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Zimbabweans mourn founding father Mugabe but confused about burial – Reuters
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans on Saturday mourned the death of their country’s founding father Robert Mugabe but confusion swirled about when his body would be returned from abroad or when he would be buried, two years after he was toppled in a coup. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses the media …
Grace Mugabe faces uncertain future after death of her husband – CNN
(CNN)Zimbabweans may have mixed feelings about the death of Robert Mugabe: in the end, he was a brutal despot who left his country divided and impoverished. But he was also the founding father of the nation who put an end to white minority rule. Grace Mugabe, 54, doesn’t share the complex …
Robert Mugabe dies: Zimbabwean leader helped liberate then destroy his country – The Washington Post
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who rose to power as a champion of anti-colonial struggle but during 37 years of authoritarian rule presided over the impoverishment and degradation of one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising countries, died Sept. 6 at a hospital in Singapore. He was 95. Zimbabwe’s current leader, …
Tesla Batteries Are Keeping Zimbabwe’s Economy Running – Bloomberg
Mobile money is dominant in country with 18-hour power outages Econet installing Tesla Powerwall batteries at base stations Zimbabweans are relying on Tesla Inc. to help them pay their bills. Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless Ltd., Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to the Palo …
Zimbabwe bails senior opposition official arrested over protest – Reuters
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court freed a senior opposition official on bail on Monday, after charging him with failing to stop an anti-government protest that authorities had banned. Amos Chibaya, national organizing secretary for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was an organizer of a street demonstration the …
Zimbabwean comedian goes into hiding after abduction and beating | World news | The Guardian
Satirist Samantha Kureya seized at home, stripped and forced to drink sewage One of Zimbabwe’s best-known comedians and political satirists is in hiding after being abducted from her home by unidentified armed men, then beaten, stripped and made to drink sewage. The attack on Samantha Kureya is one of a series …
Zimbabwe police round up protesters as opposition denounces ‘fascist’ government – Reuters
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe police combed Harare’s streets rounding up suspected opposition supporters on Friday, enforcing a clampdown on dissent after using batons and water cannon to break up a protest that authorities had declared illegal. A man flees from teargas during clashes after police banned planned protests over austerity …
Zimbabwe protests: Opposition MDC vows to defy police ban on rally – BBC News
Zimbabwe’s main opposition group has said it will hold anti-government protests in the capital Harare, in defiance of a police ban. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called for mass protests against the government’s handling of the economy. About five million Zimbabweans are in need of food aid, …
A Coup Offered Hope to Zimbabwe. Has Its New President Delivered? – The New York Times
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Everywhere he looked, President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa could see his own face. To battle his cold, he sipped a hot drink from a mug adorned with his own head shot. To his left, an aide wore a green shirt covered with the same image. To his right …
Millions in Zimbabwe ‘facing food crisis’ – BBC News
The UN has stepped up its emergency appeal for Zimbabwe, warning that more than five million people – a third of the population – are in need of aid. The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a $331m (£270m) appeal as the country battles the effects of drought, a cyclone …
In Zimbabwe, the Water Taps Run Dry and Worsen ‘a Nightmare’ – The New York Times
HARARE, Zimbabwe — It had been five days since water had stopped flowing out of the taps at Eneres Kaitano’s bungalow in southern Harare, Zimbabwe’s modern and tidy capital city. Five days since she had done any laundry. Five days since she had forbidden her children to use the toilet …