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2 days ago | 
zawya.com | Kitsepile Nyathi
Zimbabwe is recording a huge jump in malaria deaths at a time the United States, the biggest funder of the country’s health delivery system, is scaling back its support due to President Donald Trump’s policies on foreign aid. The southern African country’s Health ministry on Friday said malaria cases had increased by 180 percent since the beginning of the year from 21,309 in 2024 to 59,647 this year while bemoaning the withdrawal of US funding for prevention programmes.
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2 weeks ago | 
zawya.com | Kitsepile Nyathi
The African Development Bank (AfaDB) says a new law introduced by Zimbabwe to curb civil society activities is a major setback to the southern African country’s push for urgent debt relief. Zimbabwe owes foreign creditors $21 billion, with arrears making up a significant portion of the debt overhang and preventing the country from accessing low-cost loans from institutions like the World Bank and AfDB.
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3 weeks ago | 
zawya.com | Kitsepile Nyathi
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is assessing the impact of United States President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, amid concerns that the region’s fragile economies are heading for uncertain times. President Trump imposed a new baseline tariff of 10 percent on imported goods from SADC member states with effect from April 5, while “reciprocal” tariffs came into force on April 9.
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4 weeks ago | 
zawya.com | Kitsepile Nyathi
The European Union (EU) has frozen debt relief aid to Zimbabwe after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed a controversial law targeting civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Mnangagwa, on Friday, signed the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill into law, ignoring the advice of four United Nations human rights rapporteurs who described it as an assault on democratic principles.
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2 months ago | 
nation.africa | Kitsepile Nyathi
What you need to know:At least 20 soldiers from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi were killed when the M23 rebels seized the eastern DRC city of Goma in January. The SADC Mission in the DRC (SAMIDRC) was first deployed on December 15, 2023 and its mandate was only renewed in November last month.
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2 months ago | 
nation.africa | Kitsepile Nyathi
A prominent Zimbabwean journalist is facing charges of inciting violence after he interviewed a senior ruling party official who demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa not extend his term in office. Blessed Mhlanga, who works for online-based television station Heart and South, was on Tuesday remanded in custody following his arrest the previous day on charges that have alarmed government critics.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
monitor.co.ug | Kitsepile Nyathi
What you need to know:The SADC leaders, who met for an extraordinary summit in Harare on Friday, expressed concern about the deteriorating security situation in the DRC. Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have agreed to a joint summit with their East African Community (EAC) counterparts to try to end the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels have seized control of vast territory.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Kitsepile Nyathi
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Kitsepile Nyathi
Zimbabwean trade unions have raised alarm over an increase in violent confrontations between Chinese nationals and their local employees during labour disputes. This followed two shooting incidents in one week. And the unions argue Chinese employers have become notorious for labour violations such as torture, beatings, gender-based violence, low wages and a host of other violations.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Kitsepile Nyathi
Zimbabwe’s church leaders have appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to resist the push to remove term limits, saying he risks becoming ‘a co-conspirator in overthrowing the country’s constitution.’ The warning by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), which brings together leaders of the main churches in the country, followed heightened pressure by President Mnangawa’s ruling Zanu-PF party to extend his term beyond 2028.
