Shingai Nyoka

1 month ago | bbc.com | Will Ross |Natasha Booty |Shingai Nyoka

Zimbabwe police arrest dozens in wake of protestsWill Ross, Natasha Booty and Shingai NyokaBBC News, London & HarareReutersPolice in Zimbabwe have often been accused of using violence to break up protestsPolice in Zimbabwe say they have arrested 95 demonstrators on charges of promoting "public violence" and for "breaches of peace", after they took part in Monday's protests demanding that President Emmerson Mnangagwa resign.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba |Shingai Nyoka

Southern African leaders have announced they will pull their troops out of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where they have been helping the government fight rebel forces. The troops were sent two years ago to support the Congolese army fight the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels, which has seized control of large parts of mineral-rich eastern DR Congo this year. At least 19 soldiers from South Africa, Malawi and Tanzania were killed when the M23 captured the region's biggest city, Goma, in January.

Dec 10, 2024 | yahoo.com | Basillioh Rukanga |Shingai Nyoka

Zambia's top court has barred former President Edgar Lungu from standing for re-election in 2026. The Constitutional Court ruled that the 68-year-old politician had already served the maximum two terms allowed by law. Lungu was first elected president in January 2015 to serve the remaining 20 months of his predecessor's term. President Michael Sata has died in office in October 2014. Lungu had argued that this should not count as he did not serve a full five-year term.

Nov 28, 2024 | yahoo.com | Shingai Nyoka

A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech. The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and members of parliament sitting in the dark. The outage is a symptom of Zimbabwe’s ongoing crisis, with daily 12-hour blackouts driven by a prolonged drought that is crippling energy generation at the Kariba Dam, the country’s main power source.

Nov 14, 2024 | yahoo.com | Shingai Nyoka |Lucy Fleming

The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death. "The Church knew about the abuses that John Smyth was doing. They should have stopped him. Had they stopped him, I think my brother [Guide Nyachuru] would still be alive," Edith Nyachuru told the BBC.