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The truck was carrying 69 passengers when it failed to negotiate a curve and overturned at a business centre in the district of Tsholotsho on Saturday evening.(Photo: AFP/File/Representative)

Zimbabwe truck accident kills 21: state media

At least 21 people were killed at the weekend when a truck overturned in western Zimbabwe

4 Dec 2017 3:22 PM IST

Emmerson Mnangagwa

Post-uproar, Emmerson Mnangagwa drops 2 cabinet ministers

Mnangagwa, 75, named his Cabinet overnight Friday.

3 Dec 2017 1:29 AM IST

The ruling ZANU-PF party replaced Mugabe with Mnangagwa, who was fired weeks ago as vice president. (Photo: AFP)

Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints cabinet

Cabinet includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures linked to the military, whose takeover helped oust former...

1 Dec 2017 4:39 PM IST

Emmanuel macron

Amid abuses, slave trading, Libya allows migrants to be evacuated

African Union, European Union and United Nations officials offered increased support for the International Organisation...

30 Nov 2017 3:19 PM IST

Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe, Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced, bringing the curtain down on a 37-year reign.

Police, army to patrol after Robert Mugabe ouster

Charamba urged all Zimbabweans to respect the country's laws and cooperate with officers as they perform their duties.

28 Nov 2017 12:47 AM IST

Authorities said up to 30 militants in camouflage clothing and flying the black banner of the Islamic State group surrounded the mosque and opened fire on the faithful during the main weekly prayers. (Photo: AFP)

Sinai mosque massacre: Imam survived IS attack, says will go back to...

Mohammed Abdel Fattah, 26, was delivering the Friday sermon at the North Sinai Rawda mosque when blasts erupted.

27 Nov 2017 1:54 PM IST

Members of LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgenders) community hold a rainbow flag during a parade in Gurgaon. (Photo: AP)

Days after draft bill criminalising homosexuality, Egypt jails 14

Homosexuality is not outlawed in Egypt, but gays have previously been charged with debauchery in the deeply conservative...

27 Nov 2017 12:28 PM IST

Robert Mugabe resigned as president of Zimbabwe, Parliament Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced, bringing the curtain down on a 37-year reign.

Deal grants Robert Mugabe $10 million, immunity

The exact sums to be paid to the former president and his wife Grace are still unclear.

27 Nov 2017 1:19 AM IST

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe delivers his speech during a live broadcast at State House in Harare. Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe has baffled the country by ending his address on national television without announcing his resignation. (Photo: AP)

Robert Mugabe cried while stepping down: report

Mugabe agreed to step down under pressure from the military and his party after 37 years in power.

26 Nov 2017 5:39 PM IST

The Dharmapuri district police suspect the death of a missing girl to be a case of murder, as her relatives allegedly hushed up the issue and planned to cremate her body without informing the police.

Egypt strafes bomber bases

Attack toll climbs to 305.

26 Nov 2017 12:38 AM IST

The militants, according to a witness, stormed the mosque from several doors and when they opened fire, many worshippers started jumping out of windows.(Photo: AP)

I fell down, bodies piled up on me: Egypt mosque attack survivor

At least 305 people were killed in Friday's attack on a mosque filled with worshippers in the troubled region of...

25 Nov 2017 6:58 PM IST

Emmerson Mnangagwa, center, and his wife Auxillia, center-right, arrive at the Presidential inauguration ceremony in Harare on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

Emmerson Mnangagwa is new president

Elections scheduled for 2018 would continue as planned, he said.

25 Nov 2017 12:53 AM IST