BAMAKO – Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been sworn in as Mali’s new president at the Supreme Court in the capital, Bamako. Before he took his oath of office, transitional leader Dioncounda Traore handed over power at a ceremony inside the presidential palace. Mr Keita, a former prime minister, won last month’s run-off election. The election…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his new government should take concrete steps to fulfil the country’s human rights obligations, Human Rights Watch has warned. In a letter sent to Mugabe yesterday, the New York-based organisation identified key human rights priorities, including the need to reaffirm the rights provisions in the new Constitution, ensure justice…
HARARE – Jacob Mudenda, the newly-elected Speaker of the National Assembly has technically resigned as chairperson for Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). The 67-year-old Mudenda was on Tuesday elected to be the Speaker of the 8th Zimbabwe Parliament, with Mabel Chinomona as his deputy. Mudenda has served as chair of the ZHRC since March this…
HARARE – Former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo’s alleged corruption case has resurfaced in a court hearing involving Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda. Chimwanda is accused of contravening the Official Secrets Act and criminally abusing his office. Chimwanda, through his lawyer Jonathan Samukange, denied the allegations, arguing they are “malicious, vindictive and baseless”….
HARARE – If the election of Jacob Mudenda as Speaker of Parliament is anything to go by, then Zimbabwe is heading for reversal, regression and more sterility. This man has been around for a long time. Now in the late summer of his life like most of them, he has not been known for anything associated…
MOSCOW – World leaders from the G20 group of nations are set to meet in Russia amid sharp differences over military action against Syria’s government. Ahead of the talks, Russia’s Vladimir Putin warned that action without UN approval would be “an aggression”. But President Barack Obama said the credibility of the international community was on…
HARARE – MDC chief election officer Morgen Komichi’s lawyer, Alec Muchadehama, has said that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) gave people ballot papers on the streets, while 90 other envelopes went missing. Komichi is accused of fraud and contravening the Electoral Act. He was arrested after he allegedly presented to Zec, a ballot paper that…
HARARE – In the requiem of a soft September breeze on Tuesday afternoon, we made our way through a narrow winding road to the main gate of Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Harare. The road, as narrow and winding as the people’s struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe, took us to our waiting lawyer…
HARARE – A 29-year-old woman who duped her clients at Roadport Bus Terminus that she could get them South African rands at a lower rate has been jailed for an effective two years. Memory Museza pleaded guilty to fraud charges when she appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. Gofa had sentenced Museza to four years behind…
HARARE – The tourism sector would benefit greatly from a well-functioning film industry as that effect is seen through the development of film sectors such as Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood and most recently Qatar. Doreen Sibanda, the executive director of National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe said the film industry would provide employment for locals and foreigners…
