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Herald Reporter

Veteran Zimbabwean journalist Sandra Nyaira has died. Nyaira died in Harare today reportedly of Covid-19 related complications.

Nyaira (46) had a distinguished career as a journalist in and outside of the country and worked for the Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency (Ziana) and The Daily News before she moved to the United States to pursue other career interests.

At the time of her death, she was working as a public information officer at the United Nations station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

She had more than 20 years journalism experience in Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States and was known to be a prolific writer and editor for print, broadcast and website communications.

Funeral arrangements are still to be announced.