Zimbabwe: C-19 - Zimbabwe and the Rule of Law

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a humanitarian crisis of gigantic proportions, which the UN has warned may escalate global suffering and jeopardise lives and livelihoods "for years to come". But in Zimbabwe, senior government officials and their associates have taken advantage of the pandemic to supress the opposition while looting public funds.

The high-level corruption, which has resulted in the arrest of Health Minister Obadiah Moyo, has also sucked in the first family and left authorities in Harare exposed to some ridicule on social media after a series of ridiculous own goals in a cover-up bid.

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