The Latest Breaking News from Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe and Zambia both rely on lake Kariba – the world’s biggest dam – for the bulk of their hydro-electric supply. The record-low water level at present means electricity supplies in both countries will be heavily rationed.

President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa

Some Zimbabweans criticise the late monarch for failing to ‘promote the interests of Africans in the colonial era’.

South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa condemned anti-immigrant protests in the capital, Pretoria, after demonstrators barred non-nationals from accessing a hospital. The trouble was sparked by a video on social media showing a regional health minister berating a Zimbabwean patient at a South African hospital a week ago.

Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they are already battling government repression similar to the iron-fisted rule of Robert Mugabe, the former president who died in 2019

Electoral commission’s appointments of people related to party stalwarts has triggered fears of electoral malpractice.

President Mnangagwa is reportedly desperate to shed some of the legacy economic problems his administration inherited.

In 2022, Zimbabwe was ranked 137th on the World Press Freedom Index, seven places lower than the year before.

Expectations are high in Rwanda as the East African nation prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit