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A financial crisis in Zimbabwe is setting off fears that basic necessities like food, medicine and fuel are running out and that the daily shortages are causing price hikes. Yesterday, trade union leaders and activists took to the streets to protest, violating a police ban on public gatherings in Harare due to a recent cholera […]

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  Zimbabwe on Sunday inaugurated a president for the second time in nine months as the country once jubilant over the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe is now largely subdued by renewed harassment of the opposition and a bitterly disputed election. The military-backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who again took the oath of office, faces […]

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Zimbabwe's capital was quiet on Friday hours after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of the tight election.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The ruling party and the main opposition group both declared Thursday […]

Immigration officials are preparing to deport Chris Matimba, a Zimbabwe man who has been living in Idaho for 15 years.

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Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that his government has been in touch with the main opposition leader in an attempt to ease tensions.

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Rioting erupted Wednesday in Zimbabwe's capital as opposition supporters clashed with police and army troops.

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a surprise address to the nation after months of silence, […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The world’s oldest person is 141 years of age and lives […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It will be a first for Zimbabwe’s voters: The name of Robert […]

EFF leader Julius Malema on Sunday encouraged people to study farming because "the land is coming". "We are not going to disrupt faming. We are going to inherit farming and continue to farm. We want agricultural colleges open. Because the land is coming and it is going to need educated farmers." 

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Breaking into cheers and song, Zimbabwe’s ruling party on Friday sealed […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, have traveled to […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president has sworn in a new cabinet that includes ruling […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s security forces on Monday reported incidents of looting and illegal […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed Friday he will work to […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Friday for a return to civilian […]

Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe has denied reports that she assaulted a South African model […]

Forty percent of the adult world population lacks bank accounts, according to the World Bank. […]

Africans tweeted in celebration of the continent’s countries yesterday when the hashtag #IfAfricaWasASchool emerged. The trend took […]

Zimbabwe has accused the United States Ambassador to the country, his French counterpart and their […]

Bulawayo — Police in southern Zimbabwe say they have found a missing, more-than-120-year-old spear stuffed […]

Zimbabwe is set to print its own version of the U.S. dollar in order to […]

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Recent developments increasingly point to a Botswana government getting weary of the […]

The decision by Cabinet to, next month, shut down foreign companies which have not complied […]

HARARE — President Robert Mugabe’s government says it will in May begin giving a meal […]

In June 2013, IMF approved an economic supervised reform program on Zimbabwe, the Staff Monitored […]

HARARE — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that his government would take possession […]

 

African countries have been urged to work together if they want to develop the tourism sector on the continent, African Union commissioner for transport and infrastructure, Elham Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim has urged.

Zimbabwe has appealed to local businesses and charities for $1.5 billion in aid to save […]

Zimbabwe’s main opposition and some citizens Monday condemned President Robert Mugabe’s call for Africa to […]

Oriel College, a division of the University of Oxford in England, has decided not to […]

The Yoruba of Nigeria In the beginning, all that existed were the water, land and […]