OUAGADOUGOU – Burkina Faso’s army has given the coup leader an ultimatum to surrender or face an assault, as its troops reach the capital, Ouagadougou. Negotiations between army chiefs and the presidential guard are under way to avert bloodshed, security sources said. Gen Gilbert Diendere seized power last week after opposing moves to integrate the…
HARARE – The long-drawn and acrimonious dispute between cash-strapped government mining investment company, the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), and Amari Holdings — over compensation for a lost concession by the Mauritian mining company — is getting more ominous for Zimbabwe. Amid the current promising efforts by Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to woo Bretton Woods…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Junior Men triathlete Drew Williams was the first African home in the storm-interrupted ITU World Triathlon Championships that were reduced to duathlon in Chicago, America on Thursday. The St Johns College schoolboy raced home in 50th place out of 79 competitors in a time of 00:56:29 in the competition that was reduced…
HARARE – After almost five years away from local stages, it was not surprising that guitar wizard Louis Mhlanga turned out to be the most popular performer at the Harare Jazz Festival on Saturday night. As soon as the Mbare-bred musician hit the stage, most revellers, who had mostly remained at their tables dotted around…
HARARE – The African Development Bank (AfDB) management is developing a paper for its executive board to authorise a grant to be availed to Zimbabwe for the country to clear its $600 million arrears to the lender, a Cabinet minister has said. In a statement released yesterday, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the funds aimed…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s increasingly influential wife — Grace — touted in some circles within the strife-torn Zanu PF as a potential future president, is revelling in borrowed robes, and her fortunes could plunge once her husband departs the political scene, a leading academic and political analyst has warned. Former advisor to opposition leader…
HARARE – The MDC has ruled out the possibility of talks for another Government of National Unity (GNU) with the “crumbling” President Robert Mugabe-led Zanu PF government. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu said any talks with Zanu PF, would be a betrayal to their millions of supporters. “As MDC, the…
NAIROBI – Public schools in Kenya have been shut by the government in response to the three-week teachers’ strike. A Kenyan court has ordered a pay rise of at least 50%, but the government is challenging this. President Uhuru Kenyatta said that teachers are well paid already and a salary increase would damage government finances….
ATHENS – Greece’s Alexis Tsipras has said his left-wing Syriza party has a “clear mandate” after winning a second general election in less than nine months. But he said Greeks faced a difficult road and recovery from financial crisis would only come through hard work. Syriza has won just over 35%, slightly down on its…
HARARE – When a close friend who is a legislator called me on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 to tell me that President Robert Mugabe had just finished re-reading his August 25, 2015 State of the Nation Address (Sona) purporting that it was his speech to open the second session of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe,…
