Kudzai Mashininga

With no cases of Covid-19, a Zimbabwe informal settlement’s residents are more concerned about making ends meet – and their imminent eviction

Tanzanian president John Magufuli’s death came after weeks of denial, but reporting on the fitness of African leaders can be perilous for journalists

Kembo Mohadi resigned this week after allegedly conducting not one but two extramarital affairs while in office

Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president

The South African variant of the virus is ‘clinically present’, while a lockdown tries to limit new infections

Many of them end up in Chikurubi prison where the cells are cold, the blankets are filthy and the toilets are in the crowded cells

Tawanda Muchehiwa is one of dozens of Zimbabweans who have been kidnapped and tortured by unidentified armed men

Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused ‘dark forces’ of destabilising the country

Campaigners urge Zimbabweans to unfollow the president on Twitter

For now, residents of Harare have more immediate worries

Even the better off have had to find ways to manage in the shattered economy

Doctors warn of ‘silent genocide’ as strike enters tenth week

A brutal crackdown has left critics of the government fearing for their lives and afraid to speak out

Former Zimbabwean Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko says he is afraid of being abducted and poisoned by state agents

Decision is meant to stabilise the economy — but analysts are not convinced