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Mugabe 'had no vision' - Mnangagwa HARARE - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly accused his predecessor Robert Mugabe of "stalling investment" that could have "jump-started" the country's economy "over the past decades."
According to NewsDay, speaking during an official opening ceremony of a $4.3m Karo Resources platinum mining project in Mhondoro-Ngezi this week, Mnangagwa said that the project was halted by his predecessor under unclear circumstance over a decade ago. – Egyptian NEWS24. military chiefs win immunity CAIRO ratified a - bill Egypt's that could President immunise Abdel-Fattah senior military al-Sisi on officers Thursday from future overthrow prosecution of an elected related but divisive to violence Islamist after president. the 2013 military The law, published in the official gazette on Thursday, grants senior military officers selected by al-Sisi rewards including immunity from investigation for alleged offences after the suspension of Egypt's former constitution in July 3, 2013 until parliament assumed its duties on January 10, 2016. - AFP Algerian army rejects politics ALGIERS - Algeria's army chief has told political parties to keep the military out of next year's presidential election, vigorously pushing back against calls for the army to oversee a transition period.
General Ahmed Gaid Salah said in a speech on Thursday that the army shouldn't be part of "political distractions." He said its loyalty is to the people and it is "above political parties." – AFP. Pyongyang returns US troops slain in Korean War PYONGYANG - North Korea has returned remains believed to be of 55 US troops killed during the Korean War, bringing renewed hope to families who have waited decades for closure.
The return of the remains, brought to a US base in South Korea, is the latest move in the cautious diplomacy between Washington and Pyongyang. – BBC. Rivals concede election to Imran Khan ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s former ruling party conceded defeat to cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan ahead of final results from the country’s disputed election, which European Union monitors said yesterday had not been fought on a level playing field.
The party of jailed ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s initially rejected the so far incomplete results, but by yesterday its leaders appeared to accept that Khan would be the next prime minister. – REUTERS.