Mugabe Summoned Over ‘diamond Theft’
Zimbabwe’s parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a claim he made about huge-scale diamond theft. Mr Mugabe accused foreign mining firms of “swindling”...
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Zimbabwe Sacks Thousands of Nurses On Strike
Zimbabwe’s government has sacked more than 10,000 nurses who went on strike on Monday, in an apparently hardline attempt to quell labour unrest. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga said the nurses...
Be Courageous and Speak To Power! – Ghana MPs Told
Ghana’s parliamentarians have been told to be courageous and speak to power in the exercise of their responsibilities in order to defend the country’s democracy. President of the Senate of...
Robert Mugabe Plots Second Coming
The leader of Zimbabwe’s newest political party has met up with Robert Mugabe, leading to speculation about whether the former president is really done with politics. Retired Brigadier Ambrose...
Letter From Africa: Mugabe ‘unloved’ On His Birthday
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe considers the fate of ousted President Robert Mugabe as he celebrates his 94th birthday. A famous quote by...
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai Buried Amid Rivalry In MDC
More than 5,000 people have attended the burial of Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in his home village after he died of colon cancer. The burial was marred by divisions in the party...
Professor Arrested Over Grace Mugabe’s Dodgy PhD
The vice chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Levi Nyagura was detained...
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai Dies At 65
Tsvangirai died on Wednesday at a South African hospital, where he was being treated for colon cancer. Last week, local media quoted family sources as saying the former Prime Minister’s health had...
Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai ‘critically Ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old former prime minister –...
Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai ‘critically Ill’
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is critically ill in a South African hospital, reports say. Local media quoted family sources as saying the 65-year-old former prime minister –...
Zimbabwe Honors Ousted Leader
Mugabe National Holiday – Zimbabwe has officially declared 21 February to be Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, thereby making the former president’s birthday a public holiday. This comes...
Ghana’s Ex-Leader Rebuked For False Appraisal
Mahama Hails Mugabe – Former President of Ghana John Mahama became a topic of discussion among Zimbabweans on social media after he hailed recently resigned President of the country, Robert Mugabe...
Fast Facts That Hasn’t Crossed Many Minds
Mugabe’s fall – 93-year-old Robert Mugabe finally resigned as President of Zimbabwe in view of pressures from his own Zanu-PF party on Tuesday, November 21. Sounds of jubilation have engulfed the...
Mugabe Wanted To Punish the Whites At Age 33 Whilst In Ghana
When Robert Mugabe left Ghana for his country Zimbabwe in the early 60s, his main ambition was to alleviate his people from the maltreatment suffered under white settlers. This was the message he...
Robert Mugabe Resigns as Zimbabwe’s President after 37 Years
Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe's President on Tuesday after 37 years of autocratic rule, finally succumbing to the pressure of a military takeover and the humiliation of impeachment. The...
Five Buzz Facts You Must Know
Zimbabwe takeover – It has been a political circus in Zimbabwe as the country’s military embarked on a takeover, seized control of the country and detaining President Robert Mugabe who has ruled...
Coup in Zimbabwe, Army Seizes Power and Holds Mugabe
Zimbabwe’s army seized control of the country on Wednesday, saying it was removing “criminals” around Robert Mugabe and holding the president for his own safety. An army spokesman said on state...
Country’s VP Sacked For Allegedly Betraying President Mugabe
Zimbabwe – The reported death threats and unbearable condemnations seem to have gotten the best of sacked Zimbabwean VP Emmerson Mnangagwa who has flown away from the country. President Robert...
Country’s VP Sacked For Allegedly Betraying President Mugabe
Zimbabwe -The reported death threats and unbearable condemnations seem to have gotten the best of sacked Zimbabwean VP Emmerson Mnangagwa who has flown away from the country. President Robert Mugabe,...
Class 3 Student Sentenced For Lily Asigbetse’s Death
The 18-year-old Achimota School murder suspect has earned a three-year sentence for shooting a classmate, Lily Dzigbordi Asigbetse to death. The verdict was dished out by an Accra Juvenile Court....