Zimbabwe News

THE two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened today, bringing together 50 countries as China looks set to expand its economic presence in Africa.

Villagers in Muromo in Mutare West constituency have accused soldiers and members of the support unit in the area of harassing them for supporting and attending MDC functions.

Groups campaigning to suspend Zimbabwe from a diamond regulatory body say they will begin lobbying its new chair after last week's failure to oust the beleaguered African country from the organisation.

On Friday, 06 November 2009 the editor of an online paper Zimdiaspora published an article titled MUGABE PLOT TO ELIMINATE BETTY MAKONI TURNS UGLY.

An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that Zimbabwe’s military had organized smuggling syndicates with the government’s permission and used “extreme violence” against illegal miners. .

A possible company ownership structure in Zimbabwe has shaken the business community in the country.

Zimbabwe on Thursday evaded a temporary ban from a global scheme to ban trade on conflict diamonds despite calls for the country to be suspended over human rights abuses in its gem fields.

The Zimbabwe Guardian on Thursday 05 November 2009 reported that Oxfam Novib in The Netherlands confirmed that there were reports of financial impropriety concerning GCN in Zimbabwe and they have commissioned an extra audit, from the annual one, to investigate the allegations.

Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.

Freed mercenary Simon Mann celebrated his freedom with his wife Amanda today as he thanked people for the 'warmth' shown since his release from a 34-year jail sentence for his part in plotting a coup.

Mujuru blasts MDC-T over disengagement Bindura Bureau Zimbabwe Herald Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday blasted the MDC-T's disengagement from Government, saying it was a ploy calculated to derail preparations for the forthcoming agricultural season and discredit the land reform programme.

Police have seized £350,000 worth of cars in Leeds as part of a probe into an alleged car clocking fraud and money laundering by three Zimbabweans.

The Kimberley Process, which is an initiative intended to stem the flow of conflict diamonds, may decide to suspend Zimbabwe from its ranks.

Alleged corrupt practices in the issuance of Emergency Traveller’s Documents (ETD) to three Zimbabwe nationals who are remanded in custody might dent the Zimbabwe Embassy’s credentials as investigations continue.

The Queensland Government has promised a full investigation into concerns about the registration and performance of an overseas-trained doctor who used to work in the Northern Territory.

Johannesburg, - Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems.

The Southern African Development Community has called a meeting Thursday in Mozambique of its troika or committee on politics, security and defense to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe's national unity government, SADC officials said Monday.

Tendai Biti, the Finance Minister of Zimbabwe, has effectively been barred from presenting the 2010 National Budget after Mugabe insisted that there will be no deviation from the normal procedures of crafting it and steering it through cabinet.

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced on Thursday evening that he and his party the Movement for Democratic Change have withdrawn their boycott on the unity government in the country.

A lesbian who claimed to have been impregnated by another woman has given birth to a child with a tooth, disparate arms and a crooked leg, reports said.