City official in Harare are implementing emergency measures to contain the cholera outbreak that has claimed 30 lives in less than two weeks. The reported cholera cases now exceed 5,000, with typhoid also reported in Zimbabwe. The actions include suspension of street vendors, which have numbered to 20,000 in the…
Word came late Thursday that President Robert Mugabe will be stepping down, perhaps as early as Friday – but conflicting reports said Mugabe was reluctant to resign, and confusion remained over who and how new leaders might legitimately be established. Media in Zimbabwe released pictures of Mugabe meeting with General…
In Zimbabwe, the country’s ruling Zanu PF party denied there is any coup in progress, and a local media outlet said President Robert Mugabe is in command of military forces that descended on the capital city of Harare on Tuesday. Yet by 4 a.m. Wednesday, amid confusing reports of explosions…
In Zimbabwe, reform movement leader and pastor Evan Mawarire has pleaded not guilty following a new arrest at the weekend and charges that he is trying to subvert the government of President Robert Mugabe. “I’m just about to finish preaching and I’m told the police are waiting for me outside,”…
The latest arrest of #thisflag movement founder Pastor Evan Mawarire in Zimbabwe has drawn sharp criticism of “a government hell-bent on criminalizing him” from Amnesty International. “Pastor Evan Mawarire is a prisoner of conscience held solely for the peaceful exercise of his rights. He must be immediately and unconditionally released,”…
Zimbabweans poured out their anger on social media Thursday after hearing news that the City of Harare plans to shut down MotoRepublik, billed as the first co-working space for creatives in Zimbabwe. The arts and tech hub on Milton Avenue in the Harare Central district is home to Internet startup…
Pastor Evan Mawarire, founder of the #ThisFlag movement in Zimbabwe, is expected in court Friday after his arrest Wednesday at the Harare International Airport, where he was returning from a trip to the United States. Supporters of the human rights activist gathered to wait for Mawarire’s appearance on Thursday, but…
The City of Harare said it will begin enforcing a ban on street vendors selling food in order to curb the spread of a typhoid outbreak, but so far there has been little interruption according to local media. “A 48 hour notice was issued on Tuesday and has since expired,”…
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe delivered his State of the Nation address Tuesday, in a short speech that skimmed atop the surface of the country’s spiraling economic and political challenges. In Harare, the 92-year-old Mugabe spoke for just 28 minutes while addressing parliament in a chamber that frequently burst into…
An attack early Friday on activists planning a protest in Zimbabwe has met with a sharp criticism of human rights violations from The European Union mission in Harare. The EU officials, as well as the Head of Mission of Switzerland, were responding to the abduction reports of Patson Dzamara amid…
Yesterday, Robert Mugabe, the serving President of Zimbabwe since 1987, threatened to expel U.S. and British diplomats from the country. Mugabe has accused the representatives of these two Western states of sponsoring vendors to resist their relocation from Harare city centre. The relocation is due to his plans to open…