Robert Mugabe

The footage makes for uncomfortable viewing. Sobbing almost uncontrollably, her whole body heaving as she spoke, Zimbabwe's youngest MP relived her ordeal at the hands of men she is convinced were agents of the state. Arrested for having the temerity to take part in an anti-government protest on May 13,…

And you thought some of your party memories were bad. Queen Elizabeth may seem like the epitome of social grace and poise, but it turns out that even the Queen of England gets in over her head sometimes. In a new ITV documentary, Our Queen: Inside the Crown, there's a scene involving…

Opposition MP Joana Mamombe is one of the three women who allege they were tortured by state agentsZimbabwe's justice minister has threatened to prosecute three female opposition members who allege they were arrested and then abducted from police custody and sexually assaulted.They say they were beaten and forced to drink…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Opposition MP Joana Mamombe is one of the three women who allege they were tortured by state agents Zimbabwe's justice minister has threatened to prosecute three female opposition members who allege they were arrested and then abducted from police custody and sexually assaulted.They say they…

Geneva (AFP) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the World Health Organization, faces the towering challenge of coordinating a global pandemic response increasingly complicated by US-China tensions.The former Ethiopian minister of health and foreign affairs finds himself at the heart of global efforts to rein in the…

Rights groups in Zimbabwe have accused government security forces of abducting and torturing three female supporters of the opposition who were taking part in a protest. The three women were allegedly abducted Wednesday after taking part in a protest demanding that the government pay those affected by the coronavirus lockdown.…

Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe succumbed to cancer in Singapore, Michael Sata of Zambia died in London, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia in Brussels and Omar Bongo of Gabon in Barcelona. The coronavirus pandemic, however, was supposed to be the great leveller.  With lockdowns in force globally and 30 of Africa’s 57…

LONDON — The World Health Assembly is usually a sedate annual gathering of senior government health officials in Geneva attracting scant attention outside health care specialists.Monday is set to bring a summit like none before.Not only has the coronavirus killed at least 300,000 people globally and brought a wrenching economic…

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GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s director-general has faced many challenges during the coronavirus pandemic: racial slurs, death threats, social media caricatures — he was once depicted as a ventriloquist’s dummy in the hands of Chinese President Xi Jinping — and U.S. funding cuts.Through it all, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus…