Samrawit Gougsa, Correspondent (Politics) HARARE — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for the Western community to remove sanctions against Zimbabwe after it endorsed President Robert Mugabe’s victory in elections that took place last month. Malawi President Joyce Banda said she believes “Zimbabwe deserves better” and that the people “have suffered enough.” As the newly appointed chairwoman of SADC, her words were spoken at the end of the regional bloc’s summit in […]
Mati Maravanyika, Editor (Africa) MALI—Mali’s elections have given the torn nation hope after a coup last year led to chaos and havoc largely because of Islamist insurgents. The Presidential race is between Ibrahim Boubacar, former Prime Minister and Soumaila Cisse, former Finance Minister. Keita received 40% of votes during the first round wile Cisse received 20% of the vote. Keita is well known because he ran for Presidency in 2002 and 2007 but […]
Mati Maravanyika, Editor (Africa) TUNIS — The opposition parties to the Tunisian government are expected to stage protests following Prime Minister Ali Larayedh’s decision not to terminate the government. PM Larayedh met with political heads and “leaders of the military and professional organisation.” Representatives from labour unions also attended the meeting, according to the nation’s state run news agency, TAP. The reasoning behind the meeting as stated by TAP was to “deepen dialogue around the […]
Samrawit Gougsa Correspondent (Europe) ROME — After decades of criminal prosecutions, Italy’s former Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been handed a definitive conviction for the first time in the billionaire tycoon’s tumultuous career. Italy’s highest court found Berlusconi guilty of tax evasion and sentenced him to four years in prison, of which he will serve only one due to an amnesty introduced in 2006 aimed at reducing prison overcrowding. The case centres Berlusconi’s business empire […]
Cate Reynolds-Foote, Correspondent (Oceania) SYDNEY — Australia shares a strong cultural affinity with the United Kingdom — our love of the pub, good country sports, a decent tipple and the Ashes go back years. Though perhaps the one thing that binds us together above all others is our head of state. Since the east coast of Australia was claimed as a British colony in 1770 in the name of King George III, we have […]
Sadichchha Pokharel, Correspondent (Asia: South) ISLAMABAD — At least 50 people have been killed and hundreds injured as heavy monsoon floods hit Pakistan. Karachi has been the worst-hit city and an an emergency has been declared in the city. The banks on Malir river and Surjani have collapsed, resulting in flooding the towns of Malir, Surjani, Maymar and Lyari. Twenty-one people were killed in Karachi on Saturday, and several others were reported injured or missing. Electrocutions […]
Jennifer Ubah, Correspondent (Europe) LONDON- The Prime Minister is urging internet firms to stop allowing abusive child images to stay on the internet. Cameron is warning internet companies that if they do not take action to block such images then new legal controls could be introduced. The Prime Minister believes that search firms like Google need to do more to stop results coming up from “depraved and disgusting” search terms. He said this on […]
Simona Botviciute, Editor (Asia – Far East) TOKYO – Shinzo Abe has made one of the most remarkable political comebacks of modern times by winning a solid majority in Japan’s upper house elections and gaining control of both chambers of parliament. Japan’s Prime Minister has returned to work with one of the strongest political mandates and ambitions to revive the world’s third-largest economy. Mr Abe had resigned as Japan’s Prime minister in 2007 due […]
Jennifer Ubah, Correspondent (Europe) LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron urges Internet companies to take action on websites that display child pornography. According to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), research has shown that half of people that look at indecent images of children online go on to commit child sexual offences. The killers of five-year-old April Jones and twelve-year-old Tia Sharp, who have been recently convicted, had viewed child sex abuse […]
