Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa reassigns key ministers

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-assigned his foreign affairs and higher education ministers to new posts with immediate effect. According to Bloomber, Frederick Shava, formerly the foreign affairs minister, was named higher education minister, Martin Rushwaya, the chief secretary to the president and cabinet, said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.

Shava succeeds Amon Murwira, who has been appointed as the new foreign affairs minister.

Shava, who previously served as Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations, assumed the role of foreign affairs minister following the passing of Sibusiso Moyo due to COVID-19 in 2021.