Ethiopian troops withdrew from the central Somali town of Beletwein overnight Friday, after controlling the key town since July 24, Radio Garowe reported.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in charge of security in the Niger Delta yesterday dismissed claims by militants belonging to the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) that soldiers launched attack on their positions thereby killing seven of

THE principals of the negotiating parties - President Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara - met in Harare yesterday at Zimbabwe House and discussed how they would share ministries, ahead of the deal signing ceremony set for tomorrow.

WHILE celebrating the announcement of an historic power-sharing deal by Zimbabwe's political protagonists last Thursday, analysts and civil society leaders have warned that if there is no commitment from all the signatories, the deal could just remain "a useless piece

THE future of Gideon Gono as the country's top banker could be hanging by the thread following the agreement by the country's political parties on a power-sharing deal, touted as the solution to the country's economic crisis.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed to sign the power-sharing agreement last week after successfully negotiating to have some of President Robert Mugabe's powers reduced.

ABOUT fifteen persons were feared dead yesterday when men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, and some militants clashed on the waterways at Elem Tombia in Rivers State.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in charge of security in the Niger Delta yesterday dismissed claims by militants belonging to the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) that soldiers launched attack on their positions thereby killing seven of

ABOUT fifteen persons were feared dead yesterday when men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, and some militants clashed on the waterways at Elem Tombia in Rivers State.

The story of the mystery gun man who stormed a radio station in the 60s and got what the then government considered as inciting statement broadcast re-echoed at the presentation of a book on Wole Soyinka written by a foreign

THE future of Gideon Gono as the country's top banker could be hanging by the thread following the agreement by the country's political parties on a power-sharing deal, touted as the solution to the country's economic crisis.

Last week's Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting may be the last to be attended by many of the ministers as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua may unveil the list of new ministers before the next meeting of the council scheduled for

Cabinet shake up which President Umaru Yar'Adua announced during the anniversary of his one year in office would be carried out in the next few days.

Moves are under way to install Jacob Zuma as the country's president immediately, without calling an early election.

Ethiopian troops withdrew from the central Somali town of Beletwein overnight Friday, after controlling the key town since July 24, Radio Garowe reported.