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China ‘angry’ with Zimbabwe for understating financial support

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China has said that Zimbabwe has been understating its financial help to the southern African nation. Zimbabwe’s recently released budget figures ranked China poorly when it comes to foreign countries  supporting it. The country’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said in a budget statement last week that the country received $194m from bilateral donors between January and September this year. Out… Read More
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Zimbabwe sacks hundreds of doctors over strike action

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Zimbabwe has sacked over 200 out of the 1,601 of doctors who work in public health institutions. A third of its workforce of doctors who provide health care in public hospitals are currently facing the sack. The decision to sack these doctors is based on their refusal to call off their strike and return to work. Doctors have been on… Read More
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Nurses in Zimbabwe embark on strike

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Nurses at all council clinics in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare have abandoned work compounding the health crisis in the country. The nurses declared strike on Monday citing incapacitation, according to local media reporting. Harare city Health director Dr Prosper Chonzi told Herald Newspaper that the latest development was a big blow to health sector. “As you know, most patients were now… Read More
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa ally arrested over $3.7m corrupt deal

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An ally of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been arrested for criminal abuse of office. Officials of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) have confirmed the arrest Joram Gumbo who is a former Transport Minister. Spokesperson for the anti-corruption commission,  Commissioner John Makamure told the Herald Newspaper that “I can confirm he has been arrested. He is facing criminal abuse of office.”… Read More
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Africa’s biggest waterfall at risk from drought

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The flow at the Africa’s biggest waterfall is at its lowest since 1995, highlighting the threat posed by a drought to tourism and electricity generation in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Flow has slumped to 109 cubic meters-per-second (3,850 cubic feet) at Victoria Falls, a 1.7-kilometer (1.1 mile) curtain of falling water at the peak of a normal wet season, according to… Read More
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Zimbabwe to roll out new bank notes in November

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Zimbabwe’s central bank has said that the country’s new bank notes and coins will be in circulation in November this year. The Zimbabwe dollar currency was re-introduced this year after the country abandoned the US dollar as its official currency. This was to stabilize Zimbabwe’s economy which is still struggling to survive and currently in crisis. Zimbabwe’s President, Emmerson Mnangagwa… Read More
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US imposes sanction on Zimbabwe’s security minister

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The United States has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister, Owen Ncube. Owen Ncube is accused by the US government of being involved in “gross violations of human rights.” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Friday that the “Zimbabwean government’s use of state-sanctioned violence against” protesters, opposition leaders and labor leaders. The statement further noted… Read More
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Zimbabweans march to demand end to foreign sanctions

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Zimbabweans led by their president, Emmerson Mnangagwa marched on Friday across major cities to demand an end to foreign sanctions. The government a few months ago launched a campaign to make unpopular what it considers foreign sanctions that have crippled the economy. Government officials including the President insist that sanctions particularly from the United States of America have made it… Read More
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Zimbabwe’s anti-sanctions campaign divides opinions

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Zimbabwe’s government has launched a campaign to make unpopular what it considers foreign sanctions that have crippled the economy. Government officials and the ruling party, the Zanu-PF leaders have been projecting messages across all major media platforms including social media about the impact of these sanctions. They insist that sanctions particularly from the United States of America have made it… Read More
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Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe’s economy is “dead”

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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described his country’s economy as “dead” as he promises to bring it back to life. On Tuesday Mnangagwa told the country’s parliament that Zimbabweans will have to be patient with him whiles he works hard to bring the economy back from the “dead”. Zimbabwe is facing serious economic challenges with surging inflation and lack of… Read More