Zimbabwe

The picture is taken on the foot of the Lion of Judah monument in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. Within the foreground, Bob Marley, carrying a green-yellow-red jacket, his dreadlocks hidden beneath one in every of the big caps that Rastafarians love. Behind him, excessive up on the pedestal, is the statue of the lion carrying a crown and holding a spire in its entrance left paw. The picture, stuffed with which means, is a focus of reggae symbolism. And one in every of the few images that testifies to the…

Civil society condemns the regime's attempts to change the constitution to consolidate the power of Prime Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, who came to power in 2017 following the accusation of former President Robert Mugabe. This week, MPs - under the control of the ruling Zanu-PF party - adopted a constitutional amendment allowing the head of state to exercise further control over the judiciary.…

Quick deployment of three,000 troops in northern Mozambique to combat terrorism is one among the avenues talked about in a leaked report that needs to be mentioned at a rare summit in SADC, the improvement neighborhood. Africa, scheduled for 28 and 29 April. Regional army response after jihadist assaults on the town of Palma in late March within the province of Cabo Delgado. Since then, the safety…

In a move aimed at reducing the risk of more COVID-19 outbreaks in the country's overcrowded prisons, Zimbabwe announced an amnesty under the president that allowed the release of some 3,000 prisoners. About 400 prisoners were released from Chikurubi Prison and other prisons in the capital Harare on Saturday, and more are coming from other prisons across the country. Zimbabwe's prisons have a capacity of 17,000 prisoners but are held about 22,000 before the amnesty is declared by President Emmerson…

Zimbabwe's anti-product police unit, set up in 2018, has recovered about 40 boxes of thousands of dollars worth of COVID-19 test packages stolen from a hospital in the country's second largest city, Bulawayo. The test, a donation from UNICEF, had been stored in a building opposite the central bank in the capital Harare, intended for the black market. It was one of the latest cases of pandemic-related transplantation that took place a year after the corona virus appeared in the country. Zimbabwe…

From driving trucks and fixing cars to encouraging girls living with disabilities to find their place in society, women in Zimbabwe refuse to be defined by their gender or circumstances, even though the global COVID-19 pandemic hits them hardest and imposes extra burdens. . There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse does not like being singled out for her gender. "It has always been known as a male job, but do not say I am a female driver. We are just drivers, we do the same…

London-based Zimbabwean businessman Strive Masiyiwa, thought of the nation's first billionaire, was named Netflix's new director final week.

The World Meals Program (WFP), winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has issued a brand new enchantment to lift emergency funds to assist 4 million hungry Zimbabweans inside the subsequent six months. The financial disaster that the nation has skilled over the previous twenty years has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 epidemic, and residents are already struggling to feed themselves when the lean season…

Tsitsi Dangaermbga is the great lady in Zimbabwean letters. She became famous by publishing in 1988 her first novel "Nervous conditions". "The book we have been waiting for so long and which we should all read," said Doris Lessing about this first novel by the Zimbabwean novelist. Tsitsi Dangarembga is also a filmmaker and feminist and political activist.…

Aid operations continue in Zimbabwe after a gold mine collapsed on Wednesday night in Bindura. At least 40 illegal miners have been caught and the chances of finding them alive are declining. A crane truck and a local rescue team continue to work on the site of the Ran gold mine in Bindura, northeast of Zimbabwe, under the…