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Zimbabwe

bobi wine

election season is open, let the games begin

Africa’s growing criminalization of the opposition

As I sat down to write this month’s column opposition leader Bobi Wine was casting his ballot in the Ugandan presidential election. ...

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Fend for yourselves

Zimbabwe: Lockdown amid Covid surge has no support for people

A rise in coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe has prompted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to put the nation on a 30 day strict ... lockdown.

Zimbabwe MDC

2021 resolutions

Zimbabwe: Will a divided MDC opposition keep the country safe from a one-party state?

While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe’s ... politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement for Democratic Change, once a united front, now split into two: MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, and MDC-T, led initially by Thokozani Khupe and now by Douglas Mwonzora.

Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa has his temperature taken as he arrives at the parliament in Harare

probably not

Can Zimbabwe take advantage of Africa’s new free trade zone?

Many African countries - including Zimbabwe - have pinned their hopes for economic renewal on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ... agreement that came into force on 1 January 2021.

Zimbabwe top stories

safety or power?

Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa using Covid-19 restrictions to consolidate power?

Achilles heel

Africa: Working at home raises cybersecurity risks, say Liquid, Allianz

inauguration invitees

Zambia: Hichilema’s invitation to regional oppositionists conveys message of change

safety or power?

Zimbabwe: Is Mnangagwa using Covid-19 restrictions to consolidate power?

Achilles heel

Africa: Working at home raises cybersecurity risks, say Liquid, Allianz

inauguration invitees

Zambia: Hichilema’s invitation to regional oppositionists conveys message of change

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Pushed out of parliament

Zimbabwe: Supreme Court decision leaves Thokozani Khupe’s MDC in disarray

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is being weakened by leadership tensions and political wrangles. ...

harare zimbabwe

second arrest

Zimbabwe: Arrest of Harare mayor Mafume, incompetence or corruption?

Jacob Mafume, the mayor of Zimbabwe's capital was arrested in November and released on bail on 8 December by a High Court judge. His arrest comes ... just months after his predecessor was also incarcerated.

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Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines: violence, criminals and chaos

A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners. ...

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Illegal artisanal gold miners work at an open mine after occupying parts of Smithfield farm, owned by the former President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace Mugabe, in Mazowe

leaking money

Zimbabwe: Losing millions from illicit gold mining trade

In Zimbabwe, the majority of the working population can be found in the informal sector. And in mineral-rich areas of the country, people are ... continuously risking their lives digging underground in search of gold, hoping to make enough money to take them out of poverty.

Zimbabwe Political Turmoil

missing ingredient

Zimbabwe awards new TV licences, but only to regime-linked players

The Zimbabwean government under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded new television licenses that would end decades of monopoly by the only ... State-controlled broadcaster ZTV (ZBC TV). But experts fear it is merely a ploy for Mnangagwa to tighten his grip on power

Zimbabwe Elections

lack of independence

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s capture of judiciary a red flag for state failure

Zimbabwe celebrated on 17 November the third year since former president Robert Mugabe was overthrown and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa. People ... assumed that the change in power - after being controlled by Mugabe for 38 years - would open a new positive chapter for Zimbabweans. But instead, cases of human rights violations, arrests and detainment of civic rights activists, corruption, economic demise, crumbling infrastructure and unemployment are once again making headlines.

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