Zimbabwe’s music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, more commonly known as “Tuku,” died Wednesday. His music career spanned more than four decades, and largely cut across Zimbabwe's political divide.
In our news wrap Friday, the death toll from a car bombing in Bogota, Colombia, rose to 21. Dozens of others were wounded in the country's deadliest attack in 15 years. Officials said the bomber was a member of rebel…
In our Wednesday news wrap, the death toll from Tuesday’s attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, climbed to 21. The Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility, saying it was retaliating for the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as…
In our news wrap Tuesday, a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they met behind closed doors last night in hopes of forging a compromise to reopen the government. President Trump met with a group of House Republicans; the…
While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged citizens to unite after he was named the winner of the presidential election, opponent Nelson Chamisa said he did not accept the outcome and would explore all legal means to challenge it. Mnangagwa says…
With President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming election victory in Zimbabwe, opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa says it’s a day of “mourning over democracy” and that he does not accept the outcome. Alex Magaisa, adviser to Chamisa, tells Judy Woodruff that the ballot…
Election officials in Zimbabwe announced Thursday that current President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the election over Nelson Chamisa. Across the past few days, both sides have been claiming victory, blaming each other for violence and bracing for more. On Wednesday, soldiers…
In Zimbabwe, at least three people were killed amid demonstrations against what protesters see as the rigging of Monday's presidential election. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News reports from Harare, then William Brangham learns more from Jonga Kandemiri of Voice…
Rioting erupted Wednesday in Zimbabwe's capital as opposition supporters clashed with police and army troops over delays in announcing results from the presidential election, the country's first since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
In a surprise address to the nation after months of silence, Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe emerged just hours before Monday's historic election declaring that "I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power."…
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