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Former President Robert Mugabe’s birthday, Feb. 21, is now a public holiday after the Zimbabwean Government gazetted it as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, the state-controlled media reported on Monday. The designation of the day as a public holiday comes after the government adopted...

Sources say only five Zimbabwe cabinet ministers and the attorney-general turned up for a meeting called by President Robert Mugabe as 17 others opted to attend a meeting to plan the 93-year-old leader’s impeachment. Sources said on Tuesday that the meeting is the first called by Mugabe since a...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has agreed to stand down and his resignation letter has been drafted, CNN said on Monday, citing a source familiar with his negotiations with the generals who seized power in Harare last week. Under the terms of the deal, Mugabe and his wife Grace would be...

News of Robert Mugabe's removal comes as MailOnline exclusively revealed that the elderly dictator had gone on hunger strike. One of his close family members confirmed that he was refusing to eat as a strategic ploy. This is coming s after Zimbabwe's ruling party sacked President Robert Mugabe...

Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked President Robert Mugabe as its leader, officials say. Zanu-PF has appointed ex-vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had been fired by Mr Mugabe two weeks ago. The sacking of Mr Mnangagwa had prompted an extraordinary chain of events as the military...

Jubilant scenes are unfolding on the streets of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, as protests demanding the resignation of President Robert Mugabe have turned into a celebration of the army's role in ending his grip on power. BBC correspondents say protesters are hugging and cheering soldiers in the...

The situation remains uncertain in Zimbabwe after the army placed President Robert Mugabe and his wife under house arrest, triggering speculation of a military coup. Witnesses are confirming the sighting of the motorcade of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe moving through the capital, Harare...

The head of the African Union said Thursday that the body “will never accept the military coup d’etat” in Zimbabwe. “We demand respect for the constitution, a return to the constitutional order and we will never accept the military coup d’etat,” Alpha Conde said in an interview with French...

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is insisting he can only be removed via a party leadership vote, political and intelligence sources told Reuters on Thursday. Reuters reported that the resistance is coming even as a Catholic priest is mediating a potential political exit for the 93-year-old...

Zaka Central Zanu PF MP Paradzai Chakona has donated a bale of used underwear to his constituency. Chakona has declined to state where he sourced the donation, saying it was his "secret." A ward chairperson who declined to named said the constituents were flabbergasted by the donation, which...

President Mugabe staggering to the podium at United Nations General Assembly, 72ndd session in New York. Related: [Video] Awkward Moment Mugabe Schooled Trump On UN Values and Advised Him To Blow His Trumpet

Uganda President, Yoweri Museveni has described himself as a ''wonderful dictator''. Museveni gave the description of himself when questioned on how he thinks he will be remembered in an interview with Al Jazeera published Saturday. “How can you guarantee that you will not be remembered as...

Diane Shima Rwigara, Rwanda’s only female presidential candidate has been disqualified from next month’s election. ABC News reports that she was excluded from the race for submitting signatures of some people who have been long dead. According to electoral laws, independent presidential...

John Magufuli, President of Tanzania has told schools to stop pregnant teenagers and teenage moms from going back to school. The President made the remark while addressing Bagamoyo District residents during his three-day-tour of Coast Region. “There are many things that girls, who are...

Zimbabwean pastor, Paul Sanyangore made a direct phone call to heaven during one of his widely televised services. See video:

Schools in Zimbabwe will now accept livestock such as goats or sheep as payment from parents who cannot afford their fees. Lazarus Dokora, the country's education Minister told the Press that schools will have to show flexibility when it comes to demanding tuition fees from parents, and...

Nigeria’s crude oil production fell by 156,900 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.269 million bpd in March, from 1.426mbpd recorded in February, threatening the 2017 budget oil production benchmark. Consequently, the country lost its status as Africa’s top oil producer to Angola, according to latest...

Hosni Mubarak, Former President of Egypt has been freed from detention, six years after being overthrown. Aljazeera reports that his lawyer Farid al-Deeb today confirmed that Mubarak had been freed. Mubarak left a military hospital in southern Cairo and went to his home in the northern...

Pope Francis today asked for forgiveness for the "sins and failings of the Church and its members" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. According to The Jerusalem Post, in a meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Francis said he hoped his apology would help promote peace in the African...

The African global economic and development summit, hosted at the University of Southern California had no African participants this year as they were all been denied visas. INDEPENDENT UK reports that Mary Flowers, who chairs the summit said she lost about 100 attendees, including speakers...