The Insider

President Obama has responded to the Ebola crisis in Africa by sending 3,000 military personnel to the affected region. The real beneficiary of this militarised messianism is, in fact, the military-industrial complex back in the US

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A British Lord yesterday asked the age-old question of what the United Kingdom government was doing to bring charges against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for genocide and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.

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Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has been cited in the United States sanctions busting case in which a Chicago man, C. Gregory Turner, is charged with among other things lobbying for the lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe.

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ZANU-PF to probe dirty dozen – The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is to investigate party officials who it claims held secret meetings with United States embassy officials to discuss classified internal information and succession politics. It said the key embassy official is Eric Little. The ZANU-PF legislators now dubbed the “dirty dozen” include: Paul Mavhima (Gokwe Sengwa), Walter Kanhanga (Guruve North), Adam Chimwamurombe (Chipinge West), Chriswell Mutematsaka (Guruve South), Batsirayi Pemhanayi (Mutare North), Enock Porusingazi (Chipinge West), Tapiwanashe Matangaidze (Shurugwi South), Temba Mliswa (Hurungwe West), Kindness Paradza (Makonde), David Butau (Mbire), Simbaneuta Mudarikwa (Uzumba). The only unnamed official is from Masvingo.

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The two houses of Parliament- the House of Assembly and the Senate- yesterday fast-tracked Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s supplementary budget before adjourning to 28 October when the second session of the eighth Parliament is expected to be begin.

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United States District Court Judge Elaine Bucklo has refused to depose President Robert Mugabe in the sanctions busting case involving Chicago man C. Gregory Turner arguing that Turner had not provided any proof that Mugabe was available and willing to testify.

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Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa today appealed to South African development financial institutions for cheap finance as several parastatals seek $14.7 billion for retooling and to revive operations.

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Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba today claimed that he had been threatened with death over what he said in Parliament yesterday but was not allowed to explain who had made the threat and where.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai might retain the leadership of the party at next month’s party congress but his time as a meaningful political force in Zimbabwe is over and he seems to have no new ideas, a British academic, Stephen Chan, told the World Politics Review.

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