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WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama’s popularity has slumped to an all-time low, with a majority of Americans for the first time believing him to be dishonest and untrustworthy, a…
Rebel integration plan needed for DRC
KINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo needs a plan to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate ex-rebels, the United Nations said yesterday, a week after helping the army defeat the 18-month-old…
Palestinian peace talks delegation resigns: Abbas
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday his peace negotiators had resigned over the lack of progress in US-brokered statehood talks clouded by Israeli settlement building. The development would mark a…
Ousted President Morsi accuses Egypt’s military chief of treason
CAIRO — Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, accused the military chief of treason yesterday and said the country won’t be stable until he is returned to office. Morsi’s statement was…
US blacklists Nigeria’s Boko Haram as terror group
WASHINGTON — The United States yesterday designated Nigeria’s radical Islamist Boko Haram network and an offshoot known as Ansaru as terror groups, bowing to months of pressure to act. Both…
Eight crushed in collapse after survivors loot Philippines rice factory
SURVIVORS of the Philippines typhoon are becoming ever more desperate — triggering a series of clashes with the authorities and increasingly making it unsafe for aid organisations to do their…
Gunmen kill Moza’s top wanted murderer
MAPUTO — A top wanted gang leader, suspected of murdering a prison director and masterminding a string of kidnappings, was killed by unidentified gunmen in a cruel manner on the…
Villagers demand probe into mining firm
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter VILLAGERS from Shangani area in Insiza District are demanding an investigation into the establishment of a gold stamp mill plant at Populars Farm, saying they were…
Detectives acquitted on extortion charges
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter THE two detectives who were accused of extorting R80 000 from two gold dealers had every reason to smile after they were acquitted of the…
MDC elects new Mat South chairperson
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter Professor Welshman Ncube’s embattled MDC has elected Mr Pilate Ndebele as chairman of its Matabeleland South structures, replacing Mr Petros Mukwena who was expelled from the…