BANGUI – Hundreds of inmates at a prison in the Central African Republic have escaped as a wave of violence left dozens dead. After a Muslim taxi driver was killed, clashes erupted on Saturday between Christian militia and Muslim groups. Members of a Christian militia known as the anti-Balaka attacked the prison on Monday, freeing…
HARARE – Newly launched DSTV Channel, Zambezi Magic has invited Zimbabwean filmmakers and musicians to submit content to be shown on the channel. Zambezi Magic, which was launched on July 1 this year, is mainly dedicated to content from the Southern African region. The Daily News on Sunday (DNS) recently spoke to Zambezi Magic head…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket team’s slide continued yesterday when they fell to a 13-run defeat at the hands of Pakistan in their opening Twenty20 encounter. The defeat does not give a true reflection of the team’s struggles with the bat. Had the visitors, whose fielding was quite encouraging, had been very clinical, they could have…
HARARE – Award-winning South African hip-hop star Cassper Nyovest made an explosive debut performance at the fifth edition of Shoko Festival on Friday night. The music star, who reportedly signed what he has described as “the biggest deal for hip-hop ever in the country (South Africa) before he jetted into Zimbabwe,” was clearly in a…
HARARE – The Netherlands says it wants to help reduce gold leakages in Zimbabwe by stimulating European markets to opt for the yellow metal that is sourced in a sustainable and legal way. Dutch special envoy natural resources, Dirk-Jan Koch, told businessdaily last week that the Netherlands was committed to help revive Zimbabwe’s gold sector….
HARARE – Zanu PF’s penchant for clicking the self-destruct button, which is clearly underlined by senseless internal fights and policy contradictions, remain the biggest obstacle in the country’s re-engagement efforts. There appears to be a deliberate ploy to sabotage the efforts of well-meaning Zimbabweans who have demonstrated a desire to help extricate the country from…
HARARE – With Zimbabwe’s economy continuing to implode amidst rising poverty levels, heightened job redundancies and crippling power cuts, Zanu PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe is caught “between a rock and a hard place” as he battles to control the deadly infighting within his party and reaches out to the West for fiscal support….
HARARE – Former Finance minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Tendai Biti has warned that Zanu PF’s ugly factional and succession battles could plunge the country into civil unrest which could lead to an illegal government. Biti told the Daily News in an interview at the weekend that the vicious fights between the ruling…
BANGUI – Deadly clashes broke out in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR), after a Muslim motorbike taxi driver was killed. About 20 people have been killed with at least 100 others wounded in the violence. UN peacekeepers took up positions as the fighting spread from the city’s only Muslim neighbourhood to…
PARIS – France has carried out its first air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. French planes destroyed a training camp in the eastern town of Deir al-Zour, President Francois Hollande said. A US-led coalition has been carrying out air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq for more than a year. Speaking in…
