By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dailynews
Seventeen people have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, including life imprisonment, for serious crimes committed in different parts of Zimbabwe. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi announced the convictions in a statement, according to the Daily News.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a national campaign urging holders of illegal firearms and ammunition to hand them in at police stations, with an amnesty protecting them from prosecution until 12 November. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the operation also aims to improve compliance with rules on firearm possession and storage, according to local media.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Ang ·
Zimbabwean authorities announce measures to fix malfunctions in the new traffic management system as police intensify their fight against road disorder. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi stresses that the tool is primarily intended to improve road safety rather than punish motorists, according to Dailynews.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Dailynews ·
Police in Nigeria’s Benue State freed 29 kidnapped people, arrested 48 suspects, including 34 foreign nationals, and recovered seven locally made firearms. Operations in October included the rescue of 21 hostages in Logo communities, according to Commissioner Cletus Nwadiogbu.
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The municipality of Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, is asking operators of unauthorised billboards to remove or regularise them by 24 October. The local authority plans to enforce the deadline and threatens offenders with penalties, according to the Daily News.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Dailynews ·
Two men convicted of murdering man in Bulawayo cemeteryBulawayo High Court found Nkosilathi Nyathi, 34, and Walter Mpunzi, 35, guilty of murdering a man during an attack on a couple in a cemetery that also involved an attempted rape of his wife, Daily News reports.
Malawi president postpones Parliament to fund El Niño and fuel responseMalawi's President Peter Mutharika has postponed the fourth meeting of the 52nd Parliament until the next budget session to direct public resources towards the El Niño crisis and the fuel situation. His letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, dated 23 October 2026, allows MPs to continue committee work.The week in Africa
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