17 Young Girls Die In Thai School Dormitory, Fire At Night

At least 17 young girls died after a fire swept through the dormitory of a school for children of hill tribes in northern Thailand, officials said yesterday, adding several others were either missing or injured. The fire started late at night, meaning many of the children were asleep and unable to escape as flames engulfed the two-storey building. “The fire broke out at 11pm on Sunday (1600 GMT). Seventeen girls were killed and two are…

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Mugabe Finally Meets His Grandson ‘, Simbanashe Chikore’ In Singapore

An ecstatic President Mugabe finally met face-to-face with his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore in Singapore at the weekend. The baby was born mid last month, but the President could not see the new arrival earlier because of a busy schedule at home, only managing to travel on Saturday morning. The President revealed last week while addressing members of the Gutu clan in Masvingo that he was now a grandfather after his only daughter, Mrs Bona Chikore,…

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World Health Organisation (WHO), Warns, Africa, There Are 7,000 Suspected Cases Of Zika In Cape Verde

World Health Organisation (WHO), Warns, Africa, There Are 7,000 Suspected Cases Of Zika In Cape Verde

The World Health Organisation WHO , is warning of a pending health crisis after, the mosquito borne Zika virus strain that has wreaked havoc in Brazil, generally causing  neurological disorders including babies being born with abnormally small brains or microcephaly was  detected in Africa. This detection of the  Zika Virus circulating in Cape Verde, off the north west coast of Africa is a  first in Africa. Zika virus is generally spread through mosquito bites and sexual transmission,…

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German Firm Who Printed SA Rands Impounded At Harare Airport, Hired To Print US$200 Million In Bond Notes

German Firm Who Printed SA Rands Impounded At Harare Airport,  Hired To Print US$200 Million In Bond Notes

  Government has hired a German firm to print the US$200 million worth of bond notes, a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe official has said. RBZ director for exchange control Mr Morris Mpofu told delegates to the Chamber of Mines meeting in Victoria Falls yesterday that Government had engaged the same company that was used by the South African Reserve Bank to print rands. “The same Germans who printed the South African rands which were recently…

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French Aviation Safety Agency Says Egypt Airways, Flight Messages Showed Smoke On Board.

French Aviation Safety Agency Says Egypt Airways, Flight Messages Showed Smoke On Board.

  French aviation safety agency says Egypt Airways, flight messages showed smoke on board just moments disappeared. These are safety messages that are automatically relayed by the flight and relayed to the ground stations so that mechanics can get ready to do repairs or top up fluids such oil which, the messages would have warned about whilst the plane is on the way. Generally the smoke on board warning, is a coded message  on all…

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‘25,000 Cattle Died From October 2015 To March 2016 Due To Drought In Zimbabwe’-UNFP

‘25,000 Cattle Died From October 2015 To March 2016 Due To Drought In Zimbabwe’-UNFP

 THE United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said Wednesday food insecurity in drought-hit Zimbabwe is expected to spike from July as available stocks deplete. The food insecurity has been worsened by the fact that this is Zimbabwe’s second consecutive year of below average maize supplies. The country was hit by a devastating El-Nino induced drought this year which has left 4 million people, or 30 percent of the rural population, in need of food aid….

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BREAKING NEWS: ‘ Egyptian Navy Finds Floating Debris And Personal Belongings From Egypt Airways Flight MS804 ‘

BREAKING NEWS:  ‘ Egyptian Navy Finds Floating Debris And Personal Belongings From  Egypt Airways Flight MS804 ‘

An Egyptian Army Spokesperson has said on their facebook page that the Egyptian Navy have today, reportedly discovered debris and personal belongings belonging to the missing Egyptian Airways Flight MS804 which disappeared from radar 10 minutes into Egyptian airspace after leaving Charles De Gaulle airport in France, floating in the sea North Alexandria. The Debris was found about 290 km from the Egyptian Coast. They are currently looking for the planes black box so that we…

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Chronicle Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu,Transferred To Namibia ‘Over Gukurahundi & Mnangagwa Comments Article’

Chronicle Editor Mduduzi Mathuthu,Transferred To Namibia ‘Over Gukurahundi & Mnangagwa Comments Article’

Zimpapers yesterday transferred the editor of its Bulawayo daily, the Chronicle, Mduduzi Mathuthu, to Namibia, in what sources claim to be punishment for the way the paper covered some stories, particularly a story where Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was implicated in making inflammatory statements during the Gukurahundi. Yesterday, Zimpapers chief executive officer, Pikirai Deketeke flew to Bulawayo to deliver news to Mathuthu that he will be taking over the editorship of the Namibian based Southern Times,…

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BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Air Flight MS804 Paris-Cairo Dissappears , 10 Miles Into Egypt Airspace

BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Air Flight MS804 Paris-Cairo Dissappears , 10 Miles Into Egypt Airspace

BREAKING NEWS: Egypt Air Flight MS804 Paris To Cairo Disappears From radar 10 Miles Into Egypt Airspace. The flight which departed from Paris at 0911 local time from Paris  disappeared from radar at 0245 Egypt time in the early hours of this morning just 10 minutes into Egypt airspace, with 66 people on board including 10 crew including 3 security officials or air marshals and 56 passengers including 1Briton. Egyptian Air civil aviation authority say its…

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