Zimbabwe

When the Mauritius-based Essar Africa Holdings Ltd, an arm of India's Essar Group, was selected as the preferred private corporation to take on 54 per cent of Zimbabwe's ailing state-owned steel maker, the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO), many breathed a sigh of relief.

Press statement from Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)

The 83 members arrested after a peaceful protest to mark International Peace Day appeared in a routine remand hearing in Harare Magistrate’s Court this morning. They were further remanded out of custody to 29 December 2010.