Mr Tshisekedi dismissed the result as an “outright provocation to our people”.

“I consider myself from this day on as the elected president of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he said in a statement.

Mr. Speaker, for the 2010 – 2012 period, a tender was floated using limited bidding method and 12 companies submitted bids. After tender evaluation, a German company Giesecke and Devrient (G and D) was awarded the contract to print both paper and polymer bank notes.

The contract sum was Euro 16, 779,411.00. Out of this amount the Bank of Zambia has paid Euro 12,450,709.81 for the quantities received for 2010 and 2011. The balance, therefore, stands at Euro 4,328,701.00. The total quantity of banknotes delivered so far is 212 million pieces while the balance of 116 million pieces will be delivered in 2012.

The Atlanta-based company, with pomp, circumstance and some dramatic billowing smoke, unveiled a newly completed vault at the World of Coca-Cola, where the formula that changes fizzy sugar water into one of the world’s top drinks is now housed. The formula, which had been under lock and key since 1925 at SunTrust Bank, was placed inside [...]

Kabimba was speaking in Bulawayo Thursday at the Zanu-PF 12th Annual National People’s Conference where he and other representatives of political parties endorsed the candidature of Robert Mugabe.

According to Andre, father and son started a domestic quarrel over who between Spanish Real Madrid and Barcelona was better.
The officer said the argument got out of control and the son allegedly pulled a firearm and shot twice at his father, Valdete Franco (48) who died on the spot.