Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa flew home on Wednesday to take power after the resignation of Robert Mugabe put an end to 37 years of authoritarian rule. And in an address to ZANU-PF faithful, he promised a new dawn of democracy. Mnangagwa flew into Harare’s Manyame airbase
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The African Union (AU) on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who had ruled the country for 37 years. Moussa Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission in a statement said Tuesday’s decision will go down in history as an act of statesmanship that can only bolster Mugabe’s political legacy. Mugabe resigned on […]
A Nigerian is currently assisting India’s Narcotics Control Bureau with its investigation after he was nabbed with cocaine worth Rs 7.5 crore (about N415,864,530.00). Thirty-nine years old Okoro Uka was arrested alongside a Venezuelan woman, Brigette D V R Santoyo, 36, with authorities alleging the two were part of an international drugs racket. According to […]
Former Bosnian Serbian commander Ratko Mladic has been sentenced to life in prison for genocide and war crimes during the Balkans conflicts over two decades ago. The presiding judge of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday found that the 74-year-old general “significantly contributed” to genocide committed at Srebrenica. Mladic was
Africa should move beyond aid handouts that have failed to bring growth and prosperity and move to an era of mutual respect with Western countries, President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana said. Akufo-Addo made this known in a speech to the Royal African Society. He said aid to his nation from donor countries was unsustainable and […]
Zimbabwe’s ousted vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as successor to Robert Mugabe at a ceremony on Friday, state media said Wednesday, a day after the 93-year-old’s shock resignation. “The former vice president, who had been out of the country after he was sacked from both party and government, will… replace comrade Robert […]
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