LIBYA is seeking to revise existing legislation to make it conform more to Islamic sharia law, a justice ministry document obtained by AFP shows. The text announces the establishment of…
Malawi leader ‘hit with travel restrictions’
CAPE Town — Malawian President Joyce Banda and her government officials have been placed under local and international travel restrictions, following the withdrawal of budgetary support by donors, a report…
Philippines buries dead, survivors beg for help
TACLOBAN — Scores of decaying bodies were laid in mass graves yesterday as overwhelmed Philippines authorities grappled with disposal of the dead, while the living begged for help after the…
Iraq bombers kill 43 as millions mark Shiite holiday
KARBALA — Attacks mostly against Shiites, including a suicide bombing that ripped through a religious procession, killed 43 people in Iraq yesterday despite massive security deployed for one of the…
Residents should show responsibility on matters of service delivery
Patience Manzezulu Malaba RECENTLY I attended a stakeholders’ consultative meeting that was called by the Bulawayo City Council as the local authority sought ratepayers’ views for possible inclusion in its…
Commercial sex workers appeal for better treatment
Sukulwenkosi Dube “I AM a sex worker and I am proud of what I am doing because I was able to be enterprising as I decided to use a part…
Journalists hail Prof Moyo
Harare Bureau Media practitioners have hailed Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for making great strides in breaking polarisation between the public and private media and fostering…
Gweru Mayor steals show
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Correspondent Gweru Mayor, Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi stole the show during the United States Envoy’s tour of Naletali Ruins near Shangani when he pitched up for the trip…