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Cyril Zenda
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Cyril Zenda is a Zimbabwean freelance journalist and writer based in Harare.

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February 04, 2022
Zambia's free education policy raises hope and suspicion
topic:Child rights
by:Cyril Zenda
Zambia's president is among the first African leaders to pass a free education policy. But is this move simply a way to score political points for optics?
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January 21, 2022
Historic defeat for oil giant Shell in South Africa
topic:Energy
by:Cyril Zenda
A South Africa court delivered a historic ruling against oil giant Shell that, for once, empowers the voice of impacted communities.
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January 17, 2022
Archbishop Tutu's death: a legacy of peace meets the ghosts of apartheid
topic:Racism
by:Cyril Zenda
The death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who played a key role in ending Apartheid in South Africa, highlighted the remaining racial inequalities there.
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January 13, 2022
This conservation method is recovering Africa's wildlife
topic:Conservation
by:Cyril Zenda
Human activities have brought countless species to extinction. But a method developed in Africa could prove to be a game-changer in preserving wildlife.
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January 07, 2022
Demining efforts bring hope for Africa's wildlife
topic:Conservation
by:Cyril Zenda
Demining efforts in Zimbabwe bring hope to both wildlife activists and villagers.
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January 04, 2022
Contested policy could help save South Africa's endangered wildlife
topic:Conservation
by:Cyril Zenda
Experts in South Africa deemed wildlife breeding as harmful to biodiversity. Now private sector players are fighting a policy seeking to end the practice.
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December 22, 2021
“The future is green”: youth brings clean power to thousands in Sierra Leone
topic:Innovation
by:Cyril Zenda
Sierra Leonean youth wins a lucrative prize for a clean energy innovation that brought power to thousands in a country suffering from acute energy poverty.
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December 17, 2021
South Africans rise against ‘climate criminal’ Shell
topic:Pollution
by:Cyril Zenda
Shell's upcoming seismic oil exploration along South Africa's coast poses grave environmental risks and elicited a visceral public backlash.
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December 16, 2021
Homophobic act proves costly for Zimbabweans
topic:LGBT Rights
by:Cyril Zenda
The banning of a queer South African artist from performing in Harare could lead to a mass deportation of Zimbabweans from South Africa.
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December 04, 2021
A divided South Africa reacts to the death of last apartheid president
topic:Racism
by:Cyril Zenda
The death of FW de Klerk, South Africa's last white president, highlights long-lasting divisions and racial tension in the country.
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December 02, 2021
Political rivalries flare in Botswana and animals pay the price
topic:Hunting & Poaching
by:Cyril Zenda
The gov't of Botswana's move to disarm rangers has led to a sharp spike in poaching, and it seems that politics rather than logic are behind the policy.
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November 27, 2021
Coal seam fires destroy lives in Zimbabwe
topic:Climate action
by:Cyril Zenda
Coal seam fires are leaving dozens of Zimbabwean children disabled, but no one claims responsibility for the unfolding disaster.
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November 23, 2021
Rwandan exiles targeted across Africa
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Cyril Zenda
Rwandan refugees in Africa are being hunted down in what appears to be a crackdown on exiled dissidents sanctioned by Kagame.
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November 19, 2021
Zimbabweans reel under unintended effects of Western sanctions
topic:Good Governance
by:Cyril Zenda
US and EU sanctions on Zimbabwe are intended to root out corruption and human rights abuses in the country, but ordinary citizens end up paying the price.
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November 10, 2021
Aid-for-sex claims surge in Mozambique
topic:Women’s rights
by:Cyril Zenda
New evidence confirms that internally-displaced women and girls are being sexually extorted in exchange for humanitarian aid in northern Mozambique.
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November 04, 2021
COVID-19 continues to save Namibian Seals
topic:Hunting & Poaching
by:Cyril Zenda
In Namibia, the brutal hunting of Cape fur seal pups has temporarily halted due to Covid-19. Conservationists are divided on whether this trend will go on.
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