Zimbabwe

2022 - 5 - 31

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Zimbabwe Makes Progress in Meeting International Safety ... (International Atomic Energy Agency)

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission found that Zimbabwe has made considerable improvements in its national legal and regulatory ...

“It is important now that Zimbabwe implements the Bill with new regulations to ensure that the RPAZ has the appropriate authority, requirements and resources to enforce the law. The final mission report will be provided to the Government in about three months. “The staff of RPAZ provided the fullest practicable assistance and demonstrated extensive openness and transparency”. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service (IRRS) team reviewed progress in Zimbabwe’s implementation of recommendations and suggestions made during an initial IRRS mission in 2014. The team also recommended that Zimbabwe develops: The team of experts said that enhanced efforts to develop education and training in radiation protection and safety will further build national capacities.

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Zimbabwe to deport six Kenyans arrested over illegal entry (The East African)

The Kenyans were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on May 27 at around 2am as they entered Zimbabwe from South Africa after it was discovered that they had ...

“We are worried. The six were arrested at a security checkpoint as they left the border after it was discovered that their travel documents had an immigration date stamp that didn't exist and they implicated the bogus immigration officer. The Kenyans were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on May 27 at around 2am as they entered Zimbabwe from South Africa after it was discovered that they had fake Zimbabwean immigration date stamps.

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Zimbabwe Customs to deport six Kenyans for illegal entry - The ... (The Zimbabwe Mail)

HARARE – Zimbabwe's Customs and Border force have arrested six Kenyan nationals on charges of entering the country illegally through its porous border with ...

“We are worried. The six were arrested at a security checkpoint as they left the border after it was discovered that their travel documents had an immigration date stamp that didn’t exist and they implicated the bogus immigration officer. The Kenyans were arrested at the Beitbridge Border Post on May 27 at around 2am as they entered Zimbabwe from South Africa after it was discovered that they had fake Zimbabwean immigration date stamps.

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Zimbabwe: 13 000 arrested for immigration-related offences (Independent Online)

Zimbabwe arrested about 13 000 people for immigration-related offences during the first four months of 2022, state media reported.

A total of 22 919 people were allowed entry into the country in February, with 15 482 exiting. Some 80 300 entered the country in April while 62 655 used the border to exit, according to the statistics. The number of people entering or leaving the country has rapidly increased since the reopening of Zimbabwe’s land borders in February, with an average of 5 000 travellers passing through the ports of entry daily.

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Trouble Ahead in Zimbabwe (Council on Foreign Relations)

Zimbabwe's worsening social, political, and economic landscape means trouble for the Southern Africa subregion. President of ...

Real solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe requires acknowledging the abuses and excesses of its elites, aiding those in desperate need, and finding ways to support those who keep pushing for meaningful change. Visions of a vibrant, well-integrated, and prosperous subregion have to contend not just with the instability in Mozambique and economic malaise of regional giant South Africa, but also with the realities of Zimbabwe, its ongoing downward spiral, and the health and future of its young people, who account for the majority of the country’s population. All of these developments, compounded by the economic and social consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns and global disruptions arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have left Zimbawbe’s young people suffering.

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