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Pall-bearers carry the casket containing the remains of Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma during his state funeral at Heroes' Acre in Windhoek, Namibia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders and foreign dignitaries.
 
Namibian and ruling Swapo party President Sam Nujoma speaks during an election rally in Windhoek, Namibia, Nov. 13, 2004. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter and first president, dies aged 95

 
England's captain Jos Buttler fields a ball during their practice session ahead of their first Twenty20 cricket match against India, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

England captain says cricket match against Afghanistan should go ahead despite boycott calls

 
A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the day of his arrival for a state visit, the first to Africa by an American president. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)

‘Our country ignored Africa,’ Jimmy Carter said. He didn’t

 
President Jimmy Carter meets with Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in the Oval Office in Washington, on Aug. 27, 1980. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa gestures during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital, Harare, on Sept. 4 2023. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership

 
FILE - In this file photo dated March 29, 2000, Pippa van Rechteren, left, and her two-year-old twins Catherine, second from left, and Elisabeth, third from left, are blocked from leaving their house on the white-owned commercial farm, Chiripiro, by Zimbabwe war veterans in Centenary district, 150 kilometers (93 miles) north of Harare, Zimbabwe. (AP Photo, File)

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

 
Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala disembarks from a prison truck upon his arrival at the magistrates courts in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 24. 2024. A Zimbabwean court is expected to give judgment Wednesday on Sikhala who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention on political charges. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted

 
An elderly woman pushes a wheelbarrow past campaign posters in Mabvuku on the outskirts of Harare, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Zimbabwe was holding by-elections Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from standing again in what they have called an illegal push by the ruling ZANU-PF party to bolster its majority and have the power to change the constitution. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe holds special elections after court rules to remove 9 opposition lawmakers from Parliament

 
This photo provided by an anonymous source shows local councilor for Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Womberaiishe Nhende lying on a hospital bed in Harare, Sunday Sept. 3, 2023. Barely a week after being elected as a local councilor for Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Womberaiishe Nhende and a relative were pulled out of their car by unidentified men, shot with a stun gun and handcuffed. They were then bundled into a pickup truck and driven about 70 kilometers (more than 40 miles) outside of Harare, the capital, where they were whipped, beaten with truncheons and interrogated, and injected with an unknown substance, their lawyers say. (UGC Via AP)

Zimbabwe’s reelected president says there’s democracy. But beating and torture allegations emerge

 
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers his speech during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Mnangagwa Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country’s “mature democracy” and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following polls whose credibility was questioned by multiple observer missions, including those from Africa. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean president at his inauguration says the disputed election reveals a ‘mature democracy’

 
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a press conference at State House in Harare, Sunday, Aug. 27 2023. Authorities in Zimbabwe say President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been re-elected for a second and final term. The Zimbabwe Election Commission announced late Saturday that Mnangagwa won 52.6% of the votes in the midweek election. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s opposition alleges ‘gigantic fraud’ in vote that extends the ZANU-PF party’s 43-year rule

 
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo)

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins re-election after troubled vote, officials say

 
Armed riot police prepare to be deployed on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Hordes of police officers armed with batons, teargas canisters and some with guns were seen next to the result centre as Zimbabweans anxiously waited for the outcome of general elections after polls closed on Thursday and authorities tightened security around the results centre. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as African observer missions note voter intimidation

 
Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Voting extended after delays as Zimbabwe president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second term

 
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is surrounded by security as he leaves his last campaign rally in Harare, Monday, Aug 21, 2023. The upcoming general election in Zimbabwe is crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land. But for many in the educated but underemployed population, the daily grind to put food on the table inhibits interest in politics. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Voter fatigue edges out optimism as Zimbabwe holds 2nd general election since Mugabe’s ouster

 
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa at a campaign rally in Harare, Aug. 9, 2023. 80-year-old Mnangagwa is now seeking re-election for a second term as president in a vote this week that could see the ruling ZANU-PF party extend a 43-year hold on power. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s president, a former guerrilla fighter known as ‘the crocodile,’ is seeking reelection

 
Four women huddle around a cellphone in Zimbabwe's rural Domboshava area, Wednesday, Aug. 16 2023. People in Zimbabwe's rural areas claim they are facing intimidation and a biased state-run media which limits their ability to support opposition parties ahead of national elections next week. To combat that, one group of grandmothers is using the WhatsApp messaging app to spread information from the opposition party they support in an attempt to cut through the propaganda. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp

 
England's Stuart Broad, left, celebrates the dismissal of Australia's Todd Murphy on day five of the fifth Ashes Test match between England and Australia, at The Oval cricket ground in London, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

England to host Zimbabwe in cricket test match for first time since 2003

 
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa greets party supporters at a campaign rally in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Mnangagwa addressed thousands of supporters in a speech laden with calls for peace, days after his supporters were accused of stoning an opposition activist to death ahead of general elections set for Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month

 
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices in Harare, Monday, Aug 31, 2023.Chamisa accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "violating the law" and "tearing apart" independent institutions to cling on to power.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death