International

AIR RAID ALERT ISSUED IN KIEV AS HICHILEMA, 6 OTHER AFRICAN LEADERS ARRIVE IN UKRAINE

As African leaders arrive in the Ukrainian capital Kiev to meet with Zelensky, an air raid alert was issued in the city and the region, according to the BBC. Please…

GET IT FROM ME, MUSEVENI IS FINE, SAYS BEN PHIRI

By Merlyn Mwanza Major Ben Phiri says Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni may be back in office as early as tomorrow , urging people to dismiss the “falsehoods” that are being…

M’MEMBE SEEMINGLY HUGGING INTERNATIONAL LIMELIGHT

Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M’membe and some officials in his party are seemingly hugging international limelight, with his daughter Akende Chundama, being the latest one whose story is featuring…

CHINA WAS NOT LED BY MANAGING DIRECTORS ON WHAT TO DO WITH ECONOMY, SA’s BIGGEST UNION QUOTE’S M’MEMBE’S STANCE

By Merlyn Mwanza The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the biggest trade union in that country, has backed Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M’membe’s position on state…

HICHILEMA AMONG 7 HEADS TO VISIT PUTIN, ZELENSKY ON PEACE MISSION NEXT WEEK

President Hakainde Hichilema will next week be among the seven African heads of states to meet Russian President Vladmir Putin and his Ukrainian opponent Vladmir Zelensky to present a road…

GHANA PUSHES TO START ASSEMBLING RUSSIAN VEHICLES … the country already assembles Volkswagen, Nissan and Toyota

Companies in Ghana are interested in assembling Russian UAZ vehicles, RIA Novosti reported, citing the Chairman of the Ghana-Russia Business Development Council Lawrence Awuku-Boateng. Ghana offers tax breaks of up…

BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN CASTIGATES WEST FOR FAILING TO AIDE ZAMBIA’S DEBT PROBLEM

By Merlyn Mwanza Sudanese-British billionaire Mohammed Fathi Ahmed Ibrahim commonly known referred to simply as Mo Ibrahim has castigated the west for failing to quickly come to the aid of…

SA GRANTS PUTIN IMMUNITY TO ATTEND BRICS SUMMIT … a slap in ICC, USA face

By Merlyn Mwanza South Africa has granted diplomatic immunity to Russian President Vladmir Putin to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg in August, 2023. This is…

MOZAMBIQUE APPROVES BILL TO CUT MINISTERS, MP SALARIES FOLLOWING IMF WARNING

The Mozambican cabinet has approved a bill proposing pay cuts for ministers, deputy ministers, state secretaries and MPs as the government grapples with a rising wage bill. Finance and Economy…

REVOLUTIONARIES MUST NOT BE SCARED TO KILL, SAYS MALEMA

By Merlyn Mwanza South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says revolutionaries must not be scared to kill. Featuring on BBC’s Hard Talk, Malema was told by the…