Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid out on Thursday the agenda for his second term in office following re-election last month. During a high-level government retreat, Mnangagwa said the new government will accelerate people-centered development to achieve Zimbabwe’s “Vision 2030,” which seeks to propel the southern African country …
Read More »Zimbabwean president launches campaign for 2nd term
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is also leader of the ruling ZANU PF party, on Saturday launched his party’s election campaign in preparation for the Aug. 23 elections. Mnangagwa, who came to power in 2017, is seeking a second five-year term as president. Addressing thousands of supporters …
Read More »Zimbabwean president proposes relocation strategy to mitigate impact of climate change
Blantyre, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made an appeal to African leaders to promptly confront the string of climate change-related calamities that continue to afflict the region by, among other ways, embracing relocation strategy. The Zimbabwean leader, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, made …
Read More »Zimbabwean President hails robust progress made in stabilizing economy
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s economic activity remains robust, as evidenced by strong foreign currency receipts, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Writing in his weekly column Sunday in the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper on his reflections on the Reserve Bank’s 2023 Monetary Policy Statement, Mnangagwa said the country’s balance of …
Read More »Zimbabwe to grant citizenship to deserving investors
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Friendly investors will be granted Zimbabwean citizenship as part of the government’s efforts to lure investment, a cabinet minister has said. “President Emmerson Mnangagwa is once again going to make history by making Zimbabwe one of the first African countries to offer a pathway to citizenship …
Read More »Zimbabwean president defends Chinese investment in Africa against Western incitement
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised Chinese investment for changing the economic landscape in his country and other parts of Africa, while blasting the West for plundering African resources for decades. In his weekly column for the government-run The Sunday Mail newspaper, Mnangagwa said that the …
Read More »Kenya urges world to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called on the international community to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying the restrictions were hurting the southern African nation. Kenyatta, who spoke in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, when he hosted visiting Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, termed the sanctions as illegal, …
Read More »Zimbabwean leader Mnangagwa sets date for long-awaited by-elections
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed March 26 as the date for the long-awaited by-elections to fill vacant seats in the National Assembly and various local authorities across the country. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had in 2020 suspended the holding of by-elections in line with …
Read More »Zimbabwe calls for repatriation of African artifacts from Western museums
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday called for the restitution and repatriation of African artifacts that were expropriated from Africa during the colonial era and are currently displayed in Western museums. Mnangagwa made the remarks at the third edition of the International Conference on African Cultures, …
Read More »Zimbabwe allows vaccinated people to resume church services
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean government announced on Wednesday that only fully-vaccinated people can now attend church services. This follows six weeks of suspension of any church gathering under the Level 4 lockdown to control a third wave of the pandemic, which among other measures bans inter-city travel, public …
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