2014 in Zimbabwe
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Zimbabwe.
Incumbents
- President: Robert Mugabe
- First Vice President: Joice Mujuru (until 8 December), Emmerson Mnangagwa (starting 12 December)
- Second Vice President: Phelekezela Mphoko (starting 12 December)
Events
January
- January 20 - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe makes his first public appearance in several weeks.[1]
February
- February 18 - Former United States congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds is arrested in Zimbabwe for possession of pornography.[2]
May
- May 12 - Sharon Pincott gave up her 13 year battle monitoring, recording and helping to protect Zimbabwe's flagship herd of elephants which bear the President's identity, after land grabs in Presidential Elephant areas in Hwange, unethical practices and heightened attempts at intimidation became overwhelming.[3]
November
- November 21 - A stampede in Kwekwe caused by the police firing tear gas kills at least eleven people and injures 40 others.[4]
December
- 18 December - Zimbabwean Bond Coins for 1 Cent, 5, 10, and 25 Cents were released into circulation in an attempt to ease the shortage of small change.
References
- ↑ "Zimbabwe's Mugabe appears in public, ending death rumors". 20 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "Former US congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe". 18 February 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ "The fate of the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe: A Conversation with Sharon Pincott". 12 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "11 killed in Zimbabwe stadium stampede". 21 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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