A power cut plunged Zimbabwe's parliament into darkness as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was finishing his budget speech. The lights flickered and died, leaving top officials like President ...

Editorial - ZIMBABWE has now formally abolished the death penalty for all crimes, civil and military, after President ...

If Robert Mugabe goes before the committee, it would be his first public appearance since his resignation Zimbabwe's parliament has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to give evidence about a ...

But we want to situate this decision as a decision of parliament,” Charamba said ... Several human rights groups have been calling for Zimbabwe to abolish the death penalty.

Mnangagwa's move comes after Zimbabwe's parliament voted earlier in December to scrap the death penalty. Zimbabwe last carried out an execution by hanging in 2005, but its courts continued to hand ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who once faced the death penalty himself in the 1960s during the war of independence, approved the law this week after a bill passed through Parliament. Zimbabwe has ...

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has expressed its dismay at the Parliament's decision to act ... To address comments or complaints, please Contact us. AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about ...

after earlier passage by the lower house of parliament. In an interview with VOA, Zimbabwe's justice minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, said passage of the death abolition bill is welcomed by President ...

Members of parliament listen to Zimbabwean President ... partnership and excellent fraternal relations" between Zimbabwe and China. The government says Wednesday's event did not mark the official ...

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago ...

He approved the law this week after a bill passed through Parliament. Zimbabwe has about 60 prisoners on death row, and the new law spares them. The country last executed someone in 2005 ...