President Mnangagwa Eats Cake in Belarus While Zimbabwe Burns
As his government orders another nationwide Internet shutdown, ignoring local and global condemnation of its brutal crackdown against protestors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to travel the world, leaving Russia for Belarus. After he was seen in videos eating cake upon arrival in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, critics ridiculed the Zanu-PF leader for being unpresidential.
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Zimbabwe: What Now After a 2nd Internet Shutdown, and Treason Charges for Activists?
allAfrica, 18 January 2019
Zimbabwe's government has again forced a "total Internet shutdown", Misa Zimbabwe says, after a violent crackdown by police when huge crowds protested against dramatic fuel price… Read more »
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa eats cake in Belarus.
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Urges President to Dump Tour, Come and Deal With Unrest
New Zimbabwe, 19 January 2019
OPPOSITION Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BAZ) leader, Noah Manyika says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should abandon his foreign tour and return home to personally deal with citizen… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Revolt and Repression in Zimbabwe
ICG, 18 January 2019
The Zimbabwean government's decision to hike fuel prices has sparked fierce opposition. In this Q&A, Crisis Group's Senior Consultant Piers Pigou explains how economic hardship… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Belarus Deal to Make Zim Transport Logistics Hub
The Herald, 18 January 2019
President Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko yesterday sealed eight agreements, and also advanced a grand infrastructure scheme that could make Zimbabwe… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zim, Belarus Seal Nine Agreements
The Herald, 17 January 2019
Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Alexander Lukashenko have sealed nine agreements that will see Zimbabwe and Belarus enhancing co-operation. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Govt Orders Second Full Internet Shutdown
New Zimbabwe, 18 January 2019
The government ordered another nationwide internet shutdown Thursday - the second this week - ignoring local and global condemnation of its brutal crackdown against protestors and… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: EU Blasts Harare's Crackdown, UK Summons London Ambassador
New Zimbabwe, 18 January 2019
The European Union (EU) condemned disproportionate use of force by the Zimbabwe government Thursday while Britain summoned Harare's ambassador to London as pressure against… Read more »
InFocus
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Since he took over power, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-level government officials made numerous promises to deliver governance reforms to mark the post-Mugabe era, ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe's government has restored internet services in the country but social media sites remain blocked. This follows violent demonstrations over a steep rise in the price of ... Read more »
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From the government shutting down the internet to prevent citizens from communicating and organising more protests, arre Read more »
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Zimbabwe's Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa says three people, including a police officer, have died in the protests that started on Monday following a sharp hike in the ... Read more »
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Minister of State for National Security Owen Ncube has blamed the opposition MDC Alliance, its allies in non-governmental organisations and civic society sectors for a day of ... Read more »
