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he body of Robert Mugabe has left Singapore on a private flight destined for his home country of Zimbabwe. The former president had been receiving hospital treatment in the city state before he died last week aged 95. Mr Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first leader after becoming independent in 1980. He …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira “for conduct inappropriate for a minister of government” after her arrest over the disappearance of millions of dollars from the country’s pension fund. The country’s anti-corruption commission alleges the money went missing during her time as minister of labour and …

Zimbabwe’s constitutional court has banned the caning of juvenile convicts as a judicial punishment. Nine judges decided that judicial corporal punishment was illegal under the country’s constitution. They ruled it was cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. While attitudes are changing, many parents in Zimbabwe still believe corporal punishment …