adminKENYA UPDATE: Al-Shebaab claim 137 hostages killed in Nairobi mall siege
NAIROBI – Somalia’s al-Shebaab insurgents claimed Wednesday 137 hostages they had seized died in a Nairobi shopping mall siege, figures impossible to verify and higher than the number of people officially registered…
BREAKING NEWS: British national arrested in Nairobi mall attack: London
LONDON – A British national has been arrested in Nairobi over the bloody attack on a shopping mall by armed Islamists, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said on Wednesday.
UN chief calls for innovative partnerships
UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonMonday galvanised heads of state, business leaders and philanthropists into joint action against extreme poverty, hunger and disease, to propel the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)…
Kenya long seen as key Israeli ally in turbulent region
JERUSALEM – Israel, which is said to have aided Kenya during the deadly attack on a Nairobi mall, has long viewed East Africa as a region of major strategic and…
Dozens of Americans recruited by Somalia’s al-Shabaab
CHICAGO – Dozens of Americans have been lured away from comfortable homes to join Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents, the Islamist group behind the bloody attack on a Kenyan mall.
President attends UN General Assembly official opening
Tendai Mugabe at the UNITED NATIONS, New York President Mugabe yesterday joined several leaders, among them royalty, for the official opening of the 68th session of the United Nations General…
S Sudan gives Zim poll thumbs-up, eyes increased co-operation
From Rangarirai Shoko at the UNITED NATIONS, New York SOUTH Sudan on Monday said the harmonised poll was free, fair and representative of the will of the people, and Juba…
Standing room only as Parly gets down to businesss
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter THE Eighth Parliament got down to business yesterday with some Ministers, Deputy Ministers and backbenchers having to stand after they failed to secure seats as the…
Sadc engaging West over sanctions, says Zulu
Rangarirai Shoko at the UNITED NATIONS, New York SOUTH African president Jacob Zuma’s international relations advisor, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, yesterday said regional efforts were now on lobbying the West to…
Farmers urge traditional leaders to preserve natural resources
Midlands Correspondent Farmers have called on traditional leaders and other local authorities to spearhead community programmes that seek to preserve and conserve the country’s natural resources. Zimbabwe Farmers Union president,…