Zimbabwe Detains Minister for Three Weeks on Corruption Charges

(Bloomberg) -- A Zimbabwe court ruled that Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira remain be detained for 21 days while the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission continues to investigate allegations that she misused about $94 million of state money.

State prosecutors say she used the money to benefit herself and closely-held Metbank by diverting funds from the National Social Security Authority when she was labor minister. Mupfumira is the first cabinet minister arrested for corruption since President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to stamp down on graft.

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