Shou – SHANGHAI — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday ripped into the United States for pushing for new UN sanctions against Tehran, warning US President Barack Obama he had made a “big mistake”. The diatribe against Washington came in Shanghai, where Ahmadinejad was participating in “Iran Day” at the World Expo in China, which also backed the measures against Tehran over its suspect nuclear programme. “I think President Obama has made a big mistake… he knows the resolution will have no effect,” Ahmadinejad told a news conference. “Very soon he will come to understand he has not made the... Continue Reading
By Ronald Murevererwa – Five years after the untold suffering authored by the government of Zimbabwe on its innocent vulnerable citizens from a barbaric inhuman operation dubbed Murambatsvina, Achieve Your Goal trust (AYGT) held a commemoration of the sad event to reflecton the impact it had on the youths and debate the way forward. The commemoration was held yesterday at Machembere community Hall in highfield, attended by over 80 youths, men, women and children, victims of gross human rights abuses still recuperating from the scars of the horrors suffered. Presentations were made from civil society organizations which include among others... Continue Reading
By Magn Nyang – June 9, 2010 — For some, the result of 2010 election in Ethiopia was a surprise. For some people, it was not. When those of us who early on saw the fake nature of the 2010 election and called for boycott of so-called election by the opposition groups, we were not believed and further, we were called all kinds of names— extremists, radicals, and so on by Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) supporters. I knew all along that the 2010 Ethiopians’ election was a big joke. The question was: why legitimize a false election by... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa News – SWAZILAND – A petrol bomb, of the same type that rocked polices stations and Swaziland MPs in 2005, went off at the home of Alex Langwenya, the leader of a banned opposition group. The police immediately arrested Mr Langwenya. The series of petrol bombs that were aimed at police and members of parliament in Swaziland in 2005 remains an unsolved mystery in the totalitarian kingdom. Suspicion was always directed towards the country’s main but banned opposition party PUDEMO or its youth league SWAYOCO, while the opposition pointed to the police itself. After five years without bomb... Continue Reading
By Kitsepile Nyathi – Harare — A fresh turf war has emerged between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after the veteran ruler reversed a bilateral Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (BIPPA) signed by his former rival. Mr Tsvangirai who joined President Mugabe in a unity government in February last year ending a long and bitter political struggle signed the BIPPA during a visit to Seoul recently where he was also given an honorary degree by a Korean university. The Koreans had expressed a strong desire to participate in Zimbabwe’s reconstruction and the agreement would have ensured... Continue Reading
