Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia, is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 14 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common.
Unpublished report claims water from contaminated reservoir leaves 3 million in Zimbabwe’s capital at risk of disease Water being pumped to millions of residents in Zimbabwe’s capital city came.. WorldNews - Published
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The wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was granted bail by Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday after spending three weeks in detention for allegedly trying to kill her husband. Reuters - Published Also reported by •BBC News
Harare, Zimbabwe:The wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president has been charged with attempting to murder her husband. Marry Chiwenga, a former model and wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, appeared.. WorldNews - Published
Zimbabwean authorities arrested the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga on charges of money laundering, fraud and violating exchange control regulations, the country's anti Corruption.. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Friday not to revert to using the U.S. dollar after a new local currency plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling.. Reuters - Published
A court in Zimbabwe on Thursday appointed Robert Mugabe's daughter to identify assets left by the late former leader so they can be distributed to his beneficiaries, his lawyer said. Reuters - Published
The process of establishing the assets of the late Robert Mugabe will take some time, his lawyer said on Tuesday, casting doubt on a state media report that the former Zimbabwean leader left $10.. Reuters - Published
The United Nations said on Tuesday it was procuring food assistance for 4.1 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population in a country where shortages are being exacerbated by runaway inflation and.. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe left behind $10 million in the bank and some properties in the capital, but there is no will naming his beneficiaries, a list of his estate published by.. Reuters - Published
At least 45 protesters in Iraq were killed in clashes with security forces. Also, Italian police arrested 19 far-right extremists on charges of trying to start a neo-Nazi party, and Zimbabwe is on the.. CBS News - Published
Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga returned home on Saturday after spending four months in China receiving medical treatment for an unknown illness, state-owned media reported. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwe itself used to be known as Rhodesia, after the 19 Century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. It was renamed at independence in 1980 but in Harare (previously known as Salisbury) there is still.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •BBC News
The European Union is concerned that the democratic space in Zimbabwe has deteriorated since it opened talks with Harare in June for the first time since 2001 in a bid to turn the page on years of.. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwean police on Wednesday used batons, tear gas and water cannon to beat up and disperse supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered outside their party headquarters in the capital to.. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwean banks have started issuing new notes and coins aimed at easing severe cash shortages, but they are severely limiting the amounts people can withdraw. The new notes are the latest currency.. WorldNews - Published
Harare - Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation. At least.. WorldNews - Published
Zimbabwe on Friday fired more than 200 public sector doctors who have been on strike for more than two months demanding better pay to protect them from soaring inflation. Reuters - Published
A severe drought in Zimbabwe is threatening elephants and many other wildlife. At Mana Pools National Park, wardens and wildlife lovers are trucking in food to help the distressed animals. (Nov. 6)
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Zimbabwe police on Wednesday blocked a handful of public sector workers from marching to government offices with a petition demanding better pay, reneging on an earlier pledge to allow the.. Reuters - Published
As temperatures soar over 113 degrees, severe conditions are also threatening 11 million people with hunger across southern Africa CBS News - Published
Zimbabwe state workers will go ahead with Wednesday's street protest after the government failed to give in to their demand for U.S. dollar-indexed salaries to cushion them against soaring inflation,.. Reuters - Published
Zimbabwe police have given public sector workers permission to march for better pay on Wednesday in what is widely seen as a test of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's willingness to tolerate dissent. Reuters - Published
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Monday detained and charged a cabinet minister and long-time ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for abuse of office alleged to have cost the.. Reuters - Published
60 Minutes producer Michael Karzis on the searing memories of reporting in Zimbabwe in 2000 -- and how Ed Bradley's questions made officials squirm. CBS News - Published
The ancestral homeland of all humans alive today can be traced back to the south of the Zambezi River, in northern Botswana, scientists have said. In a study published in the journal Nature, the.. WorldNews - Published
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has called for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. According to an AU.. WorldNews - Published
The United States has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's state security minister, Owen Ncube, over what it says is credible information of his involvement in "gross violations of human rights," U.S... Reuters - Published
Harare — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanded an end to US sanctions as the government declared a public holiday and called on people to demonstrate against the penalties. “The.. WorldNews - Published
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday described Western sanctions as a "cancer" sapping the economy, and his supporters denounced the measures during marches held around the country. Reuters - Published
The massive march that Zimbabwe’s government tried to rouse for a new anti-sanctions public holiday appeared to fizzle on Friday, as just hundreds of people turned out in the capital, Harare, instead.. France 24 - Published
Supporters of the Zimbabwe government marched in the capital on Friday denouncing Western sanctions that President Emmerson Mnangagwa says have sapped the economy, but his opponents stayed away,.. Reuters - Published
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has declared a new public holiday to protest U.S sanctions it says are hurting its economy — and the day comes with a state-sponsored festival. Anti-Sanctions Day.. WorldNews - Published
At least 55 elephants have died in a month in Zimbabwe due to a lack of food and water, its wildlife agency has said, as the country faces one of the worst droughts in its history. More than five.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •BBC News
A Zimbabwean court has ordered doctors on a 40-day strike over pay to return to work within 48 hours, after a ruling that their boycott was illegal. Reuters - Published
Striking Zimbabwean doctors defied a government ultimatum to return to work on Monday, after rejecting a 60% pay rise offer they say is not enough to keep up with soaring prices of basic goods. Reuters - Published
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