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Jailed Zimbabwean pro-democracy activist found ‘hope’ in UK refugee scholarship

Makomborero Haruzivishe was nearly killed before he fled his home country two years ago, and is now studying law and politics in Kent.

The Independent UK

Sam Curran will bide his time as England’s Test team is ‘looking for extra pace’

The left-armer made the last of his 24 Test appearances three years ago.

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe’s public historian Pathisa Nyathi has died – he restored the erased history of the Ndebele people

When an elderly person dies, a library has burned down – the saying is a cliché, but has never been truer than in the case of Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away at the age of 73 on 2 November.

The Conversation

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Emotional abstracts recount Zimbabwe’s struggles and strength

Zimbabwe’s dramatic landscapes and enduring struggles resonate in Gillian Rosselli’s abstract paintings, which reveal her homeland’s resilience amid drought, poverty and environmental decline. Rosselli has made her European debut this year with two major exhibitions – at the Zimbabwe pavilion in the Venice Biennale and at the “Also Known as…

Radio France Internationale

Gary Kirsten set to quit as Pakistan's white-ball head coach: Reports

NEW DELHI: Gary Kirsten's short tenure as Pakistan's white-ball head coach appears to be coming to an abrupt end, just a day after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) named Mohammad Rizwan as the new full-time white-ball captain and announced fresh central contracts. While there has been no official statement from…

The Times of India

Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency loses half its value: Why and what’s next?

Six months in, the gold-backed ZiG touted as a solution to the currency crisis is struggling to win confidence.

Al Jazeera

Most expensive! Gambia's Musa Jobarteh creates unwanted record with nightmare spell against Zimbabwe

NEW DELHI: Gambia's Musa Jobarteh on Wednesday landed on the wrong side of record books as he delivered the most expensive T20 spell ever against Zimbabwe in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier Group B match in Nairobi.

The Times of India

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Zimbabwe’s water supply is in crisis: how political interference and underfunding did the damage

In Zimbabwe, control over water is supposed to be decentralised. In other words, the seven regions in the country have the authority to govern their own water resources in the way that best suits their needs.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe’s ZiG: devaluations won’t fix a currency that’s in trouble because of government overspending

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalued the ZiG by 43% on 27 September 2024. This weakened the official exchange rate from 13.9 ZiG per US dollar to 24.4 ZiG per US dollar.

The Conversation

Mohammad Rizwan emerges as front-runner for Pakistan's white-ball captaincy

KARACHI: Seasoned wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has emerged as a front-runner to become Pakistan team's captain in the white-ball formats when the PCB announces the touring squad for series in Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

The Times of India

Colonial white boys in Zimbabwe: John Eppel’s autobiography is a welcome book, but a difficult read

Zimbabwean writer John Eppel’s literary career has always been defined by one peculiar trait. He publishes fictional work, in stark contrast to the majority of the country’s other white writers who have fetishised the autobiographical mode.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe reports first two mpox cases, after Zambia week before

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, days after Zambia reported its first case. The cases, whose variants have not been identified, were detected in people who were from or had travelled to Tanzania and South Africa.

Radio France Internationale

How secondhand clothes took Zimbabwe by storm – and hammered retail

The country’s clothes manufacturers are taking a beating from imported ‘preloved’ clothes and a struggling economy.

Al Jazeera

TV tonight: dictator obsessive Munya Chawawa takes aim at North Korea

The polymath comic, who fled Zimbabwe as a child, investigates life in the hermit kingdom. Plus: Phillip Schofield does some self-reflection on the beach. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The long journey home for South African freedom fighters

Forty-two South African freedom fighters have been honoured in their homeland after their bodies were repatriated from Zimbabwe and Zambia. The activists died there in exile decades ago during the struggle against Apartheid. Their return is part of a government programme to bring closure to their families, who have long…

The Independent UK

Remains of South African freedom fighters arrive home from Zimbabwe and Zambia

South African officials say the remains of 49 freedom fighters who died while exiled in Zimbabwe and Zambia during the struggle against white minority rule in South Africa have been returned to the country

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South African Freedom Fighters' Remains Repatriated For Reburial

South Africa repatriates 42 freedom fighters' remains from Zambia and Zimbabwe to honor their sacrifices in the struggle against apartheid.

France 24

Tanzania releases arrested opposition leaders

Police in Tanzania release three opposition leaders on bail, hours after they were arrested for planning anti-government protests in Dar es Salaam. Also, a court in Zimbabwe denies bail to over 60 opposition figures and activists. And dozens of couples say "I do" during Morocco's Moussem of Imilchil festival. The…

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Brussels summons Congolese ambassador over Belgian death sentence

A series of death sentences in a coup trial in DRC is causing a stir both inside the country and abroad. Also, Zimbabwe has followed Namibia in announcing plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals in a bid to tackle the fallout from severe regional drought. And…

The Conversation

Lithium mining in Zimbabwe: a story of loss for one community

Lithium is an essential component of electric vehicle batteries, which are becoming more important as the world moves to a low-carbon energy future. Large deposits of lithium exist in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, the US, Australia, Portugal, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Ghana. Zimbabwe is the largest producer of lithium in…

The Independent UK

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' yet local harvesters are barely surviving

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life,” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty products

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought

Zimbabwe and Namibia have announced plans to slaughter hundreds of wild elephants and other animals to feed hunger-stricken residents amid severe drought conditions in the southern African countries

Radio France Internationale

Zimbabwe to cull elephants to tackle drought, food shortages

Zimbabwe will cull 200 elephants as it faces an unprecedented drought that has led to food shortages, a move that will also allow it to tackle a ballooning population of the animals, the country's wildlife authority said this week.

The Times of India

When Misbah-ul-Haq fought a lone battle and Zimbabwe clinched a historic win

NEW DELHI: In a memorable clash in 2013, Zimbabwe shocked Pakistan with a 24-run victory in a Test match at Harare. Played from September 3-7, the match marked Zimbabwe’s first Test win over Pakistan in more than a decade and their third overall against them.

The Conversation

African countries are adopting two houses of parliament to boost democracy – but that’s not always what happens

At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers – a lower and upper chamber – in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as inefficient, so most states removed the upper chambers. Before 1990, only two states kept these bicameral parliaments: Liberia and Nigeria.

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