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Armed state agents raid parliamentary candidate home

Armed men shouting “CID! CID!” kicked open a door at the rural home of a former minister early Thursday and rounded up his family. MP Godfrey Gandawa, running as an Independent in Magunje, was not present when the men struck at around

July 26, 2018

Africa

Comoros vice-president survives assassination attempt

One the vice-presidents of the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros has survived an assassination attempt days before a referendum on constitutional reform. Assailants opened fire on the car of Moustoidrane Abdou as he was returning to his home on the island of

July 23, 2018

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Election : Mnangagwa tells MDC Alliance to seek redress in courts over electoral concerns

The Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Friday the opposition MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is free to go to the courts of law to seek redress on their electoral concerns. President Mnangagwa said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was an independent

July 21, 2018

Africa·Nigeria

Twitter appoints ex-Nigerian minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to its board

Nigeria’s former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed to the board of Twitter. She will be replacing Marjorie Scardino, the former Chief Executive of Pearson. Okonjo-Iweala served as minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy of Nigeria under President

July 20, 2018

Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa names and shames looters of Zimbabwe

Diamond mining firms have been revealed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the biggest looters in Zimbabwe. The president issued a three-month moratorium to alleged looters and extended it by two weeks. He warned that those who did not heed his call would

June 5, 2018

Africa·Breaking News

South Africa’s ruling party expected to order Jacob Zuma to resign or face no-confidence vote

The executive body of South Africa’s ruling party is expected to order Jacob Zuma to resign as president on Monday or face a no-confidence vote in parliament that he would almost certainly lose. A special meeting of the African National Congress’s national

February 12, 2018

Zimbabwe

Former Zimbabwe First Lady Grace PhD investigated by Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog

Former first lady obtained her 2014 doctorate in just a few months but her dissertation has never been published Zimbabwean anti-corruption investigators are probing whether former first lady Grace Mugabe fraudulently obtained a doctorate that she apparently received within months, the dissertation for which

January 9, 2018

Africa

Dozens of people dead in head-on collision between bus and lorry in Kenya

Thirty-six people were killed and 11 injured early Sunday morning in a head-on collision between a bus and a lorry on a road in central Kenya, police said. “The death toll is now 36,” said Rift Valley traffic police chief Zero Arome,

January 1, 2018

United Kingdom

The UK will get blue passports after Brexit

Immigration minister Brandon Lewis says replacing EU’s burgundy design will help Britain ‘restore national identity’ British passports issued after October 2019 will be dark blue and gold, replacing the burgundy model required under EU membership. The British passport is redesigned every five

December 22, 2017

Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe flies out

Former president Robert Mugabe was expected to fly to Singapore last night for medical check-up via Malaysia where his daughter, Bona, is expecting her second child, according to Newsday. His former spokesman George Charamba could not confirm the trip saying he is no

December 12, 2017

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Armed state agents raid parliamentary candidate home

Comoros vice-president survives assassination attempt

Zimbabwe Election : Mnangagwa tells MDC Alliance to seek redress in courts over electoral concerns

Twitter appoints ex-Nigerian minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to its board

President Emmerson Mnangagwa names and shames looters of Zimbabwe

South Africa’s ruling party expected to order Jacob Zuma to resign or face no-confidence vote

Former Zimbabwe First Lady Grace PhD investigated by Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog

Dozens of people dead in head-on collision between bus and lorry in Kenya

The UK will get blue passports after Brexit

Robert Mugabe flies out

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