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The horrific last moments of President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders

October 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By JANE FIELDS A VIDEO has emerged showing the agonising last moments of one of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s motorcade outriders who was killed in a horrific Harare crash last week. The 20-second video showed the lead biker of the … read more »

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Kenya seizes 600kg of illegal Nigeria-bound ivory

June 24, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Kenya security dogs at Nairobi airport Friday sniffed through a layer of pepper to uncover 600kg of illegal ivory bound for Nigeria. “Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Canine Unit together with Police and Customs officials at Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi … read more »

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Mugabe got robe from Kenyan ‘fraudster’

March 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Cape Town – Kenyan businessman Paul Kamlesh Pattni, who gave Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a royal robe which reportedly once belonged to slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is linked to an $850m fraud case that almost ground the East African … read more »

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Tsvangirai ‘wife’ suicide bid

November 30, 2011 by benim

Cape Town – The “marriage” of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has taken a new twist after it emerged that the woman he “married” allegedly attempted to commit suicide in desperation after the PM rejected her three months ago, Zimbabwe’s … read more »

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Zimbabawe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangira impregnated Tembo with twins outside wedlock

November 24, 2011 by benim

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka’s denials of an event told by multiple witnesses has left journalists feeling he is being less than truthful, or there is something Zimbabweans are not being told about the Tsvangirai, Locadia relationship. Tsvangirai … read more »

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Mugabe ‘spends £2m per month on travel abroad with his huge entourage’

July 28, 2011 by benim

Tyrant Robert Mugabe spends £2million per month on luxurious foreign travel, according to a Zimbabwean newspaper. The president splashes cash on first-class jaunts around Africa and Asia, often with an entourage of more than 70, while his country remains desperately … read more »

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Yemeni official says al-Qaida gunmen kill 17 soldiers in 2 attacks in restive south Yemen

January 7, 2011 by benim

SANAA, Yemen – Suspected al-Qaida fighters killed at least 17 Yemeni soldiers in a pair of ambushes in the country’s restive south on Friday, officials said. Both attacks took place near the town of Lawder in Abyan province, some 155 … read more »

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