BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are set to visit the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday in an attempt to soothe tensions over a refugee swap deal between the EU and Turkey. Last month, Turkey and the EU reached a deal aimed at stopping the flow of refugees and migrants into Europe….
OHIO – At least eight people have been killed in “execution-style” killings in four separate homes in rural Ohio. It is believed the victims – seven adults and one teenager – are from the same family, the state’s attorney general said in a statement. They were all shot in the head and police are still…
HARARE – War veterans aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa are said to be working feverishly to sabotage next month’s planned “million-man march” against the Midlands godfather by Zanu PF youths associated with the ruling party’s ambitious Young Turks known as the Generation 40 (G40). Manicaland Zanu PF youth deputy secretary for information and…
HARARE – Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao yesterday accepted that he “misinterpreted” aspects of the indigenisation policy, adding he respectfully accepted President Robert Mugabe’s policy statement as the new “directive” his ministry would take. Mugabe dramatically revised rules compelling foreign firms to transfer majority control to local blacks after acrimony between Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday claimed depositors were fuelling the country’s biting cash crisis by keeping money outside the formal banking system. But depositors have said they were resorting to “pillow banking” because they could not access their cash from banks when they needed it. Zimbabwe has been experiencing cash shortages in the…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has blasted acting Harare mayor Chris Mbanga for barring suspended town clerk James Mushore from Town House, saying he has gone rogue. Deputy Harare mayor Mbanga took over as acting mayor this week after mayor Bernard Manyenyeni was suspended on Monday by government, which accused him of improper conduct and…
UMZINGWANE – Health authorities have warned that children here are suffering from severe acute malnutrition and require immediate treatment. Authorities warned of an unfolding humanitarian emergency in Matabeleland South Province. Children are struggling to recover from severe drought that has hit the region and led to a sharp decline in both livestock and crop production. The…
HARARE – The Archbishop of Canterbury and principal leader of the Church of England, Justin Welby, has said the example of the victory against persecution of the church in Zimbabwe by renegade bishop Nolbert Kunonga will be a source of renewal for the whole Anglican Communion. Welby, who was in Africa for the Anglican Consultative…
NAIROBI – Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law an anti-doping bill that could allow the country to compete at the Olympics Games in Rio in August. It had missed two deadlines set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to show it was tackling cheating in sport. The new law creates a national agency,…
NEW YORK – Donald Trump has promised to change his image, in a closed-door meeting with Republican party leaders. The businessman, who leads the party’s race to be presidential nominee, delivered his message via aides, the Associated Press news agency reports. His success in primary elections so far has set off alarm bells among those…
