2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Health

The Guardian   

Ebola Still Spreading, WHO Reports   
New York Times
The Ebola virus is still spreading in West Africa, especially in Sierra Leone, and the worldwide toll from the outbreak stood at 7,905 deaths among 20,206 known cases at year's end, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Sierra Leone reported 337 ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Science

The Citizen   

Birds expert trains new generation of Zimbabweans   
The Citizen
Peter Magosvongwe, a freelance professional bird guide from Zimbabwe's Bvumba Mountains, is also a peripatetic teacher of ornithology, giving lessons at schools around this mountainous district in the east of country. He has a passion for birds — and he's ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Sports

BBC Sport   

Whatmore is new Zimbabwe coach   
Gulf Daily News
HARARE: Dav Whatmore has been unveiled as the new Zimbabwe coach with the Australian agreeing to an initial contract that runs until the end of the World Cup early next year. Whatmore, who coached Sri Lanka to the World Cup title in 1996, will take ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Entertainment

New Zimbabwe.com   

Vic Falls carnival lives to billing   
New Zimbabwe.com
THE annual Jameson Victoria Falls Carnival has lived up to expectations, with this year's edition attracting over 3 000 people from across the globe. Almost all hotels and lodges were bubbling full with 80 percent of their clients being carnival goers, said the ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Technology

New Zimbabwe.com   

Potraz slashes mobile call charges   
NewsDay
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has directed all telecommunications service providers to slash charges for mobile cellular voice calls with effect from today. TARISAI MANDIZHA BUSINESS REPORTER.
Econet to approach Court over tariffs   New Zimbabwe.com
Powertel says ready to roll out mobile network services   The Zimbabwe Dailt
Mobile Phone Operators Finally Slash Tariffs   AllAfrica.com

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Technology Zimbabwe   

Meet The Billionaire Who Built A $45 Billion Smartphone Company That's ...   
Business Insider
It's been a spectacular rise for Xiaomi, which became the fourth-largest smartphone vendor in the world in about three years, according to some estimates (it was third-largest until Huawei moved past Xiaomi in December). And it's the top smartphone vendor ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Business

Livemint   

Search for AirAsia plane's black box to resume after bad weather   
Livemint
Eight bodies have been recovered so far while the cockpit-voice recorder and the flight-data recorder of Flight 8501 have eluded the 17 helicopters and 67 divers Indonesia used in the hunt for debris near Pangkalan Bun, Singapore. Photo: AFP. Jakarta: ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe World

Telegraph.co.uk   

2015 begins: Shanghai tragedy, fireworks elsewhere   
Salt Lake Tribune
Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, to celebrate the New Year in London, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth). Fireworks explode over the clock known as 'Big Ben' housed in Elizabeth Tower, ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Africa

Daily Sun   

Kano budgets N210.7bn for 2015   
Nigerian Tribune
However, a sum of 64 per cent was estimated to go for capital expenditure and 36 per cent for recurrent expenditure. Governor Musa Kwankwaso, the state governor, said the budget is tagged 'budget of celebration and change.' While presenting the budget, ...

2015-01-01 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Dailt   

Mnangagwa snubs duped farmers   
NewsDay
FARMERS allegedly duped millions of dollars by a Zanu PF linked company, Lasch Investments, yesterday besieged the ruling party headquarters in Harare seeking audience with Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the fate of their flopped ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Health

The Zimbabwe Dailt   

Four typhoid cases reported   
The Zimbabwe Dailt
An unidentified woman walks past an overflowing sewer tank where a foetus was discovered in Mufakose, Harare, yesterday. Sewer pipe bursts contribute to typhoid outbreaks. Herald Reporter Four cases of typhoid have been reported in Glen View and ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Science

Capitalberg   

Drunken birds slur just like humans: Study says   
Capitalberg
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University have found that birds slur after getting drunk just like human do. Scientists selected Zebra finch, a song bird that learns to sing in the same manner as humans learn speech. In the study made, Researcher ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Sports

The Zimbabwe Dailt   

Whatmore targets Super Eight   
NewsDay
NEWLY appointed Zimbabwe cricket team coach Dav Whatmore says he will put his focus on establishing the best possible environment around the team as he targets a place in the Super Eight stage at the upcoming Cricket World Cup in Australia and New ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Entertainment

The Herald   

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter   
The Herald
It has been quite an eventful year for Zim dancehall as the genre enjoyed unprecedented growth and massive popularity. And to cap it all, some of the heavy hitters of Zim dancehall are set to serenade revellers on New Year's Eve with a non-stop gig ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Technology

Technology Zimbabwe   

Predictions for 2015: The rise of the Chinese phones   
Technology Zimbabwe
Bigger is better, but emerging markets matter the most. This doesn't entirely sum up mobile devices in 2014 but it speaks volumes about what we saw in the market this year. For the high end market the focus was on how Apple (finally) took the leap and ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Business

ABC Online   

AirAsia QZ8501: Rescuers suspend search due to stormy weather; six bodies ...   
ABC Online
Stormy weather has forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for wreckage, bodies and the black boxes of doomed AirAsia flight QZ8501, which plunged into the water at the weekend carrying 162 people. Waves of between two and three metres ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe World

CNN   

EU to promote 'now more than ever' two-state solution   
Jerusalem Post
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini released a statement on Wednesday following a vote at the United Nations Security Council on a Palestinian resolution which called for Israel to withdraw from territories it captured in 1967 within a three-year period.
UNSC, failing the test of Palestine   Aljazeera.com
Australia, US reject latest Palestinian call for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian ...   ABC Online
Australia 'damaged' relations with Arab world by voting down UN Palestinian ...   The Guardian
Gulf Daily News   
Irish Independent   
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Irish Independent   

Mass protests in Moscow as leading Putin critic is jailed   
Irish Independent
Police officers detain a protester during an unsanctioned protest in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday. The unsanctioned protest came hours after Alexei Navalny was found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence. Navalny, who has been under house arrest ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Africa

Christian Science Monitor   

Gambian president flying home after gunfire panics the nation's capital   
Brisbane Times
Banjul: Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh said he was returning home from Chad late on Tuesday, after gunfire erupted around the presidential palace in the Gambian capital of Banjul last night. The government denied reports of an attempted coup, but a ...

2014-12-31 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

New Zimbabwe.com   

200 teachers for training   
The Herald
Government has identified 200 teachers that have been sent to a local university to learn local languages to be examined in schools soon, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has said.He said this was in line with the provisions of ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Health

NDTV   

Ebola Returns to Europe with First Case Diagnosed in Britain   
NDTV
Glasgow: A healthcare worker recently back from Sierra Leone was diagnosed with Ebola on Monday by doctors in Scotland's largest city, the first diagnosis of the deadly virus in Britain during the current outbreak. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Science

Uncover Michigan   

Blue Hole in Belize could offer clues about extinction of Mayan Civilization   
Uncover Michigan
Historians and archaeologists have been puzzled by the mystery behind the demise of the 3,000 year old Mayan civilization. But new research at the Blue Hole of Belize has shown that catastrophic drought brought the empire to its knees. The mighty Mayan ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Sports

Harare City raid Caps United for Dube   
EIN News Zimbabwe
THERE is no stopping Harare City's spending spree. After snapping Tendai Samanja from Caps United and Themba Ndhlovu from Dynamos, the municipality-owned side on Tuesday swooped on veteran goalkeeper Tafadzwa Dube from the Green Machine.

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Sportskeeda   

Dav Whatmore to coach Zimbabwe   
Sportskeeda
Whatmore has been appointed after Stephen Mangongo was sacked in December. Joining Whatmore will be Douglas Hondo as the bowling and a batting coach which has not been announced yet. Zimbabwe will definitely be looking at Whatmore's ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Entertainment

The Age   

Chris Rock's best jokes about marriage   
The Age
After almost 20 years of marriage, Chris Rock and Malaak Compton-Rock have decided to go their separate ways. PT0M0S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play; Play now. In some not-so-funny ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Technology

Technology Zimbabwe   

Predictions for 2015: The rise of the Chinese phones   
Technology Zimbabwe
Bigger is better, but emerging markets matter the most. This doesn't entirely sum up mobile devices in 2014 but it speaks volumes about what we saw in the market this year. For the high end market the focus was on how Apple (finally) took the leap and ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Business

The Zimbabwe Dailt   

starafricacorporation narrows losses   
NewsDay
STARAFRICACORPORATION has narrowed its loss to $3,2 million for the six months ended September 30 2014 compared to $5,2 million recorded same period last year after it managed to reduce finance costs. VICTORIA MTOMBA BUSINESS REPORTER.
Starafrica Losses Narrow to $3,1 mln, Expects a Sweet 2015 on New Plant   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News

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Nehanda Radio   

Beer prices slashed   
NewsDay
DELTA Beverages has slashed the prices of pints and quarts by 13% with effect from today as it gears up for the reduction in excise duty on clear beer that will be effective next month. BUSINESS REPORTER. In his 2015 national budget statement, Finance ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe World

Bangkok Post   

Teen spears shark that kills his friend   
Bangkok Post
SYDNEY - A teenager who escaped a shark attack that killed his friend in western Australia has described how he fired his spear gun down the deadly creature's throat, as the search for the killer began on Tuesday. Experts say attacks by sharks are ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Africa

Daily Times Nigeria   

Obasanjo is a terrible liar, say Osoba, Adebanjo   
Daily Times Nigeria
Few days after Nobel Laureate, Professor Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka called former President Olusegun Obasanjo a compulsive and career liar, two other prominent fellow Ogun State indigenes have used similar words to describe on the same person.
You Are Untruthful Chronicler Of History, Osoba, Adebanjo Tell Obasanjo   Leadership Newspapers
Make inciting statements, go to jail, FG warns   Nigerian Tribune
Obasanjo lied on third term –Osoba   Daily Sun
The Guardian Nigeria   
Daily Trust   
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Leadership Newspapers   

We Are Not Afraid Of APC – Oyedokun   
Leadership Newspapers
Alhaji Shuaibu Afolabi Oyedokun, a former secretary to state government (SSG) in the old Oyo State, is also a former national deputy chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and presently a permanent member of the Board Of Trustees of the ...

2014-12-30 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Nehanda Radio   

Hopes for economic improvement shattered   
NewsDay
As seven more ministers get hounded from their portfolios, it is about time citizenry asked, “Whither are we drifting?” GUEST COLUMNIST CYPRIAN M NDAWANA. It is evident that none amongst the leaders knows with certainty under which dark cloud or mist ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Health

Rare births at local hospitals   
The Zimbabwe Dailt
The country's hospitals are experiencing bizarre cases of babies born with split abdomen, a rare condition known as gastroschisis. Gastroschisis is a birth defect of the abdominal (belly) wall where a baby's intestines stick outside the body near the belly button ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Science

Good God, it works!   
The Zimbabwean
A Professor at one of the great English Universities became a Christian late in life and subsequently wrote a book with the above title. C S Lewis, also a late convert to Christianity recorded his story in the book “Surprised by Joy”. Christians, almost alone in the ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Sports

Waiting for the rain. . . . quintet awaits new DeMbare contracts   
The Zimbabwe Dailt
A CLOUD of uncertainty still hangs over the future of the Dynamos quintet of Tafadzwa Rusike, Russell Madamombe, Roderick Mutuma, Simba Sithole and Devon Chafa amid revelations that the Premiership champions are still to commit themselves to ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Entertainment

AsiaOne   

Sony's 'The Interview' makes $23.8 million in opening weekend   
AsiaOne
Sony Pictures (6758.T) said "The Interview" has earned more than US$15 million (S$19.8 billion) in online sales and another US$2.8 million in theatres, an impressive return made possible by the publicity surrounding the cyberattack blamed on North Korea.
Apple makes "The Interview" movie available on iTunes   Daily News & Analysis
Sony's 'The Interview' movie earns $15 million in online sales   Livemint
The Interview makes $18m after massive online sales   The Guardian
BBC News   
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Jamaica Observer   

Violence mars Jamaican Sting   
NewsDay
AFTER being marred by on-and off-stage fracas, the 2014 staging of Magnum Sting came to an abrupt end on Boxing Day. The problems first started backstage during Major Mackerel's set. According to several eyewitnesses, an altercation began between ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Technology

IBNLive   

Twitter Experiences Outage That Prevents Some Users From Signing In   
NDTV
Twitter on Sunday experienced a partial outage, the nature of which was not immediately clear, the company said. "Something is technically wrong," the microblogging service's welcome page said on Sunday "Thanks for noticing-we're going to fix it up and ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Business

Zimbabwe media reports on birth deformities, demutualisation   
StarAfrica.com
Top stories in Zimbabwe on Sunday included reports that the country's main hospitals are experiencing an increasing number of cases of children born with deformities and the proposed reduction of the government's stake in the stock exchange.According to ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe World

CBC.ca   

Flight QZ8501: The Search Operation Explained   
Sky News
Several countries have deployed ships and planes to help track down the missing jet which lost contact over the Java Sea. 03:27, UK, Monday 29 December 2014. Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's vice president, monitors the search operation in Jakarta. Indonesia is ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Africa

The Punch   

Reps to summon Jega over readiness for 2015   
The Punch
The House of Representatives on Sunday raised concerns over the 2015 general elections, saying that adequate funding for the Independent National Electoral Commission and security would determine the credibility of the polls. The House Committee on ...

2014-12-29 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Mutasa's world crumbles   
The Zimbabwe Dailt
RENEGADE former Zanu-PF national secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa's world continue crumbling as people from his constituency, Headlands are calling for his immediate recall from Parliament. This came out at a stormy meeting that was ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Health

News24   

Government docks doctors' salaries   
NewsDay
GOVERNMENT has docked close to $300 the pay cheques of all public hospital doctors who participated in a 17-day strike that ended last month. STAFF REPORTER. The deduction was effected on the December salary that was paid on Wednesday.
Govt Abuses Doctors, Chops Off Salaries   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Striking Zim doctors' pay docked   News24
Govt has declared war with us: Doctors   New Zimbabwe.com
The New Age Online   
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116 Born On Christmas Day   
The Herald
At least 116 babies were born on Christmas Day in public and private hospitals in Harare and Chitungwiza with a higher figure expected countrywide. Twenty-eight were born at Harare Central Hospital, a similar number at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Science

Digital Journal   

Astronaut Returns from International Space Station, Brings Back Video of Earth   
Pioneer News
Images from space, taken by astronaut Alexander Gerst have been joined together to form a time lapse video. Gerst is from the European Space Agency and served as the flight engineer on board the International Space Station (ISS) from May until November ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Sports

Whatmore is new Zimbabwe cricket coach   
SBS
Former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh cricket coach Dav Whatmore will take Zimbabwe to the World Cup and the Australian may get a long-term contract. Source: AAP. 28 Dec 2014 - 4:16 AM UPDATED 45 MINS AGO ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Entertainment

2014 in retrospect   
The Herald
The next time we meet in this space it will be 2015, so I thought it would be a perfect idea to bring 2014 to a close if we presented a segue of all of our cool lifestyle stories in 2014. As each year ends, television, radio, and the print media are full to the brim with ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Technology

Peter Greenberg.com Travel News   

New Year's Eve and safety vigilance   
Mcalester News Capital
New Year's Eve is a night to have fun and celebrate the coming year. However, safety is a must when participating in the festivities whether you're staying in and celebrating with friends and family or you're traveling to a party. Statistics show that New Year's ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Business

Nature World News   

Zimbabwe to Export Baby Elephants to Raise Funding   
Nature World News
Wildlife officials in Zimbabwe plan to export at least 62 baby elephants to raise funding for the country's national parks, where poachers threaten these pachyderms. Though the move has received public outcry from animal activists who want to know what's ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe World

National Post   

White House silent on North Korea's accusations against Obama   
Business Standard
Washington, Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) The US government remained silent about North Korea's accusations against President Barack Obama, whom a spokesman of the North Korean National Defense Commission compared to a "monkey" and said he forced ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Africa

The News   

Why Buhari Instigated Regional Rebellion Against Obasanjo — Osuntokun   
The Streetjournal
Mr Akin Osuntokun is not new on the nation's political terrain. He operated at the highest level of government when he was Political Adviser to former President OlusegunObasanjo. Before then, he was the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria ...

2014-12-28 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Dailt   

Southern Zimbabwe: Ending an overdue myth   
The Zimbabwe Dailt
I hope you had a good Christmas holiday, dear reader. I almost had one, until the editor reminded me The Herald was publishing today. You can imagine what it meant overcoming those mighty cramps of debauched moments, all to get back to a thinking and ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Health

News24   

Government docks doctors' salaries   
NewsDay
GOVERNMENT has docked close to $300 the pay cheques of all public hospital doctors who participated in a 17-day strike that ended last month. STAFF REPORTER. The deduction was effected on the December salary that was paid on Wednesday.
Govt Abuses Doctors, Chops Off Salaries   ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
Striking Zim doctors' pay docked   News24
Govt has declared war with us: Doctors   New Zimbabwe.com
The New Age Online   
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Aljazeera.com   

Life support for pregnant Irish woman to end   
Aljazeera.com
Court allows hospital to switch off life support for brain-dead woman as her unborn foetus has no chance of survival. Last updated: 27 Dec 2014 01:55. Listen. Email Article. Email. Print Article. Print. Share article. Share. Send Feedback. Feedback. The case ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Science

The Independent   

The year in space exploration: 9 spaceships, 3500 hours of research, and ...   
VentureBeat
While the public's image of what goes on aboard the International Space Station (ISS) may be mostly superb photos of Earth or Christmas stockings hanging over doorways, let's not forget that there's a whole lot of work being done by the rotating cast of six ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Sports

I'm not intimidated by Appiah – Dynamos coach   
Goal.com
The coach of Power Dynamos Tenant Chilumba has served notice he is ready to face off with Al Khartoum in the Caf Confederation Cup. The Sudanese side recently sealed a two-year deal with the ex-Ghana boss Kwesi Appiah, but despite his Africa Cup of ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Northern Rivers Echo   

Kanye West And Taylor Swift: He's Jealous Of Her Success   
Business 2 Community
Kanye West and Taylor Swift were never considered on friendly terms and now it has been revealed that the rapper is jealous of Swift's success as a singer. In 2009, Swift appeared on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards where she was gearing up to ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Technology

$13 million fuel scam unearthed   
Chronicle
A local fuel company is under investigation for allegedly importing fuel worth tens of millions of dollars on the pretext that it was meant for the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI). Glow Petroleum, which went on to distribute the fuel to its service stations ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Business

ZimEye - Zimbabwe News   

Govt in Embarrassing U-turn On Fuel Blending "Rautenbach's Urine"   
ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
billy-rautenbach1 In an embarrassing u-turn attributed to a disastrous planning failure at the inception of ZANU PF businessman Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel project, the Zimbabwean Government has reduced mandatory fuel blending using ethanol from ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe World

The Express Tribune   

Pakistan airstrikes kill 23 militants in North Waziristan   
Daily News & Analysis
At least 23 militants were killed when Pakistani fighter jets today pounded terrorist hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border. Military fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in Dattakhel area, killing 23 terrorists including some ...

2014-12-27 Zimbabwe Africa

Channel News Asia   

In Ivory CoastFormer first lady goes on trial   
Pulse Nigeria
Simone Gbagbo is being tried for her alleged role in stealing an election which her husband, former President, Laurent Gbagbo lost in 2010 and the post-election violence which followed. Published: 1 minute ago; 'Jola Sotubo. Print; eMail · Former First Lady ...