Sandra Nyaira was aZimbabwean investigative journalist.^[1] Communications and public information officer at theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia^[2] Nyaira worked forVoice Of America (VOA)^[3] in Washington, DC. Her work was also featured in theLondon Times,The Guardian andThe British Journalism Review.^[4] Nyaira rose to fame after she became the first woman in Zimbabwe to take a leadership role in the newsroom at the age of 26^[5] and also became more popular after she was arrested for posting an article exposing corrupt officials.^[6]

In April 2001, she wrote articles accusingRobert Mugabe and the then parliamentary speakerEmmerson Mnangagwa of corruption, and again, she was charged with criminal defamation that year.^[7][8]

Nyaira has been a Shorenstein fellow atHarvard University.^[1]

On 13 July 2021, it was reported that Nyaira had died of a COVID-19-related illness.^[9]

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