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Zimbabwe court frees opposition leader on suspended sentence after 5 months in detention

Nov. 27, 2024 13:06 PM EST

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

Nov. 22, 2024 12:44 PM EST

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...

Today in History: November 21, Las Vegas hotel fire claims 85 lives

Nov. 21, 2024 00:02 AM EST

Today is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 326th day of 2024. There are 40 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 21, 1980, 85 people died, most because of smoke inhalation, after a fire broke out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also on...

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

Oct. 16, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism. About 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and swathes of land when the...