Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe threatens to withdraw from Cites over ivory trade ban
The country said it has more than 130 tonnes of ivory stored up in high-security vaults in Harare, which could help to fund wildlife conservation.
Zimbabwe's healthcare facilities have been crumbling for more than a decade, tracking the downward spiral of the economy.
So far, 72 children have been infected but the outbreak has been confined to Mutasa district.
Reports from towns and cities across the country appear to show that the situation is normal.
Preliminary investigations by police suggest that the bus was overloaded.
Despite that, the main opposition, Citizens Coalition for Change, came out of the vote oozing with confidence, saying nothing can stop it from forming the next national government after the 2023 general election.
It is one of the country's biggest robberies in recent years.
"We have done it country-wide," Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Chamisa told a news conference in the capital.
The groceries are brought by runners known as "malayitsha" - literally "people who carry things" - and they're just one sign of how much of Zimbabwe's economy now takes place beyond its borders.
State media on Thursday reported that two other men were attacked and injured by hyenas in the same area last week.
This will be the first public rally since Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change rebranded itself last month from the MDC Alliance.
Many teachers did not report for work when schools opened for the first term of the new year last week, saying they could no longer afford the commute from their home to the classroom.
The government said it would raise civil servants’ salaries by 20%, and then convert part of those salaries to $100 at the official exchange rate.
The 36-year-old former soldier is the fourth person who has tried to gain access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s official residence in recent months.
Nelson Chamisa told AFP that President Hakainde Hichilema's victory in neighbouring Zambia had brought hope for Zimbabwe, which has been ruled by one party for nearly 42 years.
The Movement for Democratic Change has split numerous times over its more than 20-year history and strategists will be hoping this signals a new and hopeful break from a fragmented opposition past.
Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor revealed on Monday in a tweet he took cocaine, a $15,000 bribe from an Indian businessman to fix matches and that he faces a multiple-year ban from international cricket.
Zimbabwe only lost to Africa's top-ranked team Senegal in their first Group B match to a Sadio Mane penalty in the seventh minute of injury time.
Zimbabwe has been experiencing a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections and deaths, with more than 2,000 cases and 30 deaths reported on Thursday.