London, Oct. 3, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) on Wednesday assured Zimbabwe of continued technical support in assisting the country in its efforts to develop a national strategy to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In remarks during the opening session of ...

London, Sep 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The body of Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was buried on Saturday in his rural village of Kutama, an AFP reporter at the scene said. The family of Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead, three weeks after his death, to attend a much-awaited burial ceremony. READ ALSO: NIGERIA 2023: WE DIDN’T ...

London, Sep 23, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Zimbabwe’s founding president Robert Mugabe had “advanced cancer” when he died in hospital in Singapore on September 6, the state-owned newspaper reported on Monday. The former guerilla leader, who died aged 95, came to power at the end of white minority rule in 1980 and ruled Zimbabwe uninterrupted for 37 years ...

London, Sep 13, 2019 (AltAfrica)-ZIMBABWEAN ex-president Robert Mugabe will be buried next week in his village, his family said on Thursday, delivering an apparent snub to government plans to bury him at a national monument. Mugabe died in Singapore last week aged 95, leaving Zimbabweans divided over the legacy of a leader once lauded as ...

London, Sep 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday said 11 heads of State had so far confirmed attendance at former President Robert Mugabe’s funeral parade slated for the National Sports Stadium on Saturday. Mnangagwa, who was accompanied by members of the ruling ZANU-PF politburo and service chiefs, visited the grieving Mugabe family at ...

London, Sep 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-he body of Robert Mugabe has arrived back in Zimbabwe after a private flight from Singapore, where he died last week aged 95. Mr Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first leader after the country became independent in 1980. He held on to power for almost four decades before being ousted in a coup ...

London, Sep 10, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A chartered plane that is expected to airlift former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s remains left  Zimbabwe for Singapore on Monday. The plane left Harare early Monday and on board were government officials and relatives. However, until today it was not clearly spelt out where the former leader would be buried, a ...

London, Sep 7, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Robert Mugabe will be buried at a hilltop shrine reserved exclusively for Zimbabwe’s ruling elite, an official said Saturday, as the southern African nation began several days of official mourning. “Comrade Mugabe will be buried at the Heroes Acre,” deputy information minister Energy Mutodi said. “That is where he deserves to ...

London, Sep 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-African leaders are united in paying tribute to Zimbabwe’s founding president Robert Mugabe also famously called “Uncle Bob” who died in the early hours of Friday. He ruled the country for close to four decade President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the Kenyan flag be flown at half mast in honour of ...

Edited by Olabisi Adesina London, Sep 6, 2019 (AltAfrica)-In Zimbabwe, the National Aids Council (NAC) has resorted to introducing clinics that operate at night to provide HIV/AIDS testing services to “key populations” like truckers. NAC Mashonaland East provincial manager, Wilfred Dube said the novel idea already operational in Murehwa area targeting truck drivers who use ...