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Molly Manatse a female truck driver is seen on the road in Harare, in this Saturday, March, 6, 2021 photo. There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Manatse doesn't like to be singled out for her gender. From driving trucks and fixing cars to encouraging girls living with disability to find their places in society, women in Zimbabwe are refusing to be defined by their gender or circumstances, even as the pandemic hits them hardest and imposes extra burdens.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s women battle gender discrimination amid pandemic

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A nurse prepares to give a shot of China's Sinopharm vaccine to Zimbabwean Deputy President Constatino Chiwenga, right, at local hospital in Harare, Thursday, Feb, 18, 2021. Chiwenga become the first person in the country to receive the jab marking the first phase of the country's vaccination campaign. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe starts administering China’s Sinopharm vaccines

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe to receive delivery of China’s Sinopharm vaccines

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe receives first vaccines from Sinopharm in China

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Pallbearers stand next to coffins of three top government officials at their burial at the National Heroes acre in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 27, 2021. Zimbabwe on Wednesday buried three top officials who succumbed to COVID-19, in a single ceremony at a shrine reserved almost exclusively for the ruling elite as a virulent second wave of the coronavirus takes a devastating toll on the country.( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe holds burial for 3 top leaders who died of COVID-19

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

To fight virus, Zimbabwe sends home 90% of government staff

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe’s foreign minister dies of COVID-19 amid resurgence

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A worker at a coffin making company waits for clients inside the company premises in Harare, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, as Zimbabwe began a 30-day lockdown in a bid to rein in the spike in COVID-19 infections threatening to overwhelm health services. In response to to rising infections the country has reintroduced a night curfew, banned public gatherings, and indefinitely suspended the opening of schools. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe bans traditional funerals to battle COVID-19 spike

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Thousands of people attend a music concert to celebrate the new year in Mbare, Harare, Friday, Jan 1, 2021. Despite a government ban on music concerts and public gatherings due to a surge in COVID-19 infections and the new and more contagious variants of the disease, thousands of people gathered in one of the country's poorest neighborhoods to celebrate the new year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe jails 3 for having New Year’s party despite ban

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Natsiraishe Maritsa, second right, goes through taekwondo kicking drills during a practice session with young boys and girls in the Epworth settlement about 15 km southeast of the capital Harare, Saturday Nov. 7, 2020. In Zimbabwe, where girls as young as 10 are forced to marry due to poverty or traditional and religious practices, a teenage martial arts fan 17-year old Natsiraishe Maritsa is using the sport to give girls in an impoverished community a fighting chance at life. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Thousands of people attend a music concert to celebrate New Year's in the Mbare suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, early Friday, Jan 1, 2021. Despite a government ban on music concerts and public gatherings due to a surge in COVID-19 infections and the new and more contagious variants of the disease, thousands of people gathered in one of the country's poorest neighborhoods to celebrate the new year. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe returns to restrictions amid rise in virus cases

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe arrests 2 men for selling fake COVID-19 results

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Government officials are seen at the sight of an abandoned mine where artisanal miners are trapped underground in Bindura about 70 kilometres northeast of the capital Harare, Tuesday, Dec, 1, 2020. Artisanal miners illegally digging for gold in a disused shaft blasted a support pillar resulting in them being trapped. A government rescue agency says 10 miners are still trapped under the rabble with hopes of finding survivors diminishing after rescuers retrieved one body on Monday according to a government spokesman.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Rescue efforts slowed a week after Zimbabwe mine collapse

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez runs during warm up before the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool via AP)

Algeria qualifies for African Cup, Egypt’s Elneny has virus

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A currency trader mends an old and worn 2 dollar bill at a busy market in Harare, in this Monday, Oct, 26, 2020 photo. Worn out or shredded by rats, one dollar notes are king in Zimbabwe, beset by a continuing economic crisis. Crisp new notes are not coming into Zimbabwe, so enterprising traders are repairing old ones for desperate customers.( AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabweans mend shabby dollar notes amid economic crisis

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono gets out of a prison van at the magistrates courts in handcuffs in Harare, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. Chin’ono is one of Zimbabwe’s most prominent critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, accusing it of corruption and human rights abuses. The government denies the charges. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean journalist denied bail for alleging corruption

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Islamic extremists in Mozambique blamed for mass beheadings

By TOM BOWKER and FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopwell Chin'ono, appears at the magistrates courts in handcuffs in Harare, Thursday, Nov, 5, 2020. Chin'ono who is one of Zimbabwe's most prominent critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwas administration, faces contempt of court and &quot;obstructing the course of justice&quot; charges. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Fracas as protesting Zimbabwean journalist appears in court

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe Cabinet approves proposal to criminalize protests

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Passengers queue to access the O.R. Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, Thursday Oct. 1, 2020. South Africa has reopened to international flights, ending a six-month ban on international travel that was part of its restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa reopens to international flights amid virus

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME - Associated Press