Fri, Jun 26, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attacked Western countries on Thursday for refusing to lift sanctions because he was still in power, but said his country would get aid from friends who would not impose conditions.
Mon, Oct 05, 2009
Zimbabwe's central bank governor warned on Monday that the country faces a disastrous agricultural season due to poor preparations and inadequate funding for inputs, raising prospects of more grain imports.
Wed, Aug 26, 2009
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean officials dismissed a South African newspaper report that President Robert Mugabe was ill on Wednesday as rubbish and the product of "sick and evil minds."
Sun, Jul 05, 2009
HARARE - Zimbabwe's government will withdraw soldiers from poorly secured diamond fields in the eastern part of the country following criticism over rights abuses, an official told the state-owned Sunday Mail.
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
(File Picture Mugabe - Tsvangirayi singing different songs from the same hymn book) HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Monday a new constitution was necessary and strongly condemned clashes between political rivals that halted a conference aimed at drafting reforms.
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
London - Argentine striker Carlos Tevez signed for Manchester City on Tuesday and used his first news conference at the big-spending Premier League club to criticise Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Atlanta - To get a sense of the pain many black Americans feel about their broken connection to Africa, just listen to the cries of joy when the divide was bridged by blacks who used DNA to trace their roots to a specific country:
Thu, Jul 23, 2009
London - Racial discrimination remains a problem for police and in certain areas has become worse a decade after a damning report said Britain's biggest force was guilty of "institutional racism", a committee of MPs said on Wednesday.
Thu, Aug 06, 2009
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday she would press South Africa to use more of its influence to counter the "negative effects" of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
Antananarivo - Madagascar's ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana said on Monday there would be no power-sharing deal on the Indian Ocean island if the man who toppled him in a coup, Andry Rajoelina, continued to demand the presidency.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Tuesday called on next week's summit of regional leaders to push President Robert Mugabe to fulfill a power-sharing agreement and to speed up reforms.
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Africa was "sick and tired" of having its natural resources exploited by China and getting little development in return, Zimbabwe's deputy prime minister said on Friday.
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Britain said Thursday that it would provide $100 million in aid to Zimbabwe this year, its largest annual donation to the country, to help the new unity government and to ease a humanitarian crisis.
Mon, Oct 19, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will this week meet regional leaders to pressure coalition partner President Robert Mugabe to resolve disputes in the country's unity government, a senior aide said on Monday.
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
Baghdad - Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 132 people and wounded more than 500 in Baghdad on Sunday, police and health officials said, in one of the bloodiest days in the Iraqi capital this year.
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
Harare - African mediators trying to break Zimbabwe's political impasse will call on regional leaders to convene a new summit to resolve the crisis, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday.
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of northern Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and said he would shut any borders with other nations in those areas covered by the decree.
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's president accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Friday of failing to honour a power-sharing deal with his foes and called for new elections to resolve the political deadlock.
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Shonga - When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm.
Fri, Nov 27, 2009
PORT OF SPAIN - Prime Minister Gordon Brown held out the prospect on Friday that Zimbabwe could be re-admitted to the Commonwealth in 2011 if it pushes ahead with reforms.
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
JOHANNESBURG – Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said South Africa tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup in the oil-rich African nation.
Wed, Dec 09, 2009
JOHANNESBURG — The Red Cross says they need $32 million to feed 220,000 Zimbabweans who cannot access hard currency in the collapsed economy.
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
A gel designed to prevent women becoming infected with the AIDS virus has proved ineffective in trials in Africa, Britain’s Medical Research Council has announced.
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
COPENHAGEN - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrived in Denmark on Tuesday to attend U.N. climate talks, despite Western sanctions on his travel and public disapproval from his Danish hosts.
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
NEW YORK - Billionaire Richard Branson urged people on Monday to invest in Zimbabwe, saying the world was wrong to wait instead of helping the politically volatile, impoverished southern African nation revive itself.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's political rivals have agreed some outstanding issues of a power-sharing deal, but the pace of negotiations is slow, a South African official mediating in the talks said on Tuesday.
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe's attorney general said on Tuesday the state would move to have its key witness in the terrorism trial of an ally of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai impeached for giving contradicting evidence.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation stood at -7.7 percent in December, official figures showed on Friday, as the adoption of multiple foreign currencies by the unity government earlier in the year ended hyperinflation.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Zimbabwe's second largest hotelier Rainbow Tourism Group plans to double its room capacity in the next two years to take advantage of an expected rise in the number of visitors to the region, its chief executive said on Tuesday.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010
Antananarivo, - Madagascar's vice Prime Minister Ny Hasina Andriamanjato has resigned in a sign of growing divisions within the government over how to end the Indian Ocean island's year long political crisis.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
HARARE — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday threatened to defy the Kimberley Process to sell diamonds from a field where the global regulator accuses the military of forced labour and other abuses.
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's board will consider whether to restore Zimbabwe's IMF voting rights in a meeting on Friday, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund member countries on Friday restored Zimbabwe's voting rights after a seven-year suspension but said it could not have access to IMF funds until it had paid off $1.3 billion in arrears.
Sun, Feb 21, 2010
Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has carried out a wideranging cabinet reshuffle, excluding former rebels, changing 20 posts and dropping a deputy minister at the centre of a mining review.
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
HARARE - Lawyers for Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett disputed on Wednesday a state witness' evidence backing up emails linking Bennett to a terrorism plot, saying he was not suitably qualified to declare their authenticity.
Thu, Mar 04, 2010
London - Britain said on Thursday it wanted to see further progress on human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe before the European Union lifts sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his allies.
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe's controversial policy of transferring majority control of foreign-owned firms to black Zimbabweans will begin in the key mining sector, a minister said on Tuesday.
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Khartoum - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir threatened on Monday to expel international election monitors after they said April's vote may have to be delayed.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
HARARE, - Robert Mugabe said on Friday he would only implement terms of an agreement he signed in 2008 with rival Morgan Tsvangirai if the West removed sanctions on his allies.
Sat, Mar 27, 2010
(Reuters) - Travel restrictions slapped on Zimbabwean officials from President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party should be lifted to help the unity government function effectively, South African President Jacob Zuma said.
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's political parties failed to meet a Monday deadline set by South African President Jacob Zuma to resolve a power-sharing dispute that threatens to tear apart the country's coalition, a cabinet minister said.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Mangalore, India - Investigators scoured the slopes of a ravine in southern India on Sunday looking for the black box of a Boeing 737-800 that crashed off a hilltop runway, killing 158 people.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Tel Aviv - Monitoring the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe will be the focus of a meeting of diamond trade regulators in Tel Aviv next month, a leading Israeli diamond industry official has said.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Zimbabwe mining group RioZim said on Wednesday it would raise $40 million in a rights issue to fund expansion of its gold mining projects and refurbish a nickel refinery.
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
RIO Tinto’s diamond unit in Zimbabwe says it has begun work on a $300m expansion programme to raise output six- fold, and is discussing with the government ways to improve the investment climate in mining.
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public and private sector employers in Zimbabwe should exercise wage restraint to avoid pushing the southern African nation back into an inflation spiral, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
HARARE, - Zimbabwe has ordered creditors owed millions of dollars by its bankrupt central bank to stop auctioning the bank's property, local state media reported on Sunday, saying the seizures were tantamount to asset stripping.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
HARARE, - Zimbabwe has prepared an amended mining law to be presented to cabinet for approval before it is debated in parliament, but it is not clear if the amendment bill will prescribe 51 percent local ownership of all mines.
Thu, Jun 24, 2010
TEL AVIV, - Zimbabwe plans to begin selling diamond stockpiles from its Marange fields immediately, whether this week's meeting of regulators of the trade gives the go ahead or not, the country's mining minister said.
Mon, Jun 28, 2010
Rustenburg, South Africa - The president of Ghana led his nation's soccer squad in prayers on Saturday shortly before they beat the United States 2-1 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time.
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe's party says there is "no reason" for Zimbabwe not to hold elections in 2011, but analysts believe the polls could be much later over demands for more reforms to guarantee a free and fair vote. (Picture: Last orders, Mugabe 86 no longer has enough support to remain an 'elected' President)
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Young people in Africa are leading a "revolution" in HIV prevention and driving down rates of the disease by having safer sex and fewer sexual partners, the United Nations AIDS programme said on Tuesday.
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
CAPE TOWN, - South Africa's central bank did not supply rand ZAR=D3 to Zimbabwe in the financial year ended March 2010 and the impact from the neighbouring country's use of the currency was minimal, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday.
Tue, Aug 03, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe summoned ambassadors from the United States, Germany and the European Union on Tuesday to admonish them for walking out of an event after President Robert Mugabe told Western powers to go "to hell" for their sanctions.
Tue, Aug 03, 2010
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he was "heartbroken" over the situation in Zimbabwe, and that President Robert Mugabe was not "serving his people well."
Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Labour says cost of Cameron’s policies will dwarf savings
Wed, Aug 11, 2010
International cyber criminals are targeting online banking customers with a new trojan virus rated as the most sophisticated and dangerous malware program ever created.
Wed, Aug 11, 2010
HARARE, Reuters) - Econet Wireless (Econet) (ECO.ZI: Quote) said it is borrowing $60 million from Swedish export credit agency EKN to expand its telecommunications infrastructure, the largest European loan to a Zimbabwean company in over a decade.
Sun, Aug 22, 2010
Douglas Mhembere had only a plastic bag in hand when he took over a farm eight years ago under Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's land reforms.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Seed Co Limited, Zimbabwe's largest seed producer, sees profit rising at least 50 percent this fiscal year from $13 million in the year to March 2010, buoyed by growing sales at home and in the region, its chief said.
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will stop at the end of the year a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter Africa's largest economy without documents, a cabinet spokesman said on Thursday.
Thu, Sep 09, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe wants normal ties with Western powers critical of its policies but will press ahead with a plan to hand control of foreign companies to local blacks, President Robert Mugabe said.
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe is seeking 3.25 billion rand in an overdraft and credit facility from South Africa, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Wednesday, as the country battles to reverse the effects of a decade-long political and economic crisis.
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday a law to increase local black ownership of foreign firms would be implemented gradually and without forced sales.
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwean food retailer Innscor Africa expects revenue to surge by a quarter to $500 million in the current financial year, buoyed by a normalising economy, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
UNITED NATIONS - U.S. President Barack Obama, mixing with other world leaders at the the United Nations on Thursday over lunch, toasted the organization and urged his dining companions to work harder for peace.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
LUSAKA - Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Namibia plan to import maize from Zambia, which has recorded a bumper harvest from the 2009/10 season, the head of Zambia's state-run Food Reserve Agency (FRA) said.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
PRETORIA — Botswana President Ian Khama on Tuesday urged Western nations to lift their sanctions on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, saying they should recognise progress made by the unity government in Harare.
Sat, Oct 23, 2010
HARARE - Old Mutual will sell 51 percent of its Zimbabwe unit to local investors, to meet rules on black ownership in the southern African nation, state media said on Friday.
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe's economy will grow for the second successive year in 2010 due to positive policies and strong commodity prices, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday, while calling for more reforms to sustain the recovery.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010
- South African President Jacob Zuma is expected to meet leaders in Zimbabwe's unity government next week for further talks on settling their disputes over power sharing, a Southern African Development Community official said on Saturday.
Wed, Dec 01, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — New minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said Wednesday that Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe should be taken "with a pinch of salt", and called for credible elections in the country Mugabe has ruled for 30 years.
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday their unity government was working well despite differences, urging their supporters to avoid violence.
Sun, Jan 02, 2011
HARARE - Zimbabwe is likely to postpone a parliamentary election that President Robert Mugabe's party wanted by mid-year in order to allow completion of constitutional reforms, a state-owned newspaper reported on Sunday. (File Picture: Mugabe just loves playing to the gallery)
Wed, Jan 26, 2011
Nearly four out of five women, and three out of five men, say they believe texting, Facebook and other social media tools for staying connected cause new couples to jump into bed faster
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
Harare - Zimbabwean police sealed the offices of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Tuesday, firing teargas into the building and at bystanders in central Harare and raising tensions ahead of elections that could come next year.
Fri, Mar 04, 2011
(Reuters) - The United Nations is investigating suspected arms transfers from Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a report obtained by Reuters.
Tue, May 24, 2011
European air traffic controllers said on Tuesday morning that 252 flights had been cancelled as a volcanic ash cloud covered Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Fri, May 27, 2011
DEAUVILLE, France - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Muammar Gaddafi to give up power and said that Russia would not give shelter to the Libyan leader but other countries might.
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
Yafran/Tripoli - Loud explosions shook Tripoli early on Tuesday morning in what appeared to be stepped up NATO air strikes on the Libyan capital, and rebel forces seized a town in the west, driving out Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
Fri, Jun 10, 2011
LISBON - Economic growth could exceed the Zimbabwe government's forecast of 9.3 percent in 2011, helped by strong commodity and food prices, but politics are a negative, the country's finance minister said on Thursday.
Mon, Jun 13, 2011
TRIPOLI. Rebels fought forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for a second day in the town of Zawiyah yesterday, bringing the revolt against his rule to within a few kilometres of the capital.
Tue, Jun 28, 2011
London - A class of generic Aids drugs often used to treat HIV in Africa and other poor regions can cause premature ageing and lead to age-related illnesses such as heart disease and dementia, scientists said on Sunday.
Tue, Jul 05, 2011
TRIPOLI, - The Libyan government said on Monday it was in talks with opposition figures but there seemed little chance of a swift end to the conflict as both sides stuck to entrenched positions on the fate of Muammar Gaddafi.
Mon, Jul 25, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo American Platinum has not received any rejection notice from the Zimbabwean government over its plan to transfer a majority stake in its local operation to black investors, the company's chief executive said on Monday.
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
JOHANNESBURG - An intensified push by Zimbabwe's government to force foreign-owned companies to turn over majority stakes to locals is being seen as politicking ahead of elections expected early next year and could end in a compromise to avoid a return to economic chaos
Sun, Sep 18, 2011
Charge of inflaming factionalism is withdrawn
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Factional fighting is turning the African National Congress, South Africa's ruling party, into a "shambles" ahead of a leadership election next year, senior ANC officials said on Wednesday.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
HARARE - Shareholders in Zimbabwe's Bindura Nickel Corp (BNC) on Thursday agreed to seek a $10 million convertible loan from major shareholder Mwana Africa, after the nickel producer had failed to secure local funding.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Youths went on the rampage on Thursday in northern Zambia's Copper Belt, a stronghold of opposition leader Michael Sata who is leading the race to become the next president of Africa's biggest copper producer.
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata, a critic of Chinese investment, secured an upset presidential election victory on Friday which may dent foreign companies' view of Africa's biggest copper producer as a sound investment destination.
Thu, Sep 29, 2011
HARARE - Government spending in Zimbabwe is a big concern while disunity regarding black empowerment is discouraging investment, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Thursday.
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
Libyan government fighters have captured Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim as he tried to escape the battle-torn city of Sirte, National Transitional Council (NTC) officials told Reuters.
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Johannesburg - President Robert Mugabe's failing health has possibly forced his Zanu-PF party to press for early elections in Zimbabwe and accelerate a plan compelling foreign firms to surrender majority shareholdings, but it has not so far loosened his grip on power
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's electoral commission needs $220 million to stage a referendum on a proposed new constitution and a general election, both of which are expected next year, state media reported on Wednesday.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
(Reuters) - Gaddafi is the most enigmatic of Muammar Gaddafi's children, apparently turning within weeks from philanthropist and liberal reformer into a fighter ready to die on his home soil rather than surrender.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has been forced to cancel a trip to Geneva for a United Nations meeting this week after his wife and some of his aides were denied visas, state media said on Wednesday.
Fri, Nov 04, 2011
Libya's stockpiles of sulfur mustard agent and chemicals used to make weapons are intact and were not stolen during the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, weapons inspectors said on Friday.
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
A human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition is to work with children, was crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London on Sunday.
Wed, Nov 09, 2011
GWANDA, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – When hailstorms and heavy downpours hit parts of Zimbabwe in early October, farmers here were quick to begin preparing their land for the traditional planting season.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Silvio Berlusconi, who resigned as prime minister on Saturday after dominating Italy for 17 years with a mix of political talent and brazen behaviour, has a sense of humour that often landed him in trouble.
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
HARARE - More than a million people in Zimbabwe will require food aid between now and March 2012, a United Nations agency said on Monday, despite recent improvements in the country's grain production.
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
NEW YORK - Amnesty International called on Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia on Thursday to arrest former U.S. President George W. Bush for human rights violations when he visits Africa this month.
Sat, Dec 03, 2011
THERE is an uneasy quiet in Kinshasa as the city braces for impending bloodshed. Results of the Democratic Republic of Congo's second democratic elections, which took place this week, are due to be announced on Tuesday - an announcement likely to spark chaos.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
Mexico prevented the entry of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi to the country, authorities said on Wednesday.
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi -- besieged in his Kinshasa home by heavily armed security forces -- swore a makeshift presidential oath on Friday as police battled in the streets outside with his rock-throwing supporters.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A powerful blast hit a Catholic church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja during a Christmas service on Sunday killing many people, residents said, and one counted 19 bodies from the explosion.
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Zimbabwe is considering a ban on raw platinum exports in a bid to force miners to set up refineries in the country, but this move will not take place "overnight", a government official said on Wednesday.
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
Zimbabwe has shut down the capital's main courthouse after a suspected outbreak of typhoid affected magistrates and court officials, state media reported on Saturday.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
BRUSSELS- The European Union is expected to keep up sanctions on Zimbabwe but remove a third of the people from its list of those affected by asset freezes and visa bans, EU diplomats said Tuesday.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has suspended 29 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in one of its provinces including Care International, state media reported on Wednesday, raising worries of a crackdown similar to one that preceded elections in 2008.
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwe's new mine licence fees and resource rentals will significantly raise the cost of mining and threaten the sector's viability, with as much as 60 percent of mining revenues going to the government, an industry body said on Monday.
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby on Thursday appointed Ban's predecessor Kofi Annan as joint special envoy on the Syrian crisis, the United Nations announced.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
- Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit, Zimplats, has been ordered to transfer 29.5 percent of its shares to a state-run fund in order to comply with local empowerment laws, according to a letter written by a government minister.
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
DAKAR - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade was locked in a tight race with his main rival, Macky Sall, on Monday as unofficial poll tallies pointed to a possible run-off between the two for the leadership of the West African country.
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
A Zimbabwean minister launched a verbal attack on Impala Platinum Chief Executive David Brown, saying on Wednesday he was "sick and tired" of the mining group's failure to comply with local black ownership laws.
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
HARARE, - Impala Platinum, the world's second-biggest producer, has made an "irrevocable offer" to hand over a 29.5 percent stake in its Zimplats unit to a Zimbabwe state-run fund, a senior minister said on Wednesday.
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has ordered foreign mining firms to deposit their export earnings with local banks, state media reported on Sunday, the latest government move to exert pressure on miners as it tries to address the dollar crunch afflicting its economy.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to float a $100-million bond to rebuild its dilapidated infrastructure as the country struggles to attract foreign investment, the finance minister said on Wednesday.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Gangs of women in Zimbabwe have been picking up male travellers to have sexual intercourse and harvest their sperm, according to reports.
Wed, Mar 28, 2012
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s constitutional affairs minister says the death penalty will be dropped except in extreme cases of aggravated murder under a proposed new constitution.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
Lilongwe - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika was "very critical" on Thursday after a heart attack and was being flown to South Africa for treatment, a minister said, raising fears of a political crisis in the impoverished southern African nation.
Sat, Apr 07, 2012
* Vice-President Joyce Banda says "constitution prevails" * Army and police chiefs back constitutional transition * Calm on the streets of Lilongwe, Blantyre (Releads with Banda takes over, news conference, UK reaction, details)
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean officials on Tuesday dismissed reports that President Robert Mugabe was seriously ill in Singapore, saying he was well and on holiday there with his family, and was expected to return home this week.
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
* Sudan says it will mobilise army against south * Halts talks after strike on Heglig oilfield * African Union urges South Sudan to withdraw (Adds comment from Sudan U.N. ambassador)
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Zimbabwean court has suspended the community service sentence imposed on six activists convicted of airing 'Arab Spring' videos as part of a plot against President Robert Mugabe, their lawyer said on Saturday.
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
US President Barack Obama said on Sunday the Secret Service would fully investigate reports that agents assigned to protect him in Colombia were caught with prostitutes, saying he would be angry if the allegations proved true.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Zimbabwe's empowerment minister expects to finalize the transfer of majority stakes in foreign mining companies to local black investors by the end of April.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
LILONGWE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors may have cost him his life. When the 78-year-old collapsed from cardiac arrest a week ago - and subsequently died - simple medicines he needed were out of stock because of a foreign currency shortage exacerbated by his policies.
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
HARARE — Zimbabwean police have arrested a journalist from New Zealand for reporting from the southern African country without accreditation, state media reported Friday.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Putting the son of fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi on trial on their own soil is a matter of national pride for Libya's leaders but the lack of a properly functioning state is making it hard for them to convince the outside world that they are up to the task.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (R) poses for a picture with participants after giving a lecture on the future of world economy to students, businessmen and politicians at the Diplomatic Academy in Kiev, April 4, 2012.
Thu, May 17, 2012
HARARE, - Zimbabwe's may cut its economic growth projections for this year, while inflation forecasts could be higher than previously expected, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Thursday.
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