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Zimbabwe: Arrest of Harare mayor Mafume, incompetence or corruption?

Jacob Mafume, the mayor of Zimbabwe's capital was arrested in November and released on bail on 8 December by a High Court judge. His arrest comes ... just months after his predecessor was also incarcerated.

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Zimbabwe’s informal gold mines: violence, criminals and chaos

A surge of attacks linked to Zimbabwe's growing artisanal mining sector, has killed hundreds of miners. ...

Illegal artisanal gold miners work at an open mine after occupying parts of Smithfield farm, owned by the former President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace Mugabe, in Mazowe

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Zimbabwe: Losing millions from illicit gold mining trade

In Zimbabwe, the majority of the working population can be found in the informal sector. And in mineral-rich areas of the country, people are ... continuously risking their lives digging underground in search of gold, hoping to make enough money to take them out of poverty.

Zimbabwe Political Turmoil

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Zimbabwe awards new TV licences, but only to regime-linked players

The Zimbabwean government under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded new television licenses that would end decades of monopoly by the only ... State-controlled broadcaster ZTV (ZBC TV). But experts fear it is merely a ploy for Mnangagwa to tighten his grip on power

Zimbabwe top stories

Winning the battle but losing the war

Zimbabwe is cracking down on illegal money changers but that is not stopping its runaway inflation

Kenya Pandora Papers

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Pandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders

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Zimbabwe: Prolonged power cuts will hurt the already struggling economy

Winning the battle but losing the war

Zimbabwe is cracking down on illegal money changers but that is not stopping its runaway inflation

Kenya Pandora Papers

box is open

Pandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders

lights on

Zimbabwe: Prolonged power cuts will hurt the already struggling economy

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Zimbabwe Elections

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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s capture of judiciary a red flag for state failure

Zimbabwe celebrated on 17 November the third year since former president Robert Mugabe was overthrown and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa. People ... assumed that the change in power - after being controlled by Mugabe for 38 years - would open a new positive chapter for Zimbabweans. But instead, cases of human rights violations, arrests and detainment of civic rights activists, corruption, economic demise, crumbling infrastructure and unemployment are once again making headlines.

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Africa’s youth: Busting myths and creating change

A few weeks ago Nigeria’s leaders chose to open fire on a group of well-disciplined, extremely well-organised protestors who were demonstrating ... against police brutality.

Zimbabwe Anti Sanctions Demonstration

an end to sanctions?

Zimbabwe – USA: Biden’s election brings hope of a new chapter

In Zimbabwe, the US elections were closely monitored with a euphoria gripping many who were hoping to see the Democratic party come out a winner ... and impose changes that will ultimately improve the lives of Zimbabweans who have been suffering from years of political and economic decay.

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Plus ça change, plus la même chose...

Zimbabwe: The Mnangagwa squad

Propelled into prime position by the military coup that overthrew President Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa holds the reins of power in Harare. ... The Africa Report examines how tightly he is holding on and how his current and former allies and opponents are protecting their interests.

Zimbabwe Cash Crunch

collective punishment is not the answer

Zimbabwe’s restrictions on mobile money punish the users, not the offenders

Mobile financial services are, in most African countries, born out of crises. In 2011, Zimbabwe had gone through a volatile decade of economic ... crises – hyperinflation, currency instability and a collapse of the formal financial system. Consumers, mostly employed in the informal sector, had a widespread mistrust of the formal banking system.

Neighbourly despatch

Repression in Zimbabwe exposes South Africa’s weakness

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa’s despatch of envoys to Zimbabwe in a bid to defuse the latest crisis, in which the government has ... engaged in a vicious crackdown on opponents, journalists and the freedoms of speech, association and protest, has been widely welcomed.

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