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Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging

Dec. 31, 2024 12:16 PM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence,...

Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership

Dec. 20, 2024 13:04 PM EST

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...