International Monetary Fund chiefs on Monday blamed Zimbabwe’s government for pursuing ”inappropriate policies” that plunged the country into a steep downward spiral.
State-sponsored political violence increased with 113 cases of torture, assault and other human rights violations recorded in June, according to a report released by Zimbabwe Human Rights on Monday.
The Zimbabwe government has made a formal appeal for new international food aid to stave off starvation faced by some 5,5-million people, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
The Democratic Alliance welcomed on Thursday the reported thawing of relations between the Zimbabwean government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), saying it was a step in the right direction.
Zimbabwe is experiencing a debilitating flight of professional and skilled people escaping the country’s economic crisis, a study funded by the United Nation’s Development Programme has found.
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches has apologised for ”not having done enough at a time when the nation has looked to us for guidance” during the current crisis.
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
Zimbabwe’s prolonged political and economic crisis has prompted many of its white commercial farmers to seek a new future in neighbouring Malawi.
There was commotion at the East London airport’s reception lobby when Zimbabwe’s national squad finally landed on Thursday after a four-hour delay.
ith the economic crisis in neighboring Zimbabwe deepening, Botswana announced Wednesday it had deported 26 717 Zimbabweans who were illegally living in the country last year.