Mugabe acknowledged Friday that he had suffered an electoral disaster in losing a first-round poll against Tsvangirai on March 29 and lambasted his party for being unprepared. After leaving Zimbabwe in early April, Tsvangirai was to return to Harare to
The electoral commission had extended the deadline for holding the runoff to 90 days - beyond the legally required 21 days. Tsvangirai said setting the vote date for June 27 was illegal, but "we will contest". "This is a regime
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is voicing deep concern about the escalating violence inside eastern Chad, where two gendarmes guarding a refugee camp were shot dead earlier this week and an increasing number of vehicles have been
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided aid to more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia who live in precarious conditions in dozens of makeshift settlements west of the capital, Mogadishu.
Three hundred and eight cadets began this Friday here their lessons at the Superior Technical Military Institute (ISTM), on the sidelines of the inauguration and opening of the 2008/2009 academic year of this new education facility of the Angolan Armed
Hon. Okello Okello (Chua County) has said Acholi elders are disappointed with the failure of Joseph Kony, to sign the final text of a peace agreement with the government of Uganda.
Who would believe you if you tell people that your own husband has raped you? They would laugh at you and tell you it is his right since he is legally married to you. Even when he does it with
In continuation of the accelerated repatriation of Liberian refugees from the West African sub region, the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), recently assisted in the voluntary repatriation
North and Southern Sudan have reached a tentative agreement on Abyei, ending a new round of fighting over the area in the recent past. It includes an immediate ceasefire and the removal of armed groups from Abyei town.
Some internally displaced people interviewed by Saturday Monitor say they will not go back to their originalhomes, but not because of the fear of brutal rebel attacks, but because of the lack of roads, schools and hospitals.
TEXTILE giant, David Whitehead Textiles Limited (DWTL), was last week plunged into chaos after its 1 700 strong workforce went on strike to press for salary increments, The Financial Gazette has heard.
Staff of the National Social Insurance Fund, known by its French acronym as CNPS, through their representative, Daniel Eke, has petitioned their new General Manager, GM, Olivier Mekulu Mvondo, to ensure the payment of outstanding arrears and allowances of some
