Spin Twins Lead Afghanistan To Victory
Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe by 54 runs to take a 2-0 lead in their five-match ODI series on Sunday thanks to spinners Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi who finished with six wickets between them....
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Pakistan T20 Final Must Be In Lahore, Says ICC Task Force Chief
A top international cricket official insisted Sunday that the final of Pakistan's Twenty20 league must be held in Lahore despite a major bomb attack in the country last week. Giles Clarke, head of an...
Turning 93, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Rules Out Retirement
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no "acceptable" successor in place. "The call to step down must come from my party, my party...
Patients Feel the Pinch As Zimbabwe Doctors Strike
Hundreds of patients endured long hours waiting in casualty units at Zimbabwe´s state hospitals Saturday due to a crippling strike by doctors seeker higher allowances and better work conditions....
Even A Dead Robert Mugabe Could Stand In Zimbabwe Election – Wife
The wife of Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, has said that he is so popular that if he died, he could run as a corpse in next year’s election and still win votes. Grace Mugabe,...
If Mugabe Dies, We Will Still Field Him As A Candidate-Wife Says
The wife of Zimbabwe’s president, Grace Mugabe, is courting controversy after she said that her husband, Robert Mugabe is so much loved by people to an extent that even if he dies, he will still be...
Zimbabwe Will Vote For Mugabe Even When He’s Dead
The wife of 92-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he would be the voters' choice even after he dies, as she addressed supporters from the ruling ZANU-PF party. Grace Mugabe,...
Zimbabwe Protest Pastor Hints of Challenging Mugabe In 2018 Polls
Pastor Evan Mawarire, the Zimbabwean activist behind the #ThisFlag movement, has hinted that he could stand in presidential elections slated for next year. “If the need arises or if it is necessary...
Cyclone Dineo Batters Southern Mozambique, Killing 7
Cyclone Dineo killed seven people, injured 55 and affected hundreds of thousands across southern Mozambique, the country's natural disasters agency said Friday. More than 20,000 homes were destroyed...
Zimbabwe Protest Pastor Mawarire Says May Stand Against Mugabe
A Zimbabwean pastor who led a popular protest movement last year against strongman President Robert Mugabe said Friday that he might stand in the 2018 general election. Evan Mawarire was publicly...
I Won’t Move Ghana’s Economy the Guggisberg Way- President Akufo-Addo
Ghana has outgrown the status of exporting commodities in their raw state without adding value. President of the Republic, Nana Akufo-Addo in an address to some Diplomatic corps at an event organised...
Armyworm Outbreak Could ‘spread’
The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is concerned that the armyworm outbreak could spread to the whole of southern Africa, threatening crops. So far, seven of the 15...
Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food supplies, warned the UN food agency Thursday. "It is probably only...
Zimbabwe Protest Pastor Laments Prison Conditions After A Week In Jail
Evan Mawarire, Zimbabwean pastor and activist has decried the deplorable conditions in the country’s jails after spending a week on remand at a maximum security facility. Mawarire disclosed in an...
We Will ‘monetise Our Gas’ – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Ghana intends monetising its gas resources from the Jubilee, TEN, and Sankofa oil fields. “Our oil and gas deposits in the Jubilee, TEN and Sankofa fields offer...
Lion Attacks Woman Who Posed To Take Pictures At the Zoo
A female tourist, who was innocently posing for pictures in a zoo without knowledge that a lion was somewhere watching her before she was attacked. Zambezi reports that, a tourist was mauled by a...
South Africa’s Battle With Armyworms
South African farmers are battling an alien armyworm invasion that has already caused devastation on their crops. The maize-destroying caterpillars have destroyed eight per cent of this farm....
Hayatou Panic’s As FIFA President Infantino Plans To Attend CAF-Opposed Meeting
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is set to travel to Zimbabwe next week for a high-profile visit that has sent long-serving CAF boss Issa Hayatou into panic mode as the Cameroonian is cognisant of the...
Onaapo Election Victory Celebrations Hit Dublin At The Heart Of Irsih Government Party, Fine Gael – Courtesy NPP Ireland
THE Irish arm of the governing Ghanaian New Patriotic Party finally held their 2016 General Elections Victory Celebrations / Party over the weekend with the Centre Right Irish Government Party...
On A South African Farm, Despair Over Armyworm Attack
Peeling back the maize plant's leaves reveals a small brown caterpillar -- an armyworm that writhes as it burrows into the heart of the crop, producing a sticky dark paste. Eighty percent of the...