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Africa’s disaster reduction seminar opens in Arusha
By Our reporter at February 14, 2013 | 7:07 PM | 0 Comment
Government representatives, experts from UN agencies and inter-governmental institutions are deliberating on how Africa can reduce the social, economic and environmental impact of disasters that include floods, drought and diseases outbreaks. The meeting is taking place at the 4th African Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction seminar, which started on Wednesday more...
Ghana President John Atta Mills has died
By Our reporter at July 24, 2012 | 6:27 PM | 0 Comment
State-run television in Ghana is announcing that President John Atta Mills has died at age 68. Ghanaian television stations GTV and TV3 broke into regular programming Tuesday to announce the death of the president who was in his first term in office. Chief of Staff John Henry Martey Newman addressed the nation on TV, saying Atta Mills died Tuesday afternoon at the more...
Dlamini-Zuma to head African Union
By Our reporter at July 15, 2012 | 11:45 PM | 0 Comment
SOUTH African diplomat and doctor Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected on Sunday to become the first female head of the African Union Commission, ending a bruising leadership battle that had threatened to divide the organization. Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa's home affairs minister and an ex-wife of President Jacob Zuma, defeated incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon, who had been more...
Joyce Banda sworn in as Malawi president
By Itayi Garande at April 7, 2012 | 1:35 PM | 1 Comments
JOYCE Banda has been confirmed and sworn in as the new president of Malawi after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She was the country's vice-president. Banda took over the running of the country on Saturday after the government officially confirmed 78-year-old Mutharika's death, two days after he had died following a heart attack. His body had been more...
Malema expelled from the ANC
By Our reporter at March 1, 2012 | 1:25 AM | 0 Comment
A SOUTH AFRICAN youth leader once tipped as a future president of South Africa has been expelled from the governing African National Congress (ANC). Julius Malema, president of the ANC youth league, had already been suspended for five years for sowing divisions and bringing the party into disrepute. His appeal against the sentence backfired on Wednesday when, more...
Mozambique to cut off Zim power supply
By Our reporter at February 5, 2012 | 11:49 PM | 5 Comments
MOZAMBIQUE has threatened to cut off power supply to Zimbabwe over a US$5 million debt, reports CAJ News. Hydro Cahora Basa supplies Zimbabwe with about 500 megawatts to cover shortfalls. Zesa Holdings has capacity to generate between 900 megawatts and 1200 megawatts against a growing national demand of 1900 to 2200 megawatts. // // To cover the shortfall, more...
Malema found guilty, suspended from ANC
By Our reporter at February 5, 2012 | 6:05 AM | 0 Comment
Julius Malema, the ANC's outspoken youth league leader, has lost an appeal against his suspension from the party for "sowing divisions" and bringing the ANC into disrepute, and has been told to stand down as president immediately. Mr Malema was told that his claims of bias by some members of the disciplinary panel which convicted him and suspended him from the party more...
Libya: Mugabe attacks African “sellouts”
By Our reporter at September 27, 2011 | 1:58 AM | 1 Comments
PRESIDENT Mugabe has described as "sellouts" those African countries that recognized Libya's transitional government. Libya's new government led by the National Transitional Council was given full membership of the United Nations at the just ended General Assembly. The African Union also voted to recognize the NTC. Adressing reporters Sunday on his return from the more...
President honours All-Africa Games team
By Our reporter at September 27, 2011 | 12:05 AM | 0 Comment
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe met with Zimbabwe’s sporting ambassadors who excelled at the 10th All Africa Games in Maputo. The team received due recognition when the president hosted the medalists and participants at State House. With each athlete receiving US$5 000 for every gold medal, Zimbabwe’s swimming icon, Kirsty Coventry, whose prize money was received on her more...
Sadc tribunal dissolved
By Brett Mashingaidze at May 22, 2011 | 10:38 PM | 0 Comment
THE Sadc Tribunal was dissolved at the regional grouping's extraordinary summit yesterday with leaders tasking Justice Ministers to reconstitute the tribunal to give it a new mandate. Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mbengegwi said: "We are very happy because we have fought for this decision for a very long time. "So today we have completely and totally dissolved more...
