A group of gunmen attacked supporters of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe, killing one and injuring several others on Sunday, local media reported. Using spears, machetes, iron bars and stones, the attackers injured opposition activists during the rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe. “Armed men stabbed …
Read More »Zimbabwe: President hands power to Vice President for three weeks
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left powers in the hands of Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga for three weeks, the country’s information ministry said on Friday. This is as the president begins his annual leave on Friday, the ministry has tweeted: HE President @edmnangagwa started his annual leave on 13 …
Read More »COVID-19: Zimbabwe to receive millions of vaccine doses from China
The Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country will receive about 10 million doses of covid-vaccine from China, in order to fight the pandemic. President Mnangagwa says Beijing has now pledged four million doses of Sinopharm and six million of Sinovac, in addition to the two million doses received …
Read More »UN envoy to assess impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe
UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan has arrived in Zimbabwe to assess the impact of sanctions imposed on the country by the US and European Union. The sanctions were imposed in 2002 when Robert Mugabe was president. They target companies and specific individuals both within the Zimbabwean government and those associated …
Read More »Zimbabwe: unvaccinated civil servants barred from work
Government in Zimbabwe, in a circular, announced that it will bar unvaccinated civil workers from reporting for duty from Monday as part of efforts to fight COVID-19. The Zimbabwean government on Thursday said civilian workers should be fully immunized before returning to work on Monday. “Please note that members who …
Read More »Mozambique: joy among Christians after the reopening of churches
Christians in Mozambique have expressed their joy as they resumed in-person worship on Sunday after Covid-19 measures were relaxed by the president. Worshippers said it was a relief to be able to attend church especially as the country faces attacks in the northern region. “At home, we pray through our …
Read More »Zimbabwe receives second batch of Sinopharm vaccine
Zimbabwe on Tuesday received a second batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines. It includes a Chinese donation of 200,000 doses and 144,000 doses bought by the government, and comes four weeks after the arrival of the first batch, BBC News reports. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was at the airport in the capital, …
Read More »South African Coronavirus variant now dominant in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe says the Covid-19 variant first detected in South Africa now accounts for the majority of cases in the country. Results of genomic sequencing conducted recently showed that the variant the nation had in 2020 had receded and that the new and more aggressive variant accounted for 61% of cases, …
Read More »Zimbabwe receives first batch of Sinopharm vaccine
Zimbabwe has received its first 200,000 doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by China. The consignment arrived on Monday morning in a Air Zimbabwe flight and was handed over to the government by the Chinese ambassador to the country. An additional 600,000 doses ordered by the Zimbabwean government are …
Read More »Arrestation of a Zimbabwean couple for a WhatsApp message’
According to state-run Herald Newspaper, a Zimbabwean couple has been arrested for an alleged WhatsApp message that claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa had succumbed to Covid-19. The couple, who are both aged 20, were arrested in the southern border town of Beitbridge, it said. The pair have reportedly appeared before a …
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