Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Fires Health Minister Over COVID-19 Test Kits Scandal

Harare — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired his Health minister who was implicated in the irregular procurement of $60 million worth of Covid-19 test kits.

Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana, in a terse statement, said Obadiah Moyo had been removed from Cabinet for "conduct inconsistent with that of a minister."

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