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The Zimbabwe Staff College contributes to regional military integration and co-operation by enrolling students from the Sadc region, President Mugabe said yesterday.
THE Public Service Commission will soon bar all people recruited without its clearance by the MDC formations from handling State documents and entering Government buildings.
Police forensic officers from Southern Africa are in Zimbabwe attending a workshop to promote the use of DNA testing, identification of disaster victims and use of fingerprints in investigations.
ATTORNEY-General Mr Johannes Tomana yesterday said his office is an independent entity free from politics and operates professionally in accordance with the laws of the country.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has finally asked the IMF to urgently release US$50 million of the over US$500 million allocation to Zimbabwe to buy agricultural inputs for the 2009/10 cropping season.
IN the United Kingdom, an old saying goes: "Football is a gentleman's game played by thugs and rugby is a thug's game played by gentlemen."
A party here and a party there, is the festive mood in the capital as pubs and clubs go into overdrive lining up shows for the Christmas holiday.
GETRUDE MURAPE (28) is a mother of two and is six months pregnant.
PRESIDENT Mugabe last night challenged the Warriors to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil as Zimbabwe celebrated the arrival of the iconic World Cup Trophy, on its soil, with a colourful function at the Harare International Airport.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir was on Wednesday held up in Gulu for nearly seven hours after the plane carrying him ruptured a tyre.
Two foreign journalists, held for more than 15 months in the restive Somali capital Mogadishu, have been released, reports say
The government is seeking donor assistance for the implementation of Phase two evictions of the Mau Forest.
CONTROVERSIAL former Department of Justice director-general Menzi Simelane was yesterday appointed new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), prompting dismay in political and legal circles.
Ministers, heads of departments and chief executives of parastatals who fail to satisfactorily implement the budget by the end of the forthcoming fiscal year deserve to be penalised.
THE National Society for Human Rights is poised to approach the High Court for an urgent interdict forcing the Electoral Commission of Namibia to stop banning them as election observers.
That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability.
A report by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) on the economics of climate change in Rwanda has revealed that climate change has had a significant setback on the economy, especially in the past four years.
PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua who is recuperating in a hospital bed in Jedah, Saudi Arebia has expressed sadness and disappointment over the widespread rumour of his death which rocked the nation since Wednesday; just as his Personal Physician, Dr. Salisu Banye, FWACP, has confirmed that the President is suffering from "Acute Pericarditis", (an inflammatory condition of the coverings of the heart).
As our UN helicopter landed in Muglad, the large crowd of locals and tribal elders quickly approached our small plane. We were quickly ushered into a meeting hall, where we listened intently as the Misseriya tribal elders spoke passionately about their community’s concerns.
Zimbabwe's three governing parties have suspended until Saturday their negotiations on outstanding issues impeding the work of the unity government after three days of marathon meetings.
The request today by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to the court's judges to open a Kenya investigation is a decisive step toward justice for the country's 2007 post-election violence, Human Rights Watch said. The move comes after more than a year of inaction by Kenya's authorities on national prosecutions.
A group of 22 children, aged about 10 and 11 were freed by Lord's Resistance Army rebels Sunday night.
New data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update shows HIV infections in the world have reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years.
The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish capital Copenhagen, is a world away from the thronging canopy suspended over the tropical forests of Uganda, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Cameroon.
In more than 34 years as a judge, he has not been as deeply concerned by anything as he was by the recent comment of a South African deputy minister of police that police officers should shoot and "kill the bastards".
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