Zimbabwe: Activist Accuses Harare City of Deliberate Financial Blackout

A local human rights activist has called for the immediate suspension of Harare City Council alleging that more than US$200m in public funds may have been lost through what he describes as a deliberate “accounting blackout” and the manipulation of the city’s financial systems.

In a petition submitted to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Professor Talent Rusere urged the government to dissolve the current municipal administration and appoint an interim commission to run the capital citing what he…