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Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's PR misses a step over Kazungula Bridge

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi cuts the ribbon to mark the official opening of the Kazungula Bridge connecting Botswana and Zambia on May 10, 2021. © Tshekiso Tebalo / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Present for the inauguration of the Kazungula Bridge, which spans the Zambezi River between Botswana and Zambia, Emmerson Mnangagwa and his PR team would appear to have somewhat exaggerated the role of the Zimbabwean president in the bridge's construction. [...]

Published on 14/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's PR misses a step over Kazungula Bridge

Botswana, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa befriends Masisi after falling out with ANC

Kenya, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa, isolated internationally, plays up friendship with Kenyatta

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa touts tobacco industry progress in bid to get Western sanctions lifted

SADC, Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa's hawkish Cabo Delgado outburst catches SADC off guard

Spotlight | DRC, Southern Africa
Copperbelt mineral exports dry up after hike in cross-border tolls

United States, Zimbabwe
US sanctions top of the agenda for new Washington ambassador Tadeous Chifamba

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