3 Million Zimbabweans Face Food Insecurity Due To El-Nino Driven Drought

3 Million Zimbabweans Face Food Insecurity Due To El-Nino Driven Drought

An estimated three million Zimbabweans – 23 percent of the country’s population – is food insecure in the wake of one of the worst droughts to ever hit Zimbabwe, a government official has said. – Zimbabwe Food and Nutrition Council director George Kembo told delegates at the signing ceremony of a $10 million donation from the US government for hunger alleviation on Thursday that at the end of January, Zimbabwe had received less than 75…

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Nigeria Gvt Audit Has Removed Nearly 24,000 Ghost Workers, Saving US$11,5m (£8m) Per Month

The Nigerian government has removed nearly 24,000 workers from its payroll after an audit revealed they did not exist, the Finance Ministry has said. Nigerian President Buhari (pic BBC) The Nigerian government has removed nearly 24,000 workers from its payroll after an audit revealed they did not exist, the Finance Ministry has said. The move has enabled a monthly saving of around $11,5m (£8m). The audit is part of an anti-corruption campaign by President Muhammadu…

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(UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino Wins Fifa Presidency With Platini & Blatter Gone

(UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino Wins Fifa Presidency With Platini & Blatter Gone

Swiss Gianni Infantino  ( 45) , the general secretary of European governing body UEFA, has won the presidential election for the world’s Top Soccer governing body (FIFA) Gianni a former lawyer, won ,after receiving 115 votes and   announced that they will restore  respect thus everyone in the world will applaud Fifa. By Sibusiso Ngwenya photo-Daily Mail UK -UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino has won Fifa Presidential Election

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Zimbabweans Starve Yet Mugabe Donates 300 Cattle To African Union (AU)

Zimbabweans Starve Yet Mugabe Donates 300 Cattle To African Union (AU)

President Mugabe has honoured his pledge of 300 head of cattle he made to the African Union Foundation last year, with AU Commission deputy chairperson Mr Erastus Mwencha arriving in the country yesterday to receive the cattle. The President, who was AU and Sadc chairman when he made the pledge in June last year, made the donation as a way of dissuading Africa from over-reliance on external partners whose donations come with strings attached. Speaking…

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‘Zim-China Ties Won’t Be Affected By Ban On Chiadzwa Diamond Mining’- S.Mumbengegwi

‘Zim-China Ties Won’t Be Affected By Ban On Chiadzwa Diamond Mining’- S.Mumbengegwi

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs Simbarashe Mumbengegwi says Zimbabwe all weather friendship with China will not be affected by the recent move taken by government to stop all diamond mining activities in Chiadzwa to allow for the consolidation of the sector. In an interview with the ZBC in the capital on Thursday, Minister Mumbengegwi said government is moving ahead with those who are willing to work with government on that exercise. Mumbengegwi said invitations…

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‘Zimbabwe Has No Plans To Rejoin The Commonwealth’-Foreign Minister Mumbengegwi’

‘Zimbabwe  Has No Plans To Rejoin The Commonwealth’-Foreign Minister  Mumbengegwi’

has no plans to rejoin the Commonwealth and anyone lobbying for Harare to be allowed back to the bloc will be working against Zimbabwe’s position, a Cabinet minister has said. Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said Zimbabwe was unjustifiably suspended from the Commonwealth in 2002 after the bloc of former British colonies premised its decision on what they regarded as “preponderance of opinion”. He said this while giving oral evidence on Monday before the Parliamentary…

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Biti, Not Mbeki, Is lying: ‘MDC Sold Out Through Failure To Implement Electoral Reforms’

Biti, Not  Mbeki, Is lying: ‘MDC Sold Out Through Failure To Implement  Electoral Reforms’

In a follow-up radio interview to President Thabo Mbeki letter “SA policy on Zimbabwe” with Redi Thlabi on 702 Cape Talk Tendai Biti said a lot of things, I would like to take him up one the one issue – Did MDC sell-out in failing to implement the GPA reforms, he was asked?” President Mbeki should just shut up! He should not blame the victim. ….. MDC fought for re-forms but Zanu PF refused,” replied…

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100 Gold Panners Attack 9 West Nicholson Mine Guards &New Owners Killing 1Guard

100 Gold Panners Attack 9 West Nicholson Mine Guards &New Owners  Killing 1Guard

A COWDRAY Park man who was employed as a security guard at a mine in West Nicholson died after about 100 illegal gold panners attacked the new owners of Geelong Mine. The gold panners who used to operate at the disused mine invaded the claim resulting in a confrontation with representatives of the mine’s new owners, Mart Server Marketing. Five people have since been arrested in connection with the murder which occurred last Tuesday. Matabeleland South…

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‘ANC Had Good Relations With ZAPU & None With ZANU,’ -Mbeki

‘ANC Had Good Relations With ZAPU & None With ZANU,’ -Mbeki

Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when it broke away from ZAPU. This was a product of a continuous process in Zimbabwe which had started with the establishment of the Southern Rhodesia African National Congress in that country and the membership in the South African ANC of Zimbabwe students and workers while they were studying and working in South Africa. ANC relations…

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Impounded US Plane Had R60 Billion Destined For South Africa’s Reserve Bank.

Impounded US Plane Had R60 Billion Destined For South Africa’s Reserve Bank.

INVESTIGATIONS have unearthed that the decomposing body found last week on a Western Global Airlines cargo plane at Harare International Airport was that of a stowaway, and that the craft was carrying about R60 billion destined for South Africa’s Reserve Bank. Indications are that the stowayay could have died four days before his body was discovered on the plane on February 14. The plane was impounded after it landed for refuelling and Civil Aviation Authority…

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