By Staff Reporter MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has further hired Kenyan and Zambian lawyers in attempts to reinforce his bid to seek the overturn of the July 30 presidential elections won by Emmerson Mnangagwa. His spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda confirmed Friday the losing presidential candidate was looking beyond the country’s borders for the best
By Staff Reporter THE US government has condemned Zambian authorities for handing Tendai Biti back to Zimbabwe following the embattled MDC Alliance co-principal’s failed bid to seek asylum in the neighbouring country Wednesday. Biti was among opposition officials and activists targeted in a widely condemned state crackdown on opposition leaders linked the violence that erupted
A senior member of Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC Alliance, Tendai Biti, has been denied asylum by neighbouring Zambia. Zimbabwe’s police accuse Biti of inciting violence following last month’s election. Zambian Foreign Minister Joe Malanji told the BBC that Biti’s grounds for asylum were weak. Earlier, his lawyer said his client had been detained at the border
By Staff Reporter There was drama at Chirundu Border Post as former finance minister and MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti evaded arrest and sought asylum in neighbouring Zambia on Wednesday. Biti is wanted by authorities on charges of organising last week’s opposition protests that turned deadly after the military was called in and used live
