Zimbabwe police said they arrested 41 workers for poll monitoring groups and seized the computers and other equipment they were using to tabulate the results of vote counting Thursday in the southern African nation’s widely delayed presidential election. Those arrested were working
A cholera outbreak in the Hammanskraal township, located near South Africa’s capital Pretoria, has resulted in the death of at least 17 people. Neighboring Zimbabwe has reported nine recent fatalities due to another outbreak of the water-borne disease. In February, the World
Zimbabwe began releasing over 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty hoping to ease overcrowding in jails. Former prisoners have previously complained about harsh conditions such as overcrowding, a lack of food and poor health care. Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services spokeswoman Meya
Zimbabwe will launch a digital currency next month by introducing “tokens” that are backed by gold reserves and can be transferred between people and businesses as a form of payment, the country’s central bank said Friday. The move is aimed at shoring
Belarusia’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Zimbabwe to pomp and fanfare on Monday, in a visit that seeks to cement economic and political ties between the two countries that are both close allies of Russia. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and hundreds
Zimbabwe has brought in a law that bans health workers such as nurses and doctors from prolonged strikes, imposing punishments of up to six months in jail for defiant workers or union leaders, state-run media and a government spokesman said Wednesday. The