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Mugabe family sets burial for home village, not 'Heroes' shrine
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» HARARE - Zimbabwean ex-president Robert Mugabe will be buried next week in his village, his family said on Thursday, delivering an apparent snub to government plans to bury him at a national monument.
Mugabe a 'broken soul' in final years after Zimbabwe ouster
AFP, Published on 11/09/2019
» HARARE - Once feared for the all-encompassing power he wielded in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe died a "broken soul," bereft at his downfall, his allies and relatives say.
Zimbabwe police break up protests after court ban
AFP, Published on 16/08/2019
» HARARE - Riot police in Zimbabwe fired teargas and beat demonstrators on Friday during a crackdown on opposition supporters who have taken to Harare's streets despite a protest ban.
Zimbabwe's rights body says 'systematic torture' in crackdown
AFP, Published on 22/01/2019
» HARARE - A human rights commission appointed by Zimbabwe's government said Tuesday that at least eight people were killed, mostly by gunfire, in a crackdown on protests last week.
Zimbabwe president cuts short foreign tour over protests
AFP, Published on 21/01/2019
» HARARE - Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa broke off a foreign tour Sunday, saying he wanted his country "calm, stable and working again" as criticism grew over a brutal crackdown in response to protests.
Zimbabwe blocks social media as crackdown intensifies
AFP, Published on 19/01/2019
» HARARE - Zimbabwe on Friday blocked most social media as international criticism mounted of a ruthless security crackdown after anti-government protests.
Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe
AFP, Published on 26/08/2018
» HARARE - Emmerson Mnangagwa was officially sworn in as president of Zimbabwe on Sunday after winning a bitterly contested election that marked the country's first vote since strongman Robert Mugabe was ousted from power.
Zimbabwe court dismisses opposition bid to annul election
AFP, Published on 24/08/2018
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's top court Friday dismissed an opposition bid to have presidential election results annulled over alleged rigging in favour of Robert Mugabe's successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Zimbabwe court to rule on bid to annul election result
AFP, Published on 24/08/2018
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's top court was set to rule Friday on an opposition bid to have presidential election results thrown out over alleged rigging in favour of Robert Mugabe's successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Zimbabwe top court hears appeal against election result
AFP, Published on 22/08/2018
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court will Wednesday hear an opposition petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result, in a legal challenge seen as unlikely to succeed despite allegations of vote fraud.