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It's the holidays in Zimbabwe. Time to celebrate by unveiling a family tombstone
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Chipo Benhure started saving early for a holiday season to remember in Zimbabwe, but it wasn’t for a party or vacation. The highlight is a graveyard ceremony to unveil her late mother’s tombstone. The generations-old rite has come to be associated with...
Sophia, a famous robot and global icon of AI, wins hearts at Zimbabwe's innovation fair
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — From answering questions from Cabinet ministers, academics and students on climate change, substance abuse and the law to children’s inquiries about her “birth” and links to God and being described as a talkative feminist, Sophia, the world-famous robot won hearts at...
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...
