ABUJA – Three women have been arrested in Nigeria for recruiting female members for the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, the country’s military says. The women are said to have targeted widows and young girls, promising them marriage to Boko Haram members. The militant group now has a female wing, the military says. Boko Haram…
HARARE – The MDC has barred party cadres who stood as independent candidates in last year’s elections from contesting for posts ahead of the party’s elective congress pencilled in for October. The cash-strapped opposition party has also introduced stringent conditions on who can take part in the congress following the chaos which characterised its primary…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s failure to service its principal debt has resulted in the worsening economic situation in the country, economic experts say. The experts contend that the country’s debt, which recently ballooned to $9,9 billion has dented Zimbabwe’s access to international funding and is hampering development as the country cannot borrow to spur economic growth….
HARARE – Financial services group, CBZ Holdings has blamed government’s sloppy vetting exercise for most defaults in the disbursement of the Youth Development Fund. Never Nyemudzo, CBZ Holdings chief executive last week told a parliamentary committee on Youth and Indigenisation that although the bank was tasked with administering the fund, it does not have control…
HARARE – Buy Zimbabwe says government should give first preference to locally produced products when buying to promote the fledging local industry. Gabriel Choga, the Buy Zimbabwe marketing manager told a Youth Forum employment conference in Harare that if government was sincere about creating employment for youths, there was need to ensure that the local…
HARARE – Death comes like a thief in the night, leaving a heartache no one can heal. The death of a loved one is a difficult thing to go through, and the grief that follows sometimes seems unbearable. A grieving person may feel like it is wrong to be so overcome, but it is normal…
HARARE – A youth staggers on the streets, his vision blurred by the ecstasy effect of intoxicating drugs. “I am high” — is a phrase that sounds trendy among the youths, but bears hefty consequences which have wreaked havoc in the society. The cherubic youth has actually adopted the name “Drugs” and seems to be…
TSHOLOTSHO – The perennially starving San community in Tsholotsho has appealed to government to urgently consider their plight as hunger continues to take its toll on the remote marginalised area of Matabeleland North Province. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday during a visit to Sanqinyane and Sifulasengwe villages under Chief Siphoso last week, area coordinator…
HARARE – People living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) patients in rural Tsholotsho who have been benefiting from the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Spain programme are panicking over the imminent departure of the organisation that had transformed their lives. MSF Spain which supplies HIV and TB drugs has indicated that it will pull out of…
HARARE – Political fortunes may have dictated that President Robert Mugabe and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai drift apart in different directions, but in their respective parties the two are like messiahs — indestructible and untouchable. With both parties hurtling towards crucial congresses — it is patently clear that the two will be unchallenged and…
