Zimbabwe Gvt Summons French ambassador Laurent Delahousse Over Itai Dzamara Stance

Zimbabwe Gvt  Summons French ambassador Laurent Delahousse Over Itai Dzamara  Stance

Government yesterday summoned French ambassador Laurent Delahousse after he pulled a shocker on Tuesday by proposing a toast to MDC-T activist Itai Dzamara who was reported missing since March, accusing officials of abducting him. Sources close to the meeting said the Foreign Affairs Ministry, led by acting Secretary Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe, protested over the French envoy’s untoward act. Delahousse said in his disappearance, the former journalist had become a symbol and he would not let…

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S.A Police Investigate 2Murders, 3 Rapes, & 25 Kidnappings Of Zim women By Gang

S.A Police Investigate 2Murders, 3 Rapes, & 25 Kidnappings  Of Zim women By Gang

South African police are investigating cases in which two Zimbabwean women were killed, three raped while 25 people were kidnapped by a gang of criminals targeting mainly Zimbabweans travelling to that country. The incidents occurred between May 30 and July 11 and victims who escaped reported the matter to police. The gang, which includes a couple based in Musina, reportedly targets women travelling between Musina and Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province. It is understood the…

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Gen Chiwenga Takes Ex-wife To court Over Missing Guns

Gen Chiwenga Takes Ex-wife To court Over Missing Guns

Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Guveya Chiwenga has taken his former wife, Jocelyn Mauchaza, to court accusing her of stealing two guns from his gun cabinet at his Borrowdale home.Mauchaza, 59, stole two rifles in 2010 after Gen Chiwenga left the home following a domestic misunderstanding, prosecutors said.It is alleged Gen Chiwenga did not return to the house until 2014 after Mauchaza was evicted following a High Court order. He discovered that the two…

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Gen Chiwenga Sues Ex- wife, Jocelyn Over Misssing Guns

Gen Chiwenga Sues Ex- wife, Jocelyn  Over Misssing Guns

Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Guveya Chiwenga has taken his former wife, Jocelyn Mauchaza, to court accusing her of stealing two guns from his gun cabinet at his Borrowdale home.Mauchaza, 59, stole two rifles in 2010 after Gen Chiwenga left the home following a domestic misunderstanding, prosecutors said.It is alleged Gen Chiwenga did not return to the house until 2014 after Mauchaza was evicted following a High Court order. He discovered that the two…

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Makoni Says Charamba’s Comments ‘ Mugabe Doesnt Care About Dzamara’ Are Insensitive

Makoni  Says Charamba’s Comments ‘ Mugabe Doesnt Care About Dzamara’ Are  Insensitive

FORMER Zanu PF politburo member and cabinet minister Simba Makoni has lashed out at President Robert Mugabe over remarks made by his spokesperson that the veteran leader was not concerned by the disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara. Makoni, who is leader of Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn party, was part of the opposition leaders who gathered over the weekend to pray for the safe return of Dzamara. The journalist-cum human rights activist went missing about four months ago after…

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Uganda’s President Museveni, Begins Formalities To Extend His Rule To 35 Years

Uganda’s President Museveni, Begins  Formalities To Extend His Rule To 35 Years

President Yoweri Museveni has begun the formalities needed to run for re-election in Uganda’s 2016 elections, his spokesman said on Wednesday, a move that could see him extend his rule to 35 years. Don Wanyama, Museveni’s spokesman, said the veteran leader has paid 20 million shillings ($6,025) in fees to file for nomination as the presidential candidate of his ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM). The east African country is set to hold its presidential and…

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Thirty People Reportedly Killed In Two Explosions At A Market In Nigeria

Twin blasts have rocked a market in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, leaving 30 people dead, witnesses said. “I have 30 bodies in bags and I am sure there are more out there,” said the Red Cross official, who was involved in the evacuation and wanted to remain anonymous. An official from the National Emergency Management Agency also confirmed that the attacks had taken place and many people were hurt. No one has claimed…

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‘Gweru Blind Man Strikes Baby Dead With Walking Aid In Transport Fare Dispute’

‘Gweru Blind Man Strikes Baby Dead With Walking Aid In Transport Fare Dispute’

A blind Kwekwe man allegedly struck and killed an eight-month-old baby who was strapped to her mother’s back with his walking aid, a metal cane, following a dispute over $1 with a commuter omnibus conductor in Gweru, the Chronicle reported. Christopher Mafunganye, 32, of Extension 15/2 Mbizo, Kwekwe, appeared before Magistrate Judith Taruvinga facing a murder charge. Prosecutor Daniel Tapfuma told the court that on January 1, this year at around 3.30PM and at Ascot…

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Riots Erupt In Livingstone, Zambia In Protest Against Fuel Prices Hike

Riots erupted in Zambia’s tourist capital, Livingstone this week in protest against the government’s decision to hike fuel prices.  Business in the tourist capital came to a standstill on Wednesday as police fought running battles with protesting taxi drivers who damaged the vehicles of their colleagues who refused to join the demonstrations. Alarmed tourists scampered in all directions. The city, which is well known for its tranquillity and even recently co-hosted the UN World Tourism…

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Four Marines &One Gunman Shot Dead In Attack On USA, Tennessee Navy facility.

 Breaking News :   Four Marines , have been reportedly shot dead at a USA Navy Training Centre in the city of Chattanooga. Authorities have  now termed the attacks, acts of Domestic Terrorism,  as two military sites were attacked at the same time. The second attack occured at an Armed Forces Career Center, roughly seven miles away from the site mentioned above, though its yet to be confirmed whether or not the attacks were related. Authorities are yet to release names of…

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