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AMERICA’S ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, pictured, urged the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to be more proactive in helping resolve the challenges faced by the country. The regional bloc should assist in “promoting national dialogue,” Nichols said in an interview on Friday with Johannesburg-based broadcaster eNCA. “The country is facing yet another drought and…

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There’s widespread concern where Zim is headed: US

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THE United States of America (US) is rallying the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to play a more assertive role in helping to solve the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe. The US is also urging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to open dialogue with the opposition. Speaking for the first time since the ruling Zanu PF called him…

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Bid to have Grace Mugabe extradited

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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) took steps more than a year ago to have former Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe extradited to South Africa for the alleged August 2017 assault of model Gabriella Engels in a Sandton hotel,  AfriForum revealed on Thursday. The delay, however, seems to lie with the department of justice. The civil…

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SA eases lockdown — focus now on ED

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ALL eyes are on Zimbabwe after South Africa further eased the country’s Covid-19 lockdown measures. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a rigid lockdown, which includes a dusk-to-dawn curfew decreed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in July. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday night swept aside most of the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in a bold…

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UN seeks US$250m Zim food bailout  

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THE UN food agency yesterday appealed for an additional $250 million to provide relief to millions of Zimbabweans as the Covid-19 pandemic bites and warned that 60 percent of the population could become “food-insecure”. Zimbabwe is gripped by a climate and recession-induced economic crisis, its worst in more than a decade, which has seen shortages…

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Former Tanzanian president  Mkapa dies

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FORMER Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, has died. He died on Thursday at a hospital in the country’s commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, while receiving treatment. He was 81 years old. It is not clear what the former president died from. The announcement was made by President John Pombe Magufuli…

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Resolution against Prigozhin failed to attract voters for Engel

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Democratic Congressman Elliot Engel lost in the New-York primary race against African-American candidate Jamaal Bowman scoring only 35 percent  of  vote against 62 percent for Bowman.   Shortly before the primary elections, Engel put forward a resolution against a Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin that, as he hoped, would attract him the votes by African-American community. …

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Sibanda slams corrupt leaders

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ZIMBABWE Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, says the level of corruption displayed by some of the country’s leaders is tantamount to selling out. Speaking in a rare interview posted by the ruling Zanu PF party on Twitter, the army commander — who took over from retired general Vice President Constantino Chiwenga after…

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Burundi president dies of ‘heart attack’ at 55

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OUTGOING Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died of a heart attack, BBC reports. A government statement says that he was admitted to hospital on Saturday after feeling unwell. His condition then improved but on Monday he had a cardiac arrest and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

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Lift sanctions against Zim, Sudan: Kagame

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RWANDAN president Paul Kagame has called for the review and consideration of sanctions against two African countries, Zimbabwe and Sudan, to support their ability to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as coronavirus cases in Zimbabwe on Saturday increased by 14 to 279, including four deaths and 33 recoveries. Kagame was speaking at the…

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