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Zimbabwe: New arrest in case of newborn baby…08.12.2024 Source - newsday
A further arrest has been made in connection with the shocking case where a newborn baby was sold for US$180. Jestina Mashamba (45), a midwife at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Donald Ndirowei on…
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Zimbabwe: Man rapes neighbor at knifepoint08.12.2024 Source - The Herald
Man rapes neighbor at knifepoint … A 36-year-old man from the Musane area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge has been jailed for an effective 15 years for sneaking into a neighbour's homestead and raping her at knife point. The man pleaded not…
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Zimbabwe: Woman escapes 10-year jail term…08.12.2024 By Mary Taruvinga
A Rusape woman who was jailed ten years after she was found guilty of forcing herself on a 17-year-old boy will now serve only 36 months after her jail term was reduced following an automatic review of her case. The woman, Elizabeth Nyamvura (28)…
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Sierra Leone: 40 Zimbabweans Stranded in…08.12.2024 By A Correspondent:
More than 40 Zimbabweans are stranded in Sierra Leone after being lured to the West African nation by promises of lucrative jobs that turned out to be non-existent. The group, seeking to escape Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis, arrived in Sierra Leone…
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Zimbabwe: Giving children agency08.12.2024 Staff Reporter: Samson Mhizha
… The study, which took place over a period of two years (2022 to 2024) in Harare, involved 24 children (aged between 9 and 18) and their families. Some children had spent as few as two days on the streets; others had been living on the streets…
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s street children: how to…08.12.2024 By The Conversation
Zimbabwe’s government undertook a survey in 2023 to ascertain how many children were living on the streets of the country’s second-biggest city, Bulawayo. The most recent numbers were from a similar 2015 survey, the Ministry of Public Service…
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