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Zimbabwe's 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political and economic implosion since 2000 is dragging down the whole of southern Africa, Botswana President Ian Khama said.Asked by Reuters if Mugabe, who came to power after independence from Britain in 1980, should accept the reality of his advancing years and retire, 63-year-old Khama responded: "Without doubt. He should have done it years ago.""They have got plenty of people there who have got good leadership qualities who could take over," said Khama. He continued, "It is obvious that at his age and the state Zimbabwe is in, he's not really able to provide the leadership that could get it out of its predicament," Khama said.Botswana, the world's largest producer of diamonds, shares 800 km (500 miles) of border with Zimbabwe and has felt the full effects of its neighbour's economic collapse under the wei...
Rome, Italy, Sep 22, 2016 / 12:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has announced in their 2016 report that developing countries are beginning to feel the impact the global economic slowdown resulting from the financial crisis of 2007-08.In response, a close collaborator of one of Pope Francis’ senior Vatican officials has sent a reminder that as the global community looks for solutions, the Christian perspective is to ensure these answers don’t forget the impact on the poor.“We absolutely need to learn to hear the voices of those who are not at the table. The voices of those who often carry a disproportionate burden from the decisions that are made, but who say, 'look, this is what this decision is actually costing us',” Fr. Michael Czerny, a spokesman of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told CNA Sept. 22.The exclusion of those who bear the burden of decisions made from the discussion is somethin...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jason Miczek, ReutersBy Patricia L. GuilfoyleCHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) -- Aftertwo nights of violence in Charlotte, Bishop Peter J. Jugis calledon men, women and children in the Diocese of Charlotte to join him in prayersfor "peace and justice" for all victims of violence and for law enforcementpersonnel who have been victims of "unjust violence.""Let us pray for all men andwomen of good will to be instruments of harmony and the always-shining light ofChrist in our neighborhoods, workplaces, schools and public places," the bishopsaid in a statement Sept. 22.The protests late Sept. 20 andSept. 21, with the crowds swelling at one point to 1,000 people, followed thefatal police shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, an African-American,outside an apartment complex the afternoon of Sept. 20.Charlotte-Mecklenburg policesaid while they were trying to serve a warrant on another person in the area,Scott approached them from his parked car carrying a handgun and ignoring th...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A public forum on his push to change school funding. Opening a cancer institute. Dedicating a new high school. And, so no one could say he's not still having fun, Gov. Chris Christie also spent four hours hosting a sports talk radio show....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two Indonesian fishermen who escaped slavery aboard a Honolulu-based tuna and swordfish vessel when it docked at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf are suing the boat's owner for tricking them into accepting dangerous jobs they say they weren't allowed to leave....
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- He's been stigmatized internationally, a contentious figure presiding over a ruinous civil war that seems to slip into further depravity every day. But in his power base in the Syrian capital, President Bashar Assad projected confidence - conceding nothing to his critics, and accusing the U.S. of derailing a cease-fire and lacking the "will" to fight extremists in his country....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo said hackers stole personal information from 500 million of its user accounts, a massive security breakdown it attributed to a "state sponsored actor." The breach disclosed Thursday, the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company, dates back to late 2014....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT):...
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Stepping deeper into America's race debate, Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that drugs played "a very, very big factor" in violent protests that erupted in North Carolina overnight. He warned African-American protesters that their outrage was creating suffering in their own communities....
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, released dashcam and aerial footage, 911 calls and police radio traffic with unusual swiftness following the Sept. 16 shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white officer....
