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Zimbabwe Opposition Activist Detained, Ordered to Undergo Mental Evaluation

WHO: COVID Global Death Tally Could Reach 2 Million

Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO's emergencies head, said that number could spiral even higher if countries do not formulate and adhere to a plan to stop the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

Togo Prime Minister and Government Resign

President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated prime minister Komi Selom Klassou and his team for their "economic, political and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world."

In Leaders' UN Videos, Backgrounds Tell Stories, Too

Staying home because of the coronavirus pandemic, they are speaking by video, adding a new layer of imagemaking to the messages and personas they seek to project.

Trump Nominates Barrett for Supreme Court Post

"Today it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court … Judge Amy Coney Barrett,” Trump said to a gathering in the White House Rose Garden.

Tiny Airborne Particles May Pose a Big Coronavirus Problem

It might seem strange that for all the scientific frenzy to study the new coronavirus, the details of how it spreads can still be in doubt nine months later. But history suggests patience.

Zimbabwe's Rescued Wildlife Joins Jerusalema Dance Challenge

"I think we have already — we have had an amazing response. We didn’t expect that to happen at all, that it would go viral. I hope it will spread further and get more people involved in the challenge ..."

Zimbabwe Magistrate Orders Recalled, 'Abducted' MDC Alliance Lawmaker to Undergo Mental Evaluation

“What it means is that she is now a prisoner. She was on bail but now she can no longer get medical help on her own. We are taking this matter further to ensure that she is tried while on bail.”

South Africa Workers Union Demands End of Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe

"... We were all hoping that things will be different, we were all hoping that the mandate that they claimed Mugabe was not executing he (Mnangagwa) was going to execute. But Mnangagwa became worse than Mugabe. He became 10 times worse than Mugabe."

United Nations General Assembly Opens Historic Session Tuesday

Tuesday’s session commenced with a pre-taped message from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in keeping with a decades-long tradition first established in the 1940s, followed by U.S. President Donald Trump, as leader of the U.N. host country.

MDC Alliance's Job Sikhala Granted $50,000 Bail, Barred from Posting Videos on Social Media

Sikhala has been ordered to stop addressing any public gatherings and posting audios and videos on social media platforms.