Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday over a devastating drought that’s sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance. The declaration was widely expected following similar actions by neighboring Zambia and Malawi, where drought linked to the El Nino […]
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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national disaster to tackle the prolonged drought crisis. Mr Mnangagwa said on Wednesday the country needs $2bn (£1.6bn) to tackle hunger caused by low rainfall which has wiped out about half of the maize crop. The grain shortage has pushed up food prices […]
A self-proclaimed Apostolic prophet who kept 251 children on his property has been charged with exploiting minors. Police said that Ishmael Chokurongerwa, 56, led a sect with more than 1,000 members in Harare. The children were allegedly used for cheap labour. Unregistered graves, believed to be of infants, were also […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, began its annual tobacco-selling season on Wednesday, with officials and farmers projecting a sharp decline in harvests and quality because of a drought blamed on climate change and worsened by the El Niño weather phenomenon. From a record harvest of 296 […]
Zimbabwe’s governing Zanu-PF party has won all six of Saturday’s parliamentary by-elections meaning it now holds a two-thirds majority in parliament. The victories give President Emmerson Mnangagwa the power to change key provisions in the constitution. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) allege this will allow him to tighten […]
Chants of “Wiwa, Wiwa, Wiwa” – a reference to Ken Saro-Wiwa, the renowned writer and environmentalist executed by Nigeria’s military regime in 1995 – rang out through a Zimbabwean courtroom this week. It is the nickname of opposition politician Job Sikhala, who was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence after […]
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has resigned, saying his party has been “contaminated” and “hijacked” by the government. “I will have nothing to do with sewer politics,” he said in a 13-page statement on Thursday. He won about 44% of the votes in last year’s presidential election which was plagued […]
Heart-rending images have laid bare the devastation wrought on Zimbabwe’s elephant population amid a brutal drought last year – with experts fearing more deaths could follow. Around 160 of the gentle giants perished in a matter of weeks in the country’s Hwange national park, which did not experience a single […]