In Zimbabwe, friends and supporters of political activist Patson Dzamara are mourning the news that Dzamara has died while awaiting medical treatment. Dzamara, 34, was a human rights defender who opposed the ruling Zanu PF party and was active in calling for change during the end of former president Robert…
A state funeral was held for former president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe on Saturday, but the moment of honor in Harare was one of mixed messages and conflicting emotions. That’s been the case since Mugabe, the 95-year-old founder of the independent nation, died in a Singapore hospital on September 6….
Robert Mugabe has died, and Zimbabwe is planning a historic funeral to mark the passing of the man both honored and loathed by his nation. World leaders – from Nigeria and Kenya, Venezuela and the United States and China – responded to the news with their condolences. His Zanu PF…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Zimbabwe is moving forward with a process to compensate former farm owners whose land was taken from them because they were white during the country’s fast-track land reform program (FTLRP). “The registration process and the list of farmers should be completed by the end of April 2019, after which the…
A Zimbabwe official on Monday told the country’s citizens that it considers the Boeing 737 MAX8 aircraft unsafe following the fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 – but according to investigative journalists working at the Zimbabwe Herald, MP Energy Mutodi should be looking at his own country. Mutodi, a…
In Zimbabwe, presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa claimed to be “winning resoundingly” in his bid against incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa , in a pre-dawn message early Tuesday. “We now have results from the majority of the over 10,000 polling stations. We’ve done exceedingly well,” Chamisa said in his 5 a.m. Twitter…
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe was quick to strike back on the news that former president Robert Mugabe is supporting his opponent, Nelson Chamisa, the candidate of the main opposition MDC Alliance party. “Now that it is clear to all that Chamisa has forged a deal with Mugabe we can…
With just four days before Zimbabwe’s presidential election – one that’s shaping up to be a close and competitive race – main opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance are encouraging voters to be sure to go to the polls despite rumors and concerns over the legitimacy of the…
With little more than a week to go before Zimbabwe holds the first elections without Robert Mugabe in a generation, the current President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) holds a slight edge in polls conducted by the Ghana-based Afrobarometer organization. Forty percent of registered voters…
An explosion during a political rally in Zimbabwe has been called an assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who narrowly escaped injury after speaking to Zanu PF party supporters. The grenade-like blast came as Mnangagwa was leaving the platform at White City Stadium. At least eight other people were injured,…
Evan Mawarire, the activist pastor who led Zimbabwe’s #thisflag movement during the last years of former President Robert Mugabe’s tenure, revealed Friday that he is taking legal action against the national police for damages related to multiple wrongful arrests in 2016 and 2017. Beginning in April 2016, Mawarire posted videos…
In a dramatic interview with South African television, the former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, accused the country’s military of conducting a coup d’etat to remove him from office in November and illegally install current President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “I never thought he whom I had nurtured and brought into government and…
It wouldn’t be the first time that the Government of Botswana and its outgoing President Ian Khama pressed for change in a neighboring African country. Khama provoked Robert Mugabe, the ossified former leader of Zimbabwe, on more than one occasion by publicly calling on him to step down and accused…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Former Zimbabwe prime minister and longtime political opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died, members of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party confirmed late Wednesday. The 65-year-old Tsvangirai was reportedly battling cancer for which he was treated in South Africa, and in recent weeks had taken a turn for the…
The news that Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire was acquitted Wednesday on subversion charges was met with joy from supporters of his #thisflag movement – but not entirely from Mawarire himself. The democracy and good governance activist, arrested under former president Robert Mugabe at least three times this year alone, was…