Search results for ‘Zimbabwe’
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Rory Stewart: ‘Lots of reasons to be concerned about Mnangagwa’
Africa Minister Rory Stewart discusses Zimbabwe without Mugabe.
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Mugabe under house arrest after military takeover
Robert Mugabe is under house arrest as the Zimbabwe army staged a de facto military coup. Troops have been posted outside government buildings and are patrolling the streets of the capital Harare. The former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sacked just last week, could now be on his way back to Zimbabwe to take…
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Mugabe’s 40 years in power
At 93, Robert Mugabe is the world’s oldest serving head of state. He’s been in power for almost 40 years. Most Zimbabweans have never known rule by anyone else. Who is the man who’s led Zimbabwe since its independence from white minority rule?
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Professor Mukesh Kapila: Mugabe appointment is a ‘shock to everyone’
Professor Mukesh Kapila, a former World Health Organisation official, explains how he thinks the decision to appoint Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador” was made.
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WHO’s Robert Mugabe appointment causes outcry
The World Health Organisation has come under fire for appointing Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a “goodwill ambassador”. Britain joined the outrage – describing the decision as “surprising and disappointing” – considering his government’s record on human rights abuses. But the WHO praised Zimbabwe’s public health system.
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Philip Hammond’s attack on Labour over ‘market economics’
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has defended the “market economy”, saying it has brought people out of poverty. In media interviews and his speech to Conservative conference, Mr Hammond repeatedly accused the Labour Party of posing a threat to this economic model. The chancellor even appeared to compare Labour’s policies to countries like North Korea and…
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2.3 billion people affected by flooding disasters in 20 years
Storm Harvey has devastated the US state of Texas, with at least 33 people reported dead and thousands forced to evacuate their homes. But how does it compare to other weather disasters in America and around the world?
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Robert Mugabe flies to South Africa after his wife is accused of assaulting woman
Zimbabwe’s president has flown to Johannesberg after his wife Grace Mugabe was accused of assaulting a young woman in a hotel. Grace Mugabe attempted to leave the country, trying to claim diplomatic immunity.
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South Africa: ‘worrying concerns’ over John Smyth
Tonight there are fresh allegations about the British barrister and evangelical Christian John Smyth. After an investigation by this programme into allegations he’d violently abused young men in the U.K., then in Zimbabwe, Now a church in a third country – South Africa – has gone public with what it called “worrying concerns” about his…
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Archbishop admits Church ‘failed terribly’ over abuse revelations
The Church of England has tonight apologised unreservedly after a Channel 4 News investigation revealed that a prominent Anglican evangelical and former colleague of the Archbishop of Canterbury is alleged to have severely assaulted boys and young men for decades.
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Archbishop issues apology over abuse allegations
The Archbishop of Canterbury has tonight issued an extraordinary apology after this programme presented him with allegations that teenage boys and young men were violently abused by a high profile evangelical figure here and in Zimbabwe.
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Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James ‘in exile’ from Jamaica
Marlon James, whose first novel was rejected 70 times, fled Jamaica fearing persecution for being gay. Now he has become the first Jamaican to win the Man Booker Prize.
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Cecil the lion: The blood sport of African trophy hunters
The killing of Cecil the lion, one of Zimbabwe’s best known and most studied animals, has sparked a debate about the ethics of big game trophy hunting – but what is it?
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Charleston shooting: police arrest Dylann Roof
The FBI have arrested a man who was on the run and who is suspected of killing nine people at an African-American church on Wednesday evening.
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South Africa’s Zulu king condemns racist attacks
South Africa’s Zulu King Goodwill Zweluthini has condemned the deadly anti-immigrant attacks that have swept the country as “vile”.