HARARE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Friday.

-- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reaffirmed his commitment to peace and dialogue, and maintaining an open-door policy to resolve challenges facing the country.

Addressing diplomats in Harare at a belated New Year's reception Thursday, the President said while everyone had a right to protest, it had to be done in a peaceful manner that respected the rights of other citizens. (The Herald)

-- Seventy-eight police officers were injured, while one was killed in the line of duty, during last month's violent protests instigated by the opposition MDC-Alliance, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and their civil society allies, a detailed report by the Government shows.

The statistics reveal that the officers sustained various degrees of injuries as violent thugs set on them in incidents that also included storming of police stations and attacks on officers maintaining order. (The Herald)

-- Elizabeth Macheka, widow of the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, on Thursday poured her heart out, sharing intricate details of the couple's psychologically-draining journey from the day the former Prime Minister was diagnosed with cancer of the colon to the moment he breathed his last.

Tsvangirai succumbed to cancer on February 14 last year after a two-year-battle with the disease. (NewsDay) Enditem

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