More than 200 Non-Governmental Organisations on Tuesday, April 20, appealed to governments across the globe to urgently increase aid to stop over 34 million people from being pushed to starvation this year. “Every day, we bear witness to suffering and resilience. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Honduras, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, CAR, […]
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According to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world contribute significantly to air pollution. The report added that these vehicles are of poor quality and are hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate […]
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Days after environmental rights lawyers filed a court application concerning grants giving exploratory rights to two Chinese companies, the Zimbabwean government on Tuesday banned all mining activities in areas managed by national parks. According to AFP news agency, Zimbabwe’s authorities had earlier granted Afrochine Energy and Zimbabwe Zhongxin Coal Mining Group licenses to explore for […]
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South African Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse dozens of protesters outside the Zimbabwean High Commission in Pretoria on Friday. AFP news agency reports that close to 100 mainly Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa gathered to protest economic hardship and a recent crackdown on dissent and political opposition back home. Earlier this […]
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday warned political opponents and rights groups, purportedly promoting destabilisation. He added that they will be “flushed out”. This comes after dozens of activists had been arrested in a crackdown. Mnangagwa said his administration was facing many hurdles and attacks including divisive politics of some opposition elements. “The bad apples […]
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The UN Commissioner for human rights on Friday warned the government of Zimbabwe against using the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for restricting freedoms, after an investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin’ono and an opposition leader Jacob Ngrivhume were arrested. The report indicates that the award-winning journalist and government critic, Chin’ono and Ngarivhume, head of a small […]
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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his government will continue investigating and clamping down on corruption, as it continues to pursue goals towards achieving Vision 2030 and removing impediments towards its realisation. Speaking at the third principals’ executive plenary meeting of Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) at State House in Harare, on Monday, President Mnangagwa announced […]
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