Zimbabwe News

A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers said on Saturday.

The District Development Fund has started repairing access and feeder roads across the country in preparation for harmonised elections expected next month.

Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is ready to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is poised to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.

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Zimbabwean journalists are no strangers to harassment, but as fresh presidential elections near, there is a gloomy sense the media is being thrust back into the firing line.

Despite an official freeze on the hiring of public servants, Zimbabwe's police, army and intelligence services have commenced a secret recruitment exercise that is raising eyebrows as the country prepares for elections.

Young Darling's world in Zimbabwe is a ravaged one, but her life there is rich despite the deprivation in We Need New Names .

The Zimbabwean authorities are fighting to protect old farmhouses in order to preserve the country's colonial heritage - something that might come as a surprise given President Robert Mugabe's anti-Western rhetoric and the eviction of most of the country's white farmers.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - When international icon and former political prisoner Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, it marked a watershed moment for the former minority-ruled country.

There is potential for confusion in the forthcoming polls as 29 separate parties are set to contest, in a process that is currently marred by political bickering over funding and choosing the date for the election.

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Friends and family members of a man who by all accounts had passed away were caught by surprise recently when he sprung to life and sat up in his coffin during the funeral, witnesses said.

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The former head of Zimbabwe's central bank, Gideon Gono, wrote a book in 2008, Zimbabwe's Casino Economy .

Zimbabwe is set to have a new constitution in place soon, after Senators unanimously voted for the new charter on Tuesday.

The shadows were lengthening when Tonderai Ndira and his two friends huddled around a table in a suburban Harare garden, and started singing in their native Shona.

South Africa will provide financial assistance to cash-strapped Zimbabwe to hold elections, International Relations Deputy Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe is richly endowed with deposits of chrome, gold, nickel and platinum, among other minerals.

CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment Bill will take a huge leap towards becoming the country's supreme law today when it is tabled in Senate by Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga.