The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
NEWS: Zimbabwe again refuses Hopewell Chin’ono bail, and…
Zimbabwe's High Court on Thursday denied bail to a journalist who used to be arrested ultimate month for assisting anti-govermnent protests, in a case that has sparked an outcry over muzzling of the press. Hopewell…
Zimbabwe: Amnesty International condemns arrest of protesters
Amnesty International criticized the Zimbabwean authorities’ arrest of several human-rights activists who took phase in protests Friday in opposition to state corruption. “The thwarting of the protest illustrates the Zimbabwean authorities’ complete intolerance of criticism,”…
Zimbabwe: Minister Shiri dies at 65
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has died. His deputy, Cde Vangelis Haritatos confirmed that Minister Shiri died early this morning. “Sadly this is true. Hon. Minister Shiri passed on this morning,”…
Zimbabwe: President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces possible coup’
THE ruling Zanu-PF formative years league has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under threat from within his own celebration and accuses some insiders of working with exiled officials to dislodge him. Zanu-PF early…
Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono denied bail
Zimbabwean journalist arrested after revealing alleged government corruption has been denied bail by a court in the capital, Harare, for fear he will "incite" others to protest. Hopewell Chin'ono was arrested on Monday on charges…
NEWS: Authorities in Zimbabwe warn against July 31…
The authorities in Zimbabwe have warned that they would deal with participants in organized demonstrations on July 31 against suspected corruption in the public sector in the midst of a declining economy such as "terrorists,"…
Breaking: Top Zimbabwean journalist detained after his home…
A Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono; was violently detained at his home in the capital Harare by state agents Monday. His lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa was cited by local media outlets as confirming the early morning raid…
NEWS: Zimbabwe’s ruling party says attempts are being…
He dismissed as baseless, alleging that some of his senior officials pillaged millions of US dollars in public funds through the Farm Mechanization Scheme of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) more than a decade…
Zimbabwe: Health minister Moyo sacked
Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo was yesterday fired by President Mnangagwa for inappropriate conduct. He is facing criminal charges over a procurement deal for overpriced medical supplies that was eventually killed on…
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists Welcomes Scrapping Of AIPPA
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has commended the repealing of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). ZUJ secretary-general Foster Dongozi said the scrapping of AIPPA came after wide consultations with…
Zimbabwe: Churches, chiefs join Covid-19 taskforce
Government has roped in other stakeholders such as churches and traditional leaders to sit on the Covid-19 taskforce as part of deliberate efforts to disseminate information about the pandemic to all Zimbabweans, Information, Publicity and…
Zimbabwe ‘s army denies that it deployed troops…
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces yesterday dismissed as false, reports in the private and online media that it deployed soldiers to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (formerly Harvest House) to seize the building on behalf of the…
Breaking: Zimbabwe tightens lockdown as virus cases spike
Zimbabwe has tightened restrictions in a bid to curtail spread of the coronavirus as cases spike. On Tuesday, security forces cleared Harare’s city centre as they turned back commuters and motorists. “They are searching the…
More escape from quarantine centres in Zimbabwe
TWO more returnees escaped from Covid-19 quarantine centres in Mashonaland East and Matabeleland North provinces on Tuesday last week as police intensified operations by arresting 1 191 people on the same day for violating lockdown…
Zimbabwe: Covid-19 hits border prisons
Border prisons at Beitbridge and Plumtree have been sealed off after six people — four inmates and two prison officers — tested positive for Covid-19 following PCR tests done to prevent the spread of the…
Zimbabwe: Government summons US envoy over White House…
The Zimbabwe Government has summoned American Ambassador Mr Brian Nichols to discuss claims made by a senior US official that Zimbabwe was one of several countries interfering in violent protests in the US. Violence has…
Breaking: Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 160
Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise as 9 returnees from South Africa and Botswana and 2 locals tested positive for the virus on Friday bringing to 160 the total number of confirmed cases. In its…
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa blasts West for meddling in African…
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated the West for meddling in the internal affairs of African countries and called on Africans to deepen the culture of democracy and good governance as taught by the continent’s…
