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Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health Also Included In: Respiratory / Asthma HIV / AIDS Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Article Date: 26 Nov 2009 UNICEF and the government of Zimbabwe announced Tuesday that, according to new social development data, the mortality rate for children under age five has risen by 20 percent since 1990, ...

President Mugabe last week capped some 1 311 graduates of the Zimbabwe Open University .

The government has set up a diamond processing plant at the Harare International Airport for purposes of processing the raw mineral from the Marange diamond fields in Manicaland, sources say.

A group of De Doorns protesters vented their anger on refugee activist Braam Hanekom on Monday, threatening to beat him up because he was "spying for the Zimbabweans". Hanekom, the leader of People against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty who is considered an active protector of the rights of refugees, had made an ...

A new report by UNICEF and the Zimbabwean shows reduced access to key social services for the poorest women and children especially those in rural areas.

Zimbabwea s three governing parties have suspended until Saturday their negotiations on outstanding issues impeding the work of the unity government after three days of marathon meetings.

It's a victory for the rule of law and it has spared the South African government the embarrassment of being unable to sign the agreement Responding to an urgent application to halt the signing of the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments agreement Judge Roelof du Plessis congratulated both parties for reaching a settlement.

The imminent signing of a new bilateral investment protection treaty between Zimbabwe and South Africa could be halted, if an application in the Pretoria High Court on behalf of more than 200 farmers proves successful on Thursday.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.

As Americans count their blessings, it is useful to remember women who count their beatings -- in the once-fair country of Zimbabwe, cursed by Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwean state agents tortured a gun dealer until he passed out to make him confess to working with a top ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in a plot to assassinate President Robert Mugabe, the Harare High Court heard yesterday.

The draft constitution is gender sensitive and protects human rights and besides it is a declaration by Zimbabweans, because it was crafted by the representative of the three major political parties that formed the inclusive government, hence it should be supported and used as a reference." The Kariba Draft was drafted in September 2007 by MDC.

NANGO chairperson ,Dadirai Chikwengo and Chief Executive Officer Cephas Zinhumwe have been acquitted.The two who appeared in court today were acquitted by the magistrate who said there was no evidence to warrant any case against them.

HEADLINES author/source:Fast Company published:Tue 1-Dec-2009 While money isn't flowing into government coffers, plenty is ending up in the pockets of rank-and-file soldiers and Mugabe's inner circle Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery.

Britain is behind plans to bring Zimbabwe back into the Commonwealth in two years.

Zimbabwe's infant mortality rate has risen by 20 percent over the past two decades as children under five succumb to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and pneumonia, a joint government and United Nations survey showed on Tuesday.

UNICEF together with the Government of Zimbabwe today released new social development data which revealed a worsening situation for women and children in Zimbabwe.

A 68 year old Jotsholo man locked, raped and detained two minors, who included his daughter, in his room for two days, it has been learnt.

Zimbabwe will be offered a seat back in the Commonwealth within two years as long as it agrees to political and economic reform.

A FEDERAL Liberal MP has compared Malcolm Turnbull to Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe.