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PRESIDENT-designate and Zanu-PF First Secretary Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa will today be sworn-in as the country’s Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces with several Sadc leaders here to witness the occasion. 9:40 – At the RG Mugabe International Airport, three Cabinet Ministers arrived early to welcome foreign dignitaries coming for […]

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson talks to reporters during a daily media briefing at the White House in Washington on Monday. The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States declared the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar to be “ethnic cleansing” on Wednesday, threatening penalties for military officials engaged in a brutal crackdown […]

Greek police will help bolster airport checks in Germany in a dispute over hundreds of passengers allegedly caught flying out of Greece with falsified papers, a police source told AFP. A police officer checking a passport at Frankfurt Airport. Photo: DPA. As of next week, Greek liaison officers will be stationed at airports in Frankfurt […]

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety would be protected in his home country as part of a deal that led to his resignation, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday. Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution and assured that his safety […]

Rwanda has offered to provide refuge to as many as 30,000 African migrants suffering slave-like conditions in Libya, the foreign ministry announced Wednesday.   © Mahmud Turkia, AFP | African migrants arrive at a naval base in Tripoli, Libya, on Oct. 11, 2017. A week after US network CNN broadcast an exposé of a slave auction of […]

Police in Papua New Guinea have entered a decommissioned prison camp on Manus Island, trying to evict refugees who are refusing to leave. Papua New Guinean police entered the Manus Island detention centre [AAP/Refugee Action Coalition/via Reuters] About 50 of the camp’s inhabitants left in buses, but about 330 others said they were too afraid to […]

Syrian troops are making steadfast advances along the west bank of the Euphrates and ousting Islamic State, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The news comes after a series of major defeats for the jihadists, close to being wiped out in eastern Syria. FILE PHOTO Syrian army soldiers fire on the Islamic State (IS) positions near […]

China on Wednesday said it respected Robert Mugabe’s decision to step down as president of Zimbabwe and vowed to continue “friendly” relations with the country it backed during his authoritarian rule. China became a major political and economic partner of Mugabe’s regime over the years as the West shunned the veteran leader over his government’s […]

Populist, pragmatist, authoritarian, cunning tactician – years after he rose to the top of Russian politics Western observers still wonder about Vladimir Putin’s true motivations. In fact, behind the Kremlin’s decision-making is a set of consistently expressed beliefs. St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, June 2016 © Carlos Barria / Reuter On the United States “The USA […]

Ecuador has told WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to avoid making statements that could affect the country’s international relations after he expressed support for Catalan independence from Spain, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. File photo of Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London. Photo: Justin Tallis/AFP Assange, who initially moved into London’s Ecuadorian embassy five […]