Owen Gagare Share Families wait outside the port of Pemba on April 1 for a boat of evacuees from the coast of Palma, Mozambique. So far, Islamic State-affiliated insurgents have killed more than 2 000 people and displaced more than 750 000. Picture: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP
Following the recent military siege on the Mozambican northern town of Palma by Islamic State-linked insurgents who have killed dozens of people, including a Zimbabwean and a South African, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have deployed special forces to the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province.
Security sources told The NewsHawks this week that Zimbabwe deployed special combat forces to help Mozambicans with the Palma “sweeping campaign” at the end of last month, a week after the deadly attack.
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200k Doses Of Chinese COVID Vaccine Arrive In Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe received on Monday its first delivery of China s COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm.
The plane carrying the vaccines arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
The southern African country s first vaccines will be 200,000 doses of the vaccine donated by the Chinese government, while another 600,000 doses of the same vaccine have been purchased by the government and will arrive early next month, the state-run Sunday Mail reported.
Frontline workers such as health professionals and immigration agents working at borders will get first priority for the vaccines, according to a government rollout plan.
Rushwaya reinstated as ZMF president
BY MIRIAM MNAGWAYA
HENRIETTA Rushwaya, who is facing gold smuggling charges has been unanimously reinstated as the Zimbabwe Miners federations (ZMF) president during a meeting that was held by the national executive members.
Rushwaya had been suspended as the president of the federation following her arrest at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport on allegations of attempting to smuggle 6 kilograms of gold worth $333 0000 to Dubai.
ZMF chief executive officer Wely Takavarasha confirmed her reinstatement to NewsDay.
He said, “I can confirm that Henrietta Rushwaya has been unanimously reinstated as ZMF president. A national executive meeting has been held at Rainbow Towers hotel today and all members agreed that she be given back her position.”