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A statue of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana is seen on the streets of Harare, Tuesday, May, 25, 2021. Zimbabweâ€™s president vowed to ensure the repatriation of the skull of a 19th-century anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading resistance to white occupation, as he unveiled her bronze statue. Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, more widely known as Mbuya (grandmother in Shona) Nehanda, was hanged in 1898 for leading an antiâ€“colonial rebellion. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) XTM102 XTM102

May 25, 2021 at 11:26 am

Zimbabwe unveils statue honoring anti-colonialist heroine VIEW

Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana was hanged in 1898 for leading an anti-colonial rebellion. The became a symbol of resistance and inspiration for the bush war that...

May 23, 2021 at 1:16 am

Zimbabwe’s tobacco booms, but Black growers complain of debt VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's tobacco is flourishing again. And so are the auctions where premium prices are being paid for the “golden leaf” that...

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April 17, 2021 at 5:50 am

Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has begun releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion to reduce the threat of COVID-19...

March 25, 2021 at 6:22 am

Africa’s elephants now endangered by poaching, habitat loss VIEW

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Increasing threats of poaching and loss of habitat have made Africa's elephant populations more endangered, according to a report released Thursday...

March 14, 2021 at 1:05 am

Africans rethink big, bountiful weddings as pandemic bites VIEW

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose among many relatives and friends whom to invite...

March 8, 2021 at 12:08 am

Zimbabwe’s women battle gender discrimination amid pandemic VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Molly Manatse doesn't like to be singled out for her gender....

February 18, 2021 at 6:18 am

Zimbabwe starts administering China’s Sinopharm vaccines VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe started giving COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday, with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga volunteering for the first jab at a hospital in the...

February 14, 2021 at 10:19 pm

Zimbabwe receives first vaccines from Sinopharm in China

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has received its first COVID-19 vaccines with the arrival early Monday of an Air Zimbabwe jet carrying 200,000 Sinopharm doses...

A sealed coffin containing the remains of a COVID-19 victim is stored in a refrigerated container in Johannesburg, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, one day after South Africa gave a hero’s welcome to the delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines â€” 1 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) XJD101 XJD101

February 2, 2021 at 9:21 am

African countries scramble to bury virus dead, get vaccines VIEW

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Shipping containers have become overflow mortuaries for the dead from COVID-19 in South Africa, while some other African nations are now looking...

January 24, 2021 at 5:52 am

Fourth Zimbabwean Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 in surge VIEW

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Four Zimbabwean Cabinet ministers have died of COVID-19, three within the past two weeks, highlighting a resurgence of the disease that...