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Over 100 #Nigeria girls abducted by Boko Haram pregnant and now unwilling to leave Boko Haram Michelle Faul And Oyekanmi Olalekan ABUJA, Nigeria — The Associated Press Nigeria’s government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction two-and-a-half years ago, but more …

At least 80,000 school-going children in three drought-hit provinces risk losing out on education because of hunger which has reached alarming levels, the World Food Programme (WFP) has announced. WFP said the affected provinces include Matebeleland North, Midlands and Mashonaland Central. The country is experiencing a serious shortage of cereals …

Anti-Mugabe activists Patson Dzamara, USA-based Evan Mawarire, Sten Zvorwadza & Linda Masarira get UK visas Anti-President Robert Mugabe activists – including exiled musician Thomas Mapfumo are next week headed for the United Kingdom (UK) where they will next week, mobilise Diasporans to bring back the troubled southern African nation into …

I am the happiest African – But the Poorest I am a poor African, I live on a farm, I walk everywhere, I love my 9 children and my two wives, I own 2 cows, I live in a small hut, I love my life. Why is it that most …

Lifeline for Bulawayo hospitals The Bulawayo community has come to the rescue of referral hospitals in the city, who are facing a number of challenges that have seen one of the institutions suspending major operations. Ingutsheni, United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) and Mpilo hospitals have all been affected by drug shortages …

For a long time they have had no choice. Zimbabwean pensioners have resolved to spend the night in front of their banks, the only hope to be able to collect their pension from the opening of the counters. The crisis affecting the economy of the country is such that the …

By Farayi Machamire Labour and Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira has controversially warned starving citizens in Norton that they risk missing out on food aid if they stay outside Zanu PF structures — all this coming days before the constituency holds a keenly-contested by-election. Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister …

Zimbabwe activist Sten Zvorwadza petitions United Nations over police brutality, a move meant to bar Zimbabwe Police from peace keeping missions By Daniel Chigundu National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) board chairperson Sten Zvorwadza has handed a petition to the United Nations calling for the ban of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) …

With Agricultural sector paralised Zimbabwe now importing chicken gizzards   Local abattoirs are reportedly being stocked with imported chicken offals despite an abundance of the innards from local producers. Chicken offals like guts, livers and gizzards have become a favourite with low-income Zimbabweans who find the prices of beef and …

Malawi: Peter Mutharika returns home after US trip, ‘right hand paralysed by stroke’ Malawian President Peter Mutharika has returned to his home country after a weeks-long visit to the United States sparked rumours over his health. Mutharika, 76, flew to New York a month ago to give a speech at …