The world’s poor countries must be supported to develop to middle-income status in order to contribute to the health and stability of the global economy, Malawi President, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has said. Chakwera made the statement Thursday in his closing statement as chairperson of the global coordination bureau of Least Developed Countries (LCD’s) at the […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been advised to implement adequate national technology backbone and other fundamental measures to alleviate the adverse impact of the Naira redesign policy on Nigerians, and expedite the transition towards a cashless society. The Managing Editor & Publisher, The Ojo-Yoshida Report, Mr Bolaji Ojo, who gave the advice while […]
Eight years after the mysterious disappearance of journalist Itai Dzamara, his wife, Sheffra, is still yearning for closure. Dzamara was abducted by unidentified men in the high-density area of Glen View while at a barber shop in 2015. Marking the anniversary of his disappearance, Dzamara’s wife Sheffra penned a letter to President Mnangagwa to open […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a judgement delivered on Thursday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which ordered the Commission to allow two Plaintiffs to vote with their Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs) in the absence of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), saying that it would appeal the judgement at a higher […]
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya has called on the nation not to underestimate the impact of “biased and wild” claims made in snippets of the unscreened Al Jazeerabdocumentary on alleged corruption and money laundering in the country. The Qatar based international news network brewed controversy after revealing that it was going to […]
Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has wadded into Bona Mugabe and Simbarashe Chikore’s divorce, arguing the latter never deserved to marry late President Robert Mugabe’s daughter as he is a dodgy character. Bona filed for divorce at the High Court in Harare, Tuesday, ending a nine-year marriage that started off as a million-dollar fairy tale. […]
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has fingered President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the illegal ordering of junior officers to vote Zanu PF at this year’s elections. The orders are being delivered by Chief Superintendents from ZRP’s Staff College at ‘ideology workshops’ being held across the country under the guise of civic education. As […]
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the continued incarceration of legislator Job Sikhala is a ploy to arm twist him to a negotiating table with Zanu PF President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Zengeza West Member of Parliament has endured 270 days in remand prison after his arrest in July last year. Sikhala […]
Cyclone Freddy is coming back for a second time and is predicted to hit Quelimane tomorrow (Friday 10 Mar) much harder than it hit Vilankulos two weeks ago (24 Feb). Winds of 140 km/h and gusts up to 170 km/h, and rainfall between 100mm and 200 mm, are expected in Quelimane on Friday. Freddy will […]
Amnesty International Zimbabwe (AIZ) has said failure by government to account for Itai Dzamara, eight years after he was allegedly abducted is evidence authorities have no political will to do so. Dzamara, a victim of alleged state enforced disappearance, was abducted on March 9, 2015; two days after calling for mass action against late former […]
Eight years after journalist and pro-democracy activist, Itai Dzamara went missing authorities are yet to give progress report on their investigation efforts to ensure his family receives justice, truth, and reparation, Amnesty International said today. The failure of Zimbabwean authorities to account for Itai Dzamara, eight years after he was last seen, speaks volumes about […]
12 Years On, a Blatant Political Killing Still Merits Meaningful Investigation In July 2011, Audace Vianney Habonarugira made his way to our office in Bujumbura, then the capital of Burundi, to talk. He was a hunted man and had taken precautions to meet us discreetly. Habonarugira, 28, married with a two-year-old child, had joined a […]
The Rwanda Meteorology Agency has reported a rare upsurge of heat in different parts of the country especially in the City of Kigali where a temperature of above 32 degrees Celcius was recorded. This is the highest ever recorded temperature in the past six years. The heatwave was recorded in the past few days, starting […]
A UN court will on Thursday decide whether to proceed with the trial of genocide mastermind Felicien Kabuga or discontinue it following a medical report that stated that the 90-year-old was “too ill to stand trial”. Prosecution challenged the medical report which indicated that the man who is known to have bankrolled the 1994 Genocide […]
Nairobi — The Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning is set to commence an inquiry into the disbursement of Sh6 billion to Telkom Kenya to facilitate the exit of Helios Investment Partners. The Committee led by Molo MP Kimani Kuria in particular seeks to establish if the law was followed in the disbursement of […]
Cape Town — French troops ended their withdrawal from Mali in August 2022 after a nine-year mission that supported the government troops in their fight against armed groups. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Mali Prime Minister Choguel Maiga said he needed to clarify that his country did not abandon cooperation with France. “Let us […]
Rwandan international referee, Salima Rhadia Mukansanga, on Wednesday, March 8, received the 2023 FORBES Woman Africa Sports Award in a colourful awarding ceremony held in Pretoria, South Africa. Mukansanga was among outstanding women recognized during the 2023 FORBES Africa Women Awards presented during the FORBES Africa Women Leading Summit. The 34-year-old, who became the first […]
Suspected Allied Democratic Forces militants, an insurgent group with ties to the “Islamic State,” have killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack in eastern Congo. Rebels killed at least 36 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said on Thursday. The attack took place in […]