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The government of the much-beleaguered country of Zimbabwe has been in a power-sharing agreement between the two opposing factions of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and Tsvangirai’s MDC party. People hoped that such a much-awaited turn of events not too long ago will mean that the country would be able to surmount its massive economic woes, health crisis, [...]

Zimbabwe is witnessing yet another controversy in its very difficult political climate after the recent arrest of Roy Bennett, the Movement For Democratic Change treasurer and deputy agriculture minister-designate who stands trial for three-year-old terrorism charges. “They just assume the protagonists can manage on their own. But this has been a [...]

Roy Bennett who is a senior member of MDC and close associate of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested before his trial scheduled on 19th October. This is the second time this important ministerial nominee of Unity government of Zimbabwe has been imprisoned on the charges of terrorism. Unfortunately first time was in February when coalition [...]

Protests can at times bring out the most unique and sometimes the most bizarre ways of projecting emotions among the masses. Recession and sky-rocketing inflation that have resulted in the Zimbabwe currency having absolutely no value, have triggered an uproar in the country. An ad campaign by The Zimbabwean Newspaper has been propelled by anger and [...]

Rumors have been circulating that the car crash that injured Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife Susan was not really an accident as Tsvangirai thinks it was. Whether there was foul play or not, it certainly looked as a baptism of fire for the newly installed PM who had to fight tooth and nail to share governing powers with [...]

While there were many speculations yesterday about Susan Tsvangirai being murdered or assassinated by Mugabe’s henchmen, new evidence reveals the couple’s car was hit by a British Aid lorry. The Nissan lorry was registered with the American embassy and was carrying life saving drugs to HIV patients. What is incredible is the fact that Mugabe [...]

During the eighties there were about 500,000 white farmers in Zimbabwe. At the turn of the millennium there were about 200,000. Now, there are a handful of them and Mugabe has given fresh directives to evict White Zimbabweans from their lawful farms and homes. White farmers after being stripped of their citizenship and forced into exile. White farmers [...]

Vice-president of Zimbabwe Joyce Mujuru’s corruption is as savvy as her President’s. She tapped her daughter Nyasha Mujuru del Campo to be a middleman in a gold deal, according to precious metals dealer Firstar. Joyce Mujuru, appointed by Robert Mugabe five years ago, is among the 200 Zimbabwean high and mighty who are currently under strict [...]

The World Health Organization has confirmed that more than 3,000 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe. This clearly points to the fact that the waterborne disease is out of control by health experts. The epidemic adds misery to an already desperate country wracked by political strife and a seemingly insurmountable economic crisis. To add to a pile [...]

The cholera killed nearly 500 people in Zimbabwe in the largest outbreak recorded recently in the country, informed the World Health Organization (WHO) here Tuesday. The spread of the disease arrives in the midst of a turbulent period of political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. The WHO said in a report that the outbreak is affecting most regions [...]