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7 year sentence for attempted ritual murder of grade 1 pupil
Zim Now WriterA 20-year-old man, Tatenda Mudziwedare has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the magistrates’ court in Rusape for the attempted murder of a seven-year-old boy in Headlands.The a...
Kenya beefs up security after explosive device injures 9 officers near border with Somalia
 Kenyan police said Monday that security has been beefed up near the border with Somalia after nine officers were wounded in a roadside blast on Saturday.In a security report, the police said that the...
Lovemore Chitengu loses Harare Municipality ward to Zanu PF
Lovemore Chitengu takes oath after his election as mayor before his ejectionZim Now WriterFormer Harare Mayor, Lovemore Chitengu, who stood as an Independent, lost the right to represent Ward 36 of Ha...
AU condemns mass abduction of schoolchildren, women in Nigeria
 Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned the abduction of schoolchildren and women in northwestern Nigeria.The AU Commission chairperson “strongly condemns the ma...
Nigeria to start exporting locally-produced commodities to SA
Executive secretary of the National Action Committee on African Continental Free Trade Area, Olusegun AwolowoZim Now WriterExecutive secretary of the National Action Committee on African Continental F...
Childline Zim applauds the courts for sentencing, Phaeteon Mutiyaya, the man who sold alcohol to Mbare minors
Audrey GalawuChildline Zimbabwe has commended the court ruling finding a man guilty of selling alcohol to minors during the festive season in 2023.The 23-year-old Mbare man, Phaeteon Mutiyaya, was sen...
Businessman Chemist Siziba dies
Chemist SizibaZim Now WriterZimbabwean businessman, Chemist Siziba, one of the pioneers in the mobile telecommunications industry, has died at the age of 77.He died of kidney failure at Parirenyatwa G...
Boy, 4, swallows bottle top chokes to death
Zim Now WriterA four-year-old boy from Lion Park, Harare, died after he choked on a bottle top on Saturday.\According to a ZRP statement, the boy choked on a bottle top which he mistakenly swallowed d...
77 000 learners provided with assistive devices: Unicef
Audrey GalawuChildren with disabilities often fall out of school as a result of lack of resources, the scarcity of assistive devices for hearing-impaired students and Braille deprives them of their ri...
AU expresses deep concern over security threats to Africa's development
 The African Union has expressed its “deep concern” over prevailing security perils across Africa as major impediments to the socio-economic development of the continent.The statement was made by the...