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Britain gave £82 million to support the poorest people in Zimbabwe last year but the money was not channelled through the government because of Zimbabwe’s lack of commitment to Britain’s partnership principles.

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Mnangagwa against death sentence- Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa today said he was against the death penalty and would rather resign from his ministerial post than sign execution certificates for the 89 people currently on death row. Mnangagwa was sentenced to death as a teenager for bombing a train during an anti-colonial campaign. “The death penalty brings utter hopelessness and I remember the mental torture I experienced upon receiving the sentence in 1965. I was fortunate that I was saved by the age technicality (since the law prohibited capital punishment for persons below 18). For me, it does not matter where I am, I will always speak against the death penalty,” he said.

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Zimbabwe has the potential to become the fastest growing economy in Africa over the next seven years according to Harvard University professor Ricardo Hausmann.

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ZANU-PF wars- It’s dog eat dog in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front as the two major factions prepare to position themselves up for succession, according to media reports. But ZANU-PF succession wars have been going on for more than two decades without any split. The two major contenders are said to be Joice Mujuru and Emmerson Mnangagwa, but having just won elections overwhelmingly this could all be talk.

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