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Unicef urges more child-centred climate investments in Zim amid drought
HARARE, Xinhua - The United Nations Children’s Fund has called for an increase in child-centred climate investments to reduce the risk of shocks caused by climate change on children in the country.Wit...
Russia captures 5 villages in Ukraine’s northeast, forces 1 700 to flee
Moscow’s forces have captured five villages as part of a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, the Russian Defence Ministry said Saturday.Ukrainian journalists reported Friday that Russian tr...
Mutare residents condemn proposed development threatening wetland
 The Environment - Environmental advocacy groups and residents in Mutare have voiced strong opposition to the proposed development of 23 cluster homes on the headwater wetland below the Cecil Kop Natu...
5 Tanzanian miners killed after mine collapse: Police
DAR ES SALAAM, Xinhua - At least five artisanal miners were killed and four others injured after a gold mine collapsed in the Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania, police said Friday.The gold mine, nam...
Former DGL9 director in court for US$40k fraud
Michael MashiriZim Now CorrespondentA former director of DGL9 Investments Pvt Limited has been taken to court accused of fraud involving US$40 000.Cleophas Chigede, 52, of Mt Darwin, appeared at the H...
Shops, goods burnt to ashes as fire razes Mabvuku flea market
Oscar J JekeZim Now ReporterFive shops and goods worth thousands of dollars were destroyed on Thursday night following an inferno at local roadside flea markets in Mabvuku.The fire was reportedly igni...
White House says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law
 Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyahuScripps News - The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, but warti...
Neville Mutsvangwa, accomplices to spend weekend behind bars
Neville Mutsvangwa boards a prison truck at the Harare MAgistrates Courts en route to remand prison Zim Now WriterNeville Mutsvangwa and his two accomplices, who appeared in court yesterday, facing ch...
IEC has no powers to disqualify Zuma as election candidate, SA ConCourt hears
Former SA president and MK leader, Jacob ZumaTimesLIVE - It was the National Assembly that had a right to debate the eligibility of members and the Electoral Commission had no authority to disqualify...
Several students kidnapped as gunmen attack university in central Nigeria
ABUJA, Xinhua - Several students were reported missing after a group of gunmen stormed their school in Nigeria’s central state of Kogi late Thursday, local authorities said Friday.The gunmen attacked...