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Zim MP arrested at airport

Zimbabwean police arrested a white lawmaker as he prepared to leave the country on Thursday, a day after Parliament recommended that he be given a one-year jail term for shoving…

Verdict expected in Zim ‘mercenaries’ trial

A Zimbabwe magistrate is expected to hand down verdicts on Friday when the trial resumes of 70 suspected mercenaries held on charges of plotting a coup in oil-rich Equatorial…

Sunshine City goes dark

Living in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, is getting harder as weary residents battle with frequent power cuts, water shortages and the ever-rising prices of basic goods. Harare…

Opposition is ‘selling out’ Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s information minister blamed the main opposition for a damning report on human rights abuses in the country that was discussed ahead of an African Union summit in…

Zimbabwe adopts ‘fascist’ law

Zimbabwe’s Parliament has passed a tough new Bill that allows police to hold suspects for three weeks before they are brought to court. The Criminal Procedure and Evidence…

Zim court overturns govt’s school closure

A Zimbabwe court on Thursday ordered the reopening of one of the country’s top private schools, among 46 institutions closed by the government for hiking tuition fees without…

Daily News launches new legal challenge

Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing a constitutional challenge brought by the country’s main independent daily, a fierce critic of President Robert Mugabe,…

‘We will not be silenced’

A director of Zimbabwe’s Daily News was arrested on Sunday, a day after police again shut down the troubled southern African country’s only independent daily newspaper. The…

Police shut down Daily News — again

Police in Zimbabwe on Saturday arrested at least 18 Daily News workers and shut down the embattled paper only hours after it reappeared on the streets after a month-long…

Daily News must be given a licence, orders court

A court in Zimbabwe said on Friday the country’s only independent daily newspaper, The Daily News, which was shut down last month by the government, must be given a licence to…

Zimbabwe grapples with record inflation

Zimbabwe is grappling with record inflation of 364,5%, rising at nearly one percent a day, a nightmare for ordinary Zimbabweans. Mugabe’s exit plan takes shape

Harare quiet as Zimbabwe braces for mass action

The streets of the Zimbabwe capital Harare were calm on Monday as Zimbabweans braced themselves for a showdown between the government and the opposition over mass street…

Heaven help the Movement for Democratic Change

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday told his supporters to prepare themselves with prayers ahead of ”democracy marches” due to begin in just over a week.

Zim opposition says key polls weren’t free, fair

Residents of two populous suburbs of the Zimbabwe capital Harare voted for a second day on Sunday in key by-elections, amid opposition claims that the polls were not free and fair.