Zimbabwe

Harare, August 13, 2026 – The National Commissar of the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU PF), Munyaradzi Machacha, today conveyed a message to Cuba from President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of the Centenary of the Historical Leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz.

While attending the commemoration at the Cuban Residence in Harare, Machacha asked Ambassador Susellys Pérez Mesa to convey Mnangagwa’s warmest and most fraternal greetings to his counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and to all the people of the Caribbean nation.

Harare, July 13, 2026 – The Ambassador of Cuba, Her Excellency Susellys Pérez Mesa, met today with Zimbabwean students who have received scholarships to pursue university studies on the Caribbean island.

The Ambassador briefed Isaac Gumbese and McDonald Matanhire on the historic bilateral relations between the two countries, as well as Cuba's collaboration in health and education, which has resulted in the graduation of some three thousand professionals for this African nation.

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