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/ 11 September 2009
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has lashed out at Western sanctions against him, condemning "bloody whites" for meddling in Zimbabwe’s affairs.
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/ 8 September 2009
Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday called on SADC to closely monitor the progress of his power-sharing deal with Robert Mugabe.
The first cases of what might be another cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe are being investigated by the World Health Organisation.
Zimbabwe has lifted a ban on the BBC reporting freely, ending restrictions in place for eight years, the broadcaster said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe’s new inclusive government has withdrawn from Parliament the country’s controversial mining Bill.
Zimbabwe’s troubled coalition government is in no danger of collapsing, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe has secured -million in credit lines from China to help rebuild the country’s economy, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe may revive the use of its own currency as the US dollar is unavailable to many of people in the countryside.
Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is estimated to have risen significantly, but many people still face problems finding basic foods, the UN says.
Zimbabwe’s economy has turned around in the past four months, the minister for economic planning said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe will likely lower the 51% requirement for local ownership of foreign firms, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai insists that his country’s coalition government is improving a dire humanitarian and economic crisis.
NGOs have taken further steps to force the Presidency to publish a report by retired army generals into state-sanctioned violence in Zimbabwe.
The European Union and Zimbabwe on Thursday launched a new era in relations with their first official talks in seven years.
Zimbabwe is suffering ”persistent and serious” human rights violations despite the formation of a unity government, Amnesty International says.
Prices in Zimbabwe kept declining in May, after a decade of hyperinflation that decimated the economy, the government said on Thursday.
Robert Mugabe’s stranglehold on press freedom is showing signs of weakening, with a new independent paper about to launch.
The head of an IMF team arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday to assess the coalition government’s economic policies.
Zimbabwe’s political and business leaders on Friday made an impassioned appeal for an end to sanctions and for more international investment.
Zimbabwe can achieve economic growth between 4% and 6% in 2009 and is coping with the lack of foreign aid, Finance Minister Tendai Biti says.
Zimbabwe’s prisons will get a much-needed injection of help from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
The number of Zimbabweans entering South Africa illegally is increasing and many of them need healthcare, Médicins sans Frontières said on Tuesday.
President Robert Mugabe’s ”land reform programme” took a new twist on Wednesday when a court ordered the eviction of a man who is not a farmer.
Finance minister and central bank governor’s longstanding row intensifies.
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, believes Western donors are beginning to warm to the country’s new unity government.
Zimbabwe needs to invest at least ,5-billion to boost its power supply capacity by 7 500MW by 2015, the CEO of state-owned utility Zesa says.
The World Bank will soon make its first grant to Zimbabwe since the country’s politicians agreed to a power-sharing deal.
A Zimbabwean high court judge on Wednesday granted bail to the last three of 18 activists charged with terrorism.
Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday blamed ongoing violations of Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal for stalling efforts to win desperately needed foreign aid.
Zimbabwe has won more than -billion in credit lines from around Africa, but is still struggling to find financial support for the government budget.
Three months after Zimbabwe’s unity government took office, the country remains mired in poverty.
Zimbabwe has secured an additional credit line of -million from the African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim) to help its economic reconstruction.