Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe’s Mr Ugly competition to go global The organiser of Zimbabwe’s “beauty” pageant with a difference, David Machowa told Newsday on Thursday that he intends to make Mr
Tags GENERAL Tunisia detains key militant after deadly attack Tunisian authorities on Thursday detained a former member of the now outlawed Ansar al-Sharia hardline group as part of a crackdown
Tags GENERAL 18 killed in Boko Haram attack in Niger Eighteen people were killed and 100 homes torched in an attack by Nigeria’s Boko Haram fighters on a southeastern village,
Tags GENERAL Egypt to export donkey skin Sources at the Agriculture Ministry said the ministry is devising new methods to control trade in donkey skin from the
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe Finance Minister to present spending plan on Thursday Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister will be walking a nasty tight rope when he presents the country’s national budget, for 2016 on
Tags GENERAL South Africa’s ambitious new energy mix South Africa’s starting ambitious new projects to diversify its energy sources and end the regular power cuts which have been
Tags GENERAL NATO calls for calm between Russia and Turkey NATO’s chief is calling for calm on all sides after Turkey shot down the Russian warplane Tuesday. It’s the first time
Tags GENERAL Somali militants effectively declare war on ISIL The threat from militant group ISIL to East Africa has taken a dramatic twist. Somali jihadists Al-Shabab have effectively declared
Tags GENERAL New attack in Timbuktu, Mali leaves UN peacekeeping member killed United Nations says a civilian member of its peacekeeping mission in the country has been killed in a bomb attack
Tags GENERAL Burundi battalions conclude one year mission in Somalia Troops from the African Union Mission in Somalia – or AMISOM – have been returning home. A contingent of Burundian