US official paints bleak picture of Zimbabwe

United States Deputy Assistant Secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, Shannon Smith, who was in Zimbabwe last month has painted a bleak picture of the country with both the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the opposition in disarray and the economy  failing.

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Zimbabweans kicked out of Mwana Africa

Zimbabweans Ngoni Kudenga and Herbert Mashanyare were today ejected from Mwana Africa’s board of directors at the resources group’s extraordinary general meeting in London, which saw most resolutions requisitioned by minority shareholders of the company carrying the day.

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Chinese shareholders get Mwana chair

Mwana Africa has appointed Yat Hoi Ning, an associate of its largest shareholder, China International Mining Group Corporation (CIMGC) as interim chairman after Ning and the CIMGC withdrew a court petition against the pan-African resources group over the appointment of non-executive directors.

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Blatter was not good for African soccer

International Football Association president Sepp Blatter defied calls from the media and developed countries to resign before the FIFA congress on 29 May because he argued he could not allow the actions of a few individuals to destroy the world’s most beautiful and most popular game.

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