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Tsitsi Dangerembga, left, prominent Zimbabwean author and Fadzayi Mahere, right, spokeswoman for the main opposition party, appear at the magistrates courts with others in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 1, 2020.

Citizens are challenging repression with #ZimbabweanLivesMatter, says author Tsitsi Dangarembga

Justice

The Booker Prize-nominated novelist was arrested at a political demonstration last week against Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.

Two men in the foreground wearing baseball hats watch Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on a TV.

The deadline for a defiant Mugabe passes as Zimbabwe’s crisis deepens

Conflict
Robert Mugabe kisses his wife, Grace, at a rally to mark the country's 37th independence anniversary, in April

‘Gucci Grace’ maneuvers to succeed her aging husband as president of Zimbabwe

Global Politics
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