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Thai champ Nitithorn out to get his confidence back
Sports, Published on 05/10/2023
» Singapore: Thailand's Nitithorn Thippong is ready to defend his tittle at the International Series Singapore which tees off to day.
Flawless Vincent sets early pace
Sports, Published on 12/08/2022
» Singapore: Zimbabwe's Scott Vincent is starting to earn the nickname "Mr International Series" after firing a scintillating bogey-free eight-under-par 64 in the opening round of the US$1.5 million International Series Singapore yesterday on the Tampines Course at Tanah Merah Country Club.
Coups are all the rage again in beleaguered Africa
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/02/2022
» Military coups are back in fashion in Africa. There have been over 200 attempted coups in the continent since 1960, about half of them successful, but in the past two decades they had dropped to only two a year. Last year saw six, however, and there have been two already this year. The latest in Guinea-Bissau.
Zimbabwe's new biggest banknote is worth just $0.60
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank on Tuesday announced the introduction of a new 50-dollar note, the country's highest denomination, worth only around $0.60 in US currency.
In Zimbabwe, literature is protest
Oped, Published on 10/10/2020
» In November 2017, when a military coup removed Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe's head of state after 37 years of rule, euphoria gripped the whole country. Many saw it as an end to "the house of hunger" -- the title of a widely read 1978 novel by Dambudzo Marechera that described the people's suffering under tyranny.
Zimbabwean migrant recalls 'betrayal' by Mugabe
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» JOHANNESBURG: When Trust Sibanda was born in 1979, Zimbabwe was Rhodesia, a British colony whose white minority government had declared independence unilaterally.
Zimbabwe inflation rate soars to 175%
AFP, Published on 15/07/2019
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate hit 175 percent in June, official data showed Monday, stoking fears of a return of the hyperinflation that wiped out savings ten years ago when the economy collapsed.
Inflation nightmare returns to haunt Zimbabwe
AFP, Published on 21/04/2019
» HARARE - The price of bread almost doubled for Zimbabweans last week, as the inflation nightmare that marked the rule of long-time authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe returns to haunt his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Zimbabwe blocks social media as crackdown intensifies
AFP, Published on 19/01/2019
» HARARE - Zimbabwe on Friday blocked most social media as international criticism mounted of a ruthless security crackdown after anti-government protests.
Zimbabwe police fire tear gas as crackdown tightens
AFP, Published on 15/01/2019
» BULAWAYO (ZIMBABWE) - Zimbabwe police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the second city of Bulawayo on Tuesday, a day after the country was rocked by violent demonstrations against a sharp hike in fuel prices.