Tag: Zimbabwe
China, Zimbabwe agree to establish comprehensive strategic partnership
President Xi Jinping of China and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday agreed to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership…
Mnangagwa to Mugabe: Zimbabwe “has moved on”
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Friday said Zimbabwe “has moved on’’ when responding to claims by former President Robert Mugabe…
Zimbabwe making consultations on rejoining Commonwealth – Foreign Minister
Zimbabwe is making consultations on rejoining the Commonwealth, its foreign minister has said, as new President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks to…
Zimbabwean Doctors on Nationwide strike over pay, drug shortages
Doctors in Zimbabwe on Tuesday began a nationwide strike and would not return to work until the government meets their…
Zimbabwe solicits $122m to clear land mines
Zimbabwe says on Friday it is seeking 122 million dollars to clear all anti-personnel mines that were planted by Rhodesian…
Russia pursues military cooperation with Zimbabwe
Russia is pursuing military cooperation with Zimbabwe and looking at opportunities in the diamond sector as well as fully implementing…
Serial rapist sentenced to 72 years in prison
A court in Zimbabwe sentences 31-year-old serial rapist has been sentenced to an effective 72 years in prison.
Zimbabwe offers to pay for opposition leader Tsvangirai funeral expenses
Zimbabwe is ready to help foot the bill for the funeral arrangements of Morgan Tsvangirai in a tribute to the…
World Bank to assess Zimbabwe economic situation
The World Bank will soon send a team to Zimbabwe to conduct a needs assessment exercise in preparation for possible…
Govt sacks senior police officers in Zimbabwe
Anxiety gripped Zimbabwe’s police force following the dismissal and reinstatement of senior personnel.
Zimbabwe: 11 Mugabe allies fired from parliament
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has fired 11 parliamentarians, friends of former leader Robert Mugabe, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues a…
President Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe ‘open for business’, safe for foreign investment
Zimbabwe is “open for business” and foreign investment in the southern African country is safe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on…
Zimbabwe ‘open for business’ – President Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is “open for business” and foreign investment in the southern African country is safe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on…
2018 Elections: Zimbabwe extends mobile voter registration
The Zimbabwe government has extended the mobile voter registration by another month to cater for citizens that failed to register…
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls for end to Western sanctions
Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Thursday called for the removal of Western sanctions on his government during a speech to…
Zimbabwean political parties call for extension of voter registration
Zimbabwe’s political parties want to give voters another two months to sign up for the 2018 election after political turmoil…
President Mnangagwa swears in cabinet with last-minute changes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe on Monday swore in his cabinet, with several last-minute changes after a public outcry about…
Zimbabwe to review indigenization law
Zimbabwean acting Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, on Thursday, said the country would review its “controversial indigenisation law” to change the…
Mugabe’s birthday declared public holiday
Former President Robert Mugabe’s birthday, Feb. 21, is now a public holiday after the Zimbabwean Government gazetted it as Robert…
Mnangagwa sworn-in as Zimbabwe’s New President
Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's president in a ceremony at a packed stadium in the country's capital,…
Zimbabwe’s new rulers must show resolve for democracy – Britain
Britain wants Zimbabwe’s new rulers to show clear resolve to place the country on a more democratic and prosperous path…
Mugabe granted immunity as part of resignation deal – sources
Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was granted immunity from prosecution, sources close to the negotiations said on Thursday.
Britain persuades Zimbabwe to rejoin international community
Britain wants Zimbabwe to rejoin the international community following the resignation of Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Theresa May said on…
‘Mugabe’s dismissal, lesson for sit-tight African leaders’
A Benin-based constitutional lawyer, Mr Olayiwola Afolabi, on Wednesday, described the ouster of the 93-year-old President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe,…
Mnangagwa to be sworn-in on Friday as Zimbabwe president
Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Friday marking a new era for a…
Zimbabwe’s new president arrives today
Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has just departed from an airport in neighboring South Africa to make his return to…
Zanu-PF pays tribute to Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party has paid tribute to former President Robert Mugabe for his contribution to the Southern African nation…
AU welcomes Mugabe’s resignation
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday welcomed the resignation of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa to be sworn in on Friday
Zimbabwe’s former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as president on Friday following the resignation of Robert Mugabe,…
U.S. advocates ‘new era’ in Zimbabwe
The U.S. is seeking “a new era” for Zimbabwe, the State Department’s top official for Africa said, implicitly calling on…