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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe ‘left $10m but no will’

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Image caption Robert Mugabe was ousted in 2017 after 37 years in power

Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe died with $10m (£7.7m) cash in the bank, a legal letter from his daughter quoted by state media says.

His other assets included four houses, 10 cars, a farm and an orchard. But he…

Is Zimbabwe’s economy on track?

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Zimbabwe has not had its own independent currency since hyperinflation wiped it out a decade ago.

Instead it has relied on the US dollar along with a local money system pegged to the dollar.

The economy is no longer in its extreme inflationary spiral, but the country has continued to suffer from severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel.

Last month, the Zimbabwean…

Zimbabwe’s new cabinet ministers in pics

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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (R) poses for photographs with vice president Constantino Chiwenga (L) during the swearing in ceremony for Zimbabwe’s new cabinet ministers at State House, Harare, on September 10, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NJIKIZANA

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C front row) poses for photographs with his…

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa takes oath of office

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Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the oath as Zimbabwe’s president after a bitterly disputed election.

Cheers ring out in a national stadium at his inauguration as the country moves on from the decades-long rule of Robert Mugabe.

Mnangagwa first took office in November after Mugabe resigned under military pressure, and narrowly won a July 30 election that the opposition alleged was rigged.

What next for Zimbabwe’s opposition? | Politics

Zimbabwe’s highly anticipated first post-Mugabe and post-Tsvangirai election just ended. The election was very close and tightly fought between the ruling party and the opposition. The pre-election environment was largely peaceful, however, at least six died after the military opened fire on opposition supporters after the election. 

The incumbent, Emmerson Mnangagwa of ZANU-PF narrowly fended…

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins first post-Mugabe election

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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe’s removal in a coup in November, was elected on Thursday after a poll marred by the deaths of six people in an army crackdown on opposition protests.

After two days of claims and counterclaims, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa secured a comfortable victory, polling 2.46 million votes…