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President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has fired Minister of State for Mashonaland West Province Webster Shamu, but gave no reasons for the move. Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2IGt5M9 Get more World News

Seven Zimbabwean government ministers and several allies of President Emmerson Mnangagwa were defeated in primary elections for parliament, results showed yesterday, as disputes threaten to divide the party ahead of polls set for July. Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2wbfx9I...

The Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy said it will summon former president Robert Mugabe to explain how about 15 billion U.S. dollars worth of diamonds was siphoned out of Marange diamond fields. Read more via PM NEWS Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2JC4au3 Get...

Thousands of potential candidates have submitted their names to various political parties indicating that they want to contest council, parliamentary and senatorial elections set to be held within the next few months in Zimbabwe. They include Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, Retired...

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dies aged 65, party leaders say This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You...

About 5.3 million Zimbabweans have registered to vote in the upcoming elections scheduled for mid-2018, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said on Tuesday. The figures released by the electoral body showed that 5,310,734 people had registered to vote since the exercise began in September 2017...

I remember the scenes in the Streets of Harare on Saturday 18 November 2017 as if it was only yesterday. It you were a soldier wearing ZDF uniform you were a hero per excellence! The nation and the world at large were sick to their back tooth of Robert Mugabe’s 37 years of corrupt and tyrannical...

THE credibility of Zimbabwe’s general elections this year has been thrown into doubt after a South African-run ID systems firm hired to produce a new voters’ roll for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently took the electoral management body to court over alleged “impropriety” in...

A political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the reason why the University of Zimbabwe is at difficulties in revoking the flawed former first lady Grace Mugabe’s Doctorate degree is because there are a lot of army top officials who were awarded fake degrees. via Bulawayo24 News –...