Zimbabwe court dismisses case of U.S. woman charged with insulting Mugabe

A U.S. citizen charged with attempting to overthrow the Zimbabwean government after police accused her of insulting then-president Robert Mugabe had her case dismissed by a Harare court on Thursday. Martha O’Donovan works for Magamba TV, which describes itself as Zimbabwe’s leading producer of political satire. O’Donovan was first charged with insulting and undermining the president, and subsequently with subversion, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.