NO AMNESTY FOR PRISONERS, SAYS ZIYAMBI

Zimbabwe's prisons are overcrowded and are currently accommodating 19 500 inmates, above a carrying capacity of 17 000, a cabinet minister said Wednesday. The government, however, said it is not considering any amnesty to de-congest the correctional facilities, the state news agency New Ziana reported.  Early last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa pardoned at least 3 000 prisoners