By Misheck Rusere – Zimbabwe’s suspected Egypt style protesters have been remanded to Monday the 28th of February at the request of the state to respond to the accused persons’ application made by their lawyer Aleck Muchadehama. Muchadehama made several applications including that his clients be allowed to see their medical doctors before Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi ruled that the 45 receive medical attention at Harare Remand prison. Munyaradzi Gwisai, one of the accused along with other seven had indicated that they were tortured while in police custody at Harare Central Police’s Law and Order section. However Muchadehama reminded the trial... Continue Reading
By Shout-africa.com correspondent,from Accra-Ghana – According to the authoritative London-based magazine, The Banker, published by the Financial Times Group since 1926, conferred the award on Dr Duffuor for leading a team that initiated prudent fiscal policies anchored on checking waste in public spending, ensuring quality of expenditure and enhancing domestic revenue mobilisation through improvement in tax policies. The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has won the prestigious Finance Minister for Africa award for 2011 after beating six other African finance ministers shortlisted for the award. In its January 2011 edition, the publication considered that in less... Continue Reading
It all began in the Ashanti region, Kumasi in 1957. Little did the little girl then know that she would end up one day effecting major policy changes...
By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – Harare – Zimbabwe on Wednesday charged 46 political activists arrested by Police on Saturday in Harare accusing them of plotting anti-government protests similar to those that toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia. Police say those arrested where caught watching videos of protests in the north African countries and discussed possible demonstrations in Zimbabwe where President Robert Mugabe, 87 has held power for 31 years. “They were charged with treason, and we will be coming back to court tomorrow for a bail application,” defence lawyer Alec Muchadehama told Reuters. The charge carries a possible death... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – London – More than 640 people are believed to have been killed in Libya in protests against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi since they started last week, the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) said on Wednesday. 130 soldiers were executed by their officers in Benghazi for refusing to fire on crowds” of protesters, 275 dead in Tripoli and 230 dead in the protest epicentre in the eastern city of Benghazi, the IFHR’s Souhayr Belhassen told AFP. The US President Barack Obama has condemned the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful... Continue Reading
