Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya confirmed dead
For more than 20 years, the justice system considered him to be on the run. But Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitive for his alleged […]
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Government freezes bank loans
Zimbabwe’s government came under fire last Saturday for imposing a freeze on bank lending, a move that will encourage the development of a shadow banking […]
Zimbabwe redistributes land abandoned by black farmers
Zimbabwe has begun redistributing unused land that was given to black farmers during President Mugabe’s bloody land reforms of the early 2000s, Agriculture Minister Anxious […]
Zimbabwe: New York Times correspondent to be tried in late April
The New York Times correspondent in Zimbabwe, accused of helping foreign journalists obtain false accreditation, will finally be tried at the end of April, the […]
Ten dead in attempted robbery of cash couriers in South Africa
South African police said Monday they killed 10 suspects and wounded five of their men in an attempted robbery of a cash courier in Johannesburg, […]
Zimbabwe: Opposition leader Tendai Biti, briefly detained
An opposition figure in Zimbabwe, former Finance minister Tendai Biti, was detained Monday for several hours while campaigning for parliamentary by-elections in Harare, a spokeswoman […]
Zimbabwe: Main opposition party denounces attack on its leader, Nelson Chamisa
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Wednesday denounced a new attack on its leader, Nelson Chamisa, who escaped unharmed after being shot at in his car […]
Mugabe’s widow challenges decision to exhume her husband’s remains
The widow of former Zimbabwean autocrat Robert Mugabe, Grace Mugabe, has appealed against a Zimbabwean court’s decision to exhume her husband’s remains for burial at […]
Justice orders transfer of Mugabe’s remains to heroes’ mausoleum
A Zimbabwean court has ordered that the remains of the late President Robert Mugabe be exhumed for reburial at the National Heroes’ Acres shrine in […]
HIV: Johnson & Johnson halts trials in Africa to find a vaccine
This is a trial program, named Imbokodo, which started in 2017 in five southern African countries. Due to lack of conclusive results, “the Imbokodo trial […]