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Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white people under contentious land reforms to sell it and to be able to borrow from banks using it as collateral. This marks a major...
Zimbabwe's president once faced the death penalty and is now set to abolish it
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s Senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, a key step in scrapping a law last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago. Zimbabwe's Parliament said Thursday that the bill was passed by senators the night before. The...
Zimbabwe court frees opposition leader on suspended sentence after 5 months in detention
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court freed an opposition leader and 34 activists Wednesday after sentencing them to suspended prison terms for participating in what authorities termed an unlawful gathering. Magistrate Collet Ncube sentenced Jameson Timba, interim leader of a...
Zimbabwe court convicts opposition leader and 34 activists after 5 months of pre-trial detention
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court has convicted an opposition leader and 34 activists on charges of participating in an unlawful gathering, more than five months after they were taken into pre-trial detention. Jameson Timba, interim leader of a faction of the splintered...
