{"id":119256,"date":"2021-04-19T09:26:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T01:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119256"},"modified":"2021-04-19T09:26:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T01:26:21","slug":"zimbabwe-commemorates-41st-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119256","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe commemorates 41st Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/africa\/Zimbabwe-commemorates-41st-Independence-Day-1235821?gallery=1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/590\/59085791.295.jpg\" alt=\"President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HARARE, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Zimbabwe commemorated its 41st Independence Day on Sunday with low key celebrations amid the coronavirus pandemic.<br><br>Most activities will be held virtually in accordance with COVID-19 prevention measures.<br><br>Formerly known as Rhodesia, the southern African country gained independence as Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980, from Britain.<br><br>&#8220;Happy Independence Day Zimbabwe. 41 years ago, our great nation broke free from colonial rule,&#8221; President Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted on Sunday.<br><br>&#8220;Today we come together not only to honour our past but to celebrate our future. I have no doubt that through the genius and passion of our people, Zimbabwe shall rise once again!&#8221; he added. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa HARARE, April 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Zimbabwe commemorated its 41st Independence Day on Sunday with low key celebrations amid the coronavirus pandemic. Most activities will be held virtually in accordance with COVID-19 prevention measures. Formerly known as Rhodesia, the southern African country gained independence as Zimbabwe on April 18, 1980, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119256"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}