“What water is to agriculture, armaments are to security. Israel suffers from a shortage of both,” Israel’s Former President Shimon Peres Dies

Shimon Peres,  one of the founding fathers of the israel nation  and former Israeli prime minister has died. The elder statesman who is famously remembered for saying, “What water is to agriculture, armaments are to security died at the age of 93 years. He is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and British honorary knight.  Shimon Peres, succumbed to a major stroke two weeks ago, and subsequently died in a Tel Aviv hospital. Shimon Peres political…

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Mugabe ‘Rejects’ Chinese ‘Confucius Peace Prize’

Mugabe ‘Rejects’ Chinese ‘Confucius Peace Prize’

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has dissociated himself from a peace prize awarded to him by a Chinese institution.   Mugabe was last month awarded the Confucious Peace Prize – a supposed Chinese rival to the Nobel Peace Prize – for his outstanding contribution towards world peace, beating the likes of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and South Korean President Park Geun-hye.   State media columnist, Nathaniel Manheru, widely believed to be Mugabe’s spokesperson, George Charamba, said the…

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ZANU PF DEFENDS PEACE AWARD TO MUGABE THE ‘GLOBAL ICON’, BY CHINA.

ZANU PF DEFENDS PEACE AWARD TO MUGABE THE ‘GLOBAL ICON’, BY CHINA.

The ruling Zanu PF party has defended the Chinese award given to President Robert Mugabe last month saying the 91-year-old is a global icon and dismissing as “jealous” those critical of the accolade. Mugabe was conferred with the Confucious Peace Prize; China’s counter to internationally acclaimed and Norwegian funded Nobel Peace Prize for being a “fighter for peace in Zimbabwe and across the African continent”. The veteran strongman reportedly fought off competition from other contenders…

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