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Cyclone winds and flooding cause disaster in southern Africa
Aid groups say thousands of survivors are trapped in remote areas. Entire villages are under water.
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1,000 may be dead after Cyclone Idai hits southern Africa, says Mozambique President
In Mozambique, President Filipe Nyusi says more than 1,000 people may have been killed by Cyclone Idai, which devastated the port city of Beira last week.
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Michael Dapaah (Big Shaq) extended interview – creativity, mental health, politics, prison
It started out as a parody of today’s grime and hip hop artists and has since become a viral hit around the world, referenced by protesters in Zimbabwe and even Jeremy Corbyn. Big Shaq is the creation of comedian Michael Dapaah and his hit Man’s Not Hot has clocked up an astonishing quarter of a…
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Michael Dapaah on Big Shaq, politics, growing up in Croydon, and what prison taught him
It started out as a parody of today’s grime and hip hop artists and has since become a viral hit around the world, referenced by protesters in Zimbabwe and even Jeremy Corbyn. Big Shaq is the creation of comedian Michael Dapaah and his hit Man’s Not Hot has clocked up an astonishing quarter of a…
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Is the party over for the Mugabe kids?
There have been few glimpses of the lavish luxury lifestyles of two of Robert Mugabe’s sons since his fall from power. Bellarmine Chatunga and Robert Junior, his sons by his wife Grace, had earned an international reputation for party excess and big spending in Johannesburg, using social media to document their lifestyle. This while Zimbabwe’s…
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Vimbaishe Musvaburi: ‘Give Emmerson Mnangagwa a chance’
Independent candidate Vimbaishe Musvaburi discusses Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration as President of Zimbabwe.
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Mugabe given immunity from prosecution, government sources say
Robert Mugabe is due to attend tomorrow’s swearing in of his rival Emmerson Mnangagwa as president, Zimbabwean state TV has said. Preparations are under way at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, where the inauguration will be held. Government sources have confirmed the former President was given immunity from prosecution as part of a deal…
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Mnangagwa hails ‘new and unfolding democracy’
If it took two decades for Mladic to account for his crimes, many are wondering if Robert Mugabe will ever be called to defend the alleged atrocities of his time in office in Zimbabwe. The deputy he sacked is also accused of involvement in those abuses, but Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as “the crocodile”, is…
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Mugabe: leader who took his country from riches to rags
Robert Mugabe’s letter of resignation brings to an end his 37-year-old leadership in Zimbabwe.
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Elliot Pfebve: ‘Could be short-lived celebration if toxic politics continue’
Elliot Pfebve, an EU envoy for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, and Marshall Gore, the UK chairman of the Zanu-PF party, discuss Zimbabwe’s future.
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Mugabe sacked as leader of ruling party
Robert Mugabe has been sacked as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party but technically he remains president. For now at least. Mr Mugabe has been meeting military leaders to discuss his future and with even his former backers from the war veterans demanding he ends his 37-year rule, the termination of his presidency now seems…
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Acie Lumumba: ‘Mugabe won’t be president by end of tomorrow’
Elliott Pfebve, an EU envoy for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party, Acie Lumumba, co-ordinator of tomorrow’s Mugabe “send-off” march and a former Zanu PF politician, and Nick Mangwana, Zanu PF’s representative in the UK, discuss Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe’s future.
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Robert Mugabe appears in public after coup
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance since the army took charge on Wednesday. Clad in a university gown and mortar board, the 93-year-old attended a graduation ceremony, while across town the leader of Zimbabwe’s influential war veterans declared the game was up for the president and called on Zimbabweans to take…
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Pastor Evan Mawarire: ‘We lose nothing by being optimistic’
We spoke to Pastor Evan Mawarire – a Zimbabwean religious leader and leader of the ‘This Flag Movement ‘ – an anti-Mugabe protest movement. He has been jailed several times.
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Talks over President Mugabe’s succession continue
Last-ditch talks have been taking place in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare to try to find a way to end Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule. Photographs have emerged of Mr Mugabe meeting the army commander who put him under house arrest. The photos did not show first lady Grace Mugabe whose attempts to secure greater powers for herself…