5 die in Matopo mine collapse
Gold panners going down the same mineshaft to look for their colleagues still believed to be trapped underground at Nugget Mine, in Matobo
BY RICHARD...
Green Fuels burning
BY KENNETH NYANGANI
EASTERN Region Division One football side Green Fuels have off-loaded six players just five games into the season following a poor start...
1MDB: US to return $200m in funds to Malaysia as part of probe
BY BBC
The US is to return close to $200m (£152.4m) to Malaysia in funds recovered from asset seizures tied to scandal-hit state fund 1MDB.
US...
Bush fire guts 4 villages, kills 33 in South Sudan
BY AFRICANEWS
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the...
Libya: Haftar forces clash with government forces
BY AFRICANEWS
Sounds of gun shots in the air….as forces of eastern Commander Khalifa Haftar clash with pro-government forces in the South of Tripoli.
The scene...
Turkey’s Erdogan defends Istanbul election re-run amid protests
BY BBC
Istanbul’s mayoral election was affected by “organised crime and serious corruption”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
Mr Erdogan was defending the decision to...
Niger fuel tanker explosion kills dozens near Niamey
BY BBC
A fuel tanker lorry has overturned and exploded near the airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, killing at least 58 people, authorities say.
Many of...
Battlelines drawn in MDC
BY BLESSED MHLANGA / Brenna Matendere
THE battle for political survival in the opposition MDC went a notch up on Sunday when party heavyweights nominated...