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Female prsioners wave goodbye to their fellow inmates following their release from Chikurubi prison on the outskirts of Harare, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Zimbabwe began the release of about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion and minimizing the threat of COVID-19 across the country's overcrowded jails. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails

By Farai Mutsaka Apr. 17, 2021 08:50 AM EDT

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, centre, receives his shot of the Chinese Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in Victoria Falls, Wednesday March 24, 2021. Mnangagwa got his jab in the resort town of Victoria Falls, in a bid to promote tourism and launch the second phase of the countrys vaccination drive.(AP Photo/STR)
Zimbabwe's president gets shot of Sinovac in Victoria Falls

By Farai Mutsaka Mar. 24, 2021 12:50 PM EDT

Zimbabwe receives first vaccines from Sinopharm in China

By Farai Mutsaka Feb. 14, 2021 11:25 PM EST
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has received its first COVID-19 vaccines with the arrival early Monday of an Air Zimbabwe jet carrying 200,000 Sinopharm doses...

Zimbabwe to receive delivery of China's Sinopharm vaccines

By Farai Mutsaka Feb. 14, 2021 12:00 PM EST
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is preparing to receive its first delivery of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, saying the shipment will first undergo ...

Pallbearers stand next to coffins of three top government officials at their burial at the National Heroes acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country.( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe holds burial for 3 top leaders who died of COVID-19

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 27, 2021 09:54 AM EST

Pallbearers carry the coffin of a government minister of Dr Ellen Gwaradzimba who died of COVID-19, at the Heroes Acre in Harare, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa who presided over the burial called the pandemic "evil" and urged people to wear masks, practice social distancing and sanitize, as cases across the country increased amid a fragile health system. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Fourth Zimbabwean Cabinet member dies of COVID-19 in surge

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 24, 2021 08:52 AM EST

A preacher is disinfected by a health worker, during a burial of a person who died from COVID-19, in Harare, Friday, Jan, 15, 2021. Zimbabwe, battling a spike in new COVID-19 cases, has banned families from transporting their dead relatives between cities, as part of new measures to stop traditional funeral rites that are believed to be increasing the spread of the disease. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe's foreign minister dies of COVID-19 amid resurgence

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 20, 2021 06:15 AM EST

Zimbabwean journalist Hopwell Chin'ono arrives at the magistrates courts in Harare, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. On Friday, Zimbabwe police arrested the prominent journalist for the third time in six months. Chin’ono posted on his Twitter account that police had picked him from his house and said they were charging him with “communicating falsehoods.” (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Jailed Zimbabwean journalist urges isolation due to virus

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 12, 2021 09:19 AM EST

Zimbabwean journalist Hopwell Chin'ono arrives at the magistrates courts in Harare, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. On Friday, Zimbabwe police arrested the prominent journalist for the third time in six months. Chin’ono posted on his Twitter account that police had picked him from his house and said they were charging him with “communicating falsehoods.” (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Arrested Zimbabwe journalist in prison isolation over COVID

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 09, 2021 10:54 AM EST

Zimbabwe police arrest prominent journalist Chin’ono

By Farai Mutsaka Jan. 08, 2021 10:24 AM EST
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe police on Friday arrested prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono for the third time in six months, his lawyer said. ...

A group of protesters march from the Newfields Town Hall to the Gov. Chris Sununu's house to oppose Sununu's mask mandate and other coronavirus restrictions supported by state and federal public health officials, on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021 in Newfields, N.H. (Matt Parker/Portsmouth Herald via AP)
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By The Associated Press Jan. 03, 2021 03:35 AM EST

Zimbabwe Cabinet approves proposal to criminalize protests

By Farai Mutsaka Oct. 28, 2020 11:11 AM EDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved proposed legislation that would make it a crime for activists to make “unsubstantiated claims” of human...

A truck carrying police enters a neighbourhood in Harare, Friday, July, 31, 2020. Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, was deserted Friday, as security agents vigorously enforced the country's lockdown amidst planned protests. Police and soldiers manned checkpoints and ordered people seeking to get into the city for work and other chores to return home. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe president vows to 'flush out' critics in clampdown

By Farai Mutsaka Aug. 04, 2020 11:53 AM EDT

Tsitsi Dangerembga, left, prominent Zimbabwean author and Fadzayi Mahere, right, spokeswoman for the main opposition party, appear at the magistrates courts with others in Harare, Saturday, Aug, 1, 2020. Police arrested scores of people in Harare and other towns in Friday's protests according to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe continues arrests of critics, says opposition party

By Farai Mutsaka Aug. 03, 2020 08:34 AM EDT

Armed soldiers patrol a street in Harare, Friday, July, 31, 2020. Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, was deserted Friday, as security agents vigorously enforced the country's lockdown amidst planned protests. Police and soldiers manned checkpoints and ordered people seeking to get into the city for work and other chores to return home. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Scores of Zimbabwe protesters arrested, military in streets

By Farai Mutsaka Jul. 31, 2020 05:27 AM EDT

Zimbabwe's Health minister, Obadiah Moyo, arrives at court in Harare, Saturday June 20, 2020. Moyo is facing allegations of illegally awarding a multi- million dollar contract for COVID-19 testing kits, drugs and personal protective equipment to a shadowy company. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe's health minister fired over COVID-19 graft scandal

By Farai Mutsaka Jul. 07, 2020 02:26 PM EDT