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Global markets are jittery as shown by a broad decline in stock market indice values from New York to Hong Kong. These are the initial reactions to an unprovoked attack and invasion of Ukraine by its sister country, Russia, but is this all that the world can expect from the …

Purity Maringisa and Pavel Mwaoseni Four members from the Office of the President and Cabinet who were part of First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s charity team perished in a road accident along the Ruwangwe-Nyanga road early Thursday morning. Two others who survived the accident are reported to be in a serious …

Staff Writer Police have confirmed the death of five family members following a gas explosion at their home in Waterfalls’ Eyestone farm. In a statement on their twitter handle, police said the sad incident occurred last night at around 8.30pm although they were yet to release the full details. “The …

Prolonged arid weather conditions in the past few weeks have heightened chances of drought amid fears economic growth projections will be off-track, Business Times can report. The dry spell has jolted the government to allow those with free funds to import maize as indications point to a potential disastrous summer cropping …

Close to 50,000 new voters were registered between February 1 and 20, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has revealed. ZEC is on a month-long mobile voter registration outreach which runs until February 28. The exercise has been hampered by apathy, which opposition political parties blame on the government’s failure to …

The European Union (EU) has removed already suspended targeted sanctions on the last three Zimbabwean public officials and politicians on the list. They are Zimbabwe’s vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, who led the military coup that dislodged the late Robert Mugabe; Mugabe’s widow, Grace; and current army boss General Valerio Sibanda. Chiwenga …

In 2008 Zimbabwe was at a turning point. President Robert Mugabe faced electoral defeat by pro-democracy challengers for the first time in two decades. Suddenly his cash-starved regime received a surprise $100m, which it allegedly funnelled into a violent campaign that enforced the status quo and kept the country on …

HARARE – The embattled Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa on Monday mocked opposition leader Nelson Chamisa for naively thinking that challenges being faced by Zimbabwe can only be resolved by foreigners. On Sunday, while launching by-election campaigns for his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change leader Chamisa bragged that if he got …

The European Union (EU) reiterates its ambition for a more constructive relationship with Zimbabwe at all levels. The EU has reviewed its restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe and in this context recalls the Council Conclusions of 17 February 2020 as well as the Declaration by the High Representative on …

Grace Mugabe made a rare public appearance on Monday for the burial of her political ally Sarah Mahoka. The 56-year-old widow of former President Robert Mugabe dressed all black as she joined mourners in Karoi, Mashonaland West. Mahoka died in a car accident on February 17 at the age of …