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Zimbabwe: 'Suspend Zimbabwe', Say 100+ African Writers
African Arguments, 31 July 2020
Over a hundred African writers call on the AU and SADC to end their silence and suspend Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Crackdown Continues As Police Arrest Mahere, Mamombe, Dangarembwa
New Zimbabwe, 31 July 2020
Police in Harare have arrested MDC Alliance national spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere, filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembwa among some activists over protests which had been planned for this… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Descends Into Rule By Law - Activists Arrested and Abducted
Daily Maverick, 31 July 2020
'The season of arrests and abductions is upon us' says the Southern Africa Human Rights Network of Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Staves Off Threat to His Rule
New Zimbabwe, 31 July 2020
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has staved off national demonstrations that could potentially have loosened a few screws anchoring his faltering rule as there were no reported acts of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Roy Bennett Foundation to Assist Arrested #31July Protesters
New Zimbabwe, 30 July 2020
The foundation of late MDC treasurer-general Roy Bennett, says it will offer assistance to any protester who will be injured, arrested, persecuted or prosecuted by the State during… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Police Issue Strong Warning Ahead of Demo
263Chat, 30 July 2020
The ZR Police Thursday issued a stern warning that those who will partake in a planned demonstration tomorrow [July 31]will have themselves to blame as the government has deployed… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Unpacking Tomorrow's Planned Protests
The Herald, 30 July 2020
The July 31 demonstrations being planned by selected opposition parties and their proxies in the civil society have been premised on corruption that is allegedly taking place in… Read more »
Agents Arrest Protesters After Zimbabwe's Streets Cleared
Harare is deserted as security agents enforce the country's lockdown during the planned July 31 protests. Armed soldiers and anti-riot police have cleared people off the streets of the capital and forced shops to close. Activists have called for national street rallies against corruption in government and economic hardships. Meanwhile, the ruling ZANU-PF party labelled the MDC Alliance a terrorist group, while President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the protest organisers want to overthrow his government.
InFocus
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Zimbabwean police have launched a hunt for opposition and union activists, appealing for information on the whereabouts of 14 well-known government critics. This follows the arrest ... Read more »
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Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been denied bail in the Harare Magistrate's Court. Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of the political group Transformation Zimbabwe, was also ... Read more »
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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has conducted its second foreign currency auction as it aims to promote transparency and efficiency in the foreign currency market. However, the latest ... Read more »
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Starting on July 22, security forces will enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew between 6.00 pm and 6.00 am after President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a curfew and reinstated strict ... Read more »
