Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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  Zimbabwe faces crayfish crisis in water ecosystem

  Scientists in Zimbabwe say a fresh water crayfish brought from Australia is breeding out of control in the northern Lake Kariba, devouring the food ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify clampdown

  Rights groups on Tuesday said police in Zimbabwe have intensified a clampdown on civil society organizations and democracy campaigners ahead of a ... 

• Zimbabwe central bank announces tougher cash rules

  Zimbabwe's central bank said it is enforcing tougher rules Monday to rein in "the delinquent behavior" of businesses holding cash abroad. The Reserve ... 

• Amnesty fears new executions in Zimbabwe

  Amnesty International said Friday it fears Zimbabwe will resume executions after the state media quoted prison officials saying they have found a new ... 

• Zimbabwe's parliament mulls constitutional reforms

  Zimbabwe's parliament Wednesday began discussing a new constitution that reduces some of the president's powers, demands political impartiality from ... 

• Blast at sorcerer's house caused by explosives

  Police in Zimbabwe said Wednesday they found traces of explosives at a tribal sorcerer's house where a massive blast killed six people and damaged 12 ... 

• Zimbabwe claims its accounts are bare

  Zimbabwe's finance ministry said it has just $217 left in its accounts after paying the nation's civil servants and government employees earlier this ... 

• Zimbabwean commentator John Makumbe dies

  Zimbabwe's prominent political analyst Professor John Makumbe, an albino who also campaigned against prejudice toward the skin pigmentation condition, ... 

• SAfrican court blocks helicopters to Zimbabwe

  A regional civic campaign group says a South African court has blocked the delivery of helicopter gunships to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ... 

• Campaigners try to stop Zimbabwe gunship delivery

  A regional civic campaign group says it is taking legal action to stop Zimbabwe from taking delivery of helicopter gunships from neighboring South ... 

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  Worms: A Zimbabwe snack, from tree to dinner table

  In Zimbabwe, mopane worms are a staple part of the diet in rural areas and are considered a delicacy in the cities. They can be eaten dry, as crunchy ... 

• Zimbabwe: Big blast at sorcerer's house kills 5

  Police in Zimbabwe say they are investigating a massive explosion at a tribal sorcerer's house outside the capital, Harare. Police officials said ... 

• Zoo-bound elephant calves back in Zimbabwe's wild

  An animal welfare group says five baby elephants held in captivity in western Zimbabwe for shipment to zoos in China have been returned to the wild. 

• Zimbabwe leaders say constitution deal agreed

  Zimbabwe's political leaders say they have reached agreement on a new constitution after more than two years of delays and bickering over changes to ... 

• Farmers: Zimbabwe food production declines further

  An organization of mostly displaced white farmers in Zimbabwe said Thursday upcoming harvests of the corn staple are forecast to decline by tens of ... 

• Zimbabwe Vice President John Nkomo dies aged 79

  State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has announced the death of Vice President John Nkomo. He was 79. Nkomo died in a Harare hospital ... 

• Rights group leader jailed to Jan. 30

  A Zimbabwe court has refused to release on bail a human rights leader facing allegations of fraud and forgery relating to election documents. 

• Zimbabwe police seize 4 tons of marijuana leaf

  Police in Zimbabwe say they have seized about four tons of marijuana aboard a truck driven from the neighboring country of Malawi, their biggest haul ... 

• UN appeals for $131 million aid for Zimbabwe

  The United Nations says it needs $131 million in humanitarian assistance to meet food, water and emergency needs in Zimbabwe. The U.N. 

• Zimbabwe tribal healers' leader Chavunduka dies

  Zimbabwe's organization of tribal healers says its leader, the eminent academic, author, sociologist and politician Professor Gordon Chavunduka, has ... 

• Zimbabwe: Zimplats agrees to sell shares to gov't

  Zimbabwe's largest platinum mining company says it has signed a deal to sell off its majority shareholding to the government as part of the country's ... 

• Zimbabwe: Germany may boycott tourism convention

  Germany says it is considering whether to take part in the world's largest United Nations tourism convention in Zimbabwe or stay away to protest ... 

• Zimbabwe bus crash kills 8

  Zimbabwean police say eight people died in a bus crash that has brought the traffic accident death toll during the holiday period to the highest on ... 

• Top law professor quits Zimbabwe rights watchdog

  The head of an independent but state-funded human rights commission says he has quit because of a lack of financial support and inadequate legislation ... 

• Zimbabwe truck crash kills 18

  Zimbabwe state radio says 18 people headed home for the holidays died when their open truck veered off a mountain road and plunged into a ravine in ...