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Top Zimbabwe ambassador involved in gold smuggling scheme

Uebert Angel, appointed by President Mnangagwa, offered undercover Al Jazeera reporters his diplomatic cover to launder.

Al Jazeera

Gold smuggler tied to Kenyan plunder is back — now in Zimbabwe

Kamlesh Pattni, implicated in the Goldenberg scandal which almost bankrupted Kenya, is now smuggling gold from Zimbabwe.

Al Jazeera

Who are the Gold Mafia? Godmen, conmen and a president’s niece

Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly?

Al Jazeera

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How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash

Al Jazeera infiltrates large gold-smuggling rings and reveals a giant money laundering scheme.

Al Jazeera

Dapper Don Christy Kinahan set to qualify for a bus pass - as he celebrates 66th birthday on the run

Kinahan, who is under investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and is said to be laying low in Zimbabwe, marks his landmark birthday on March 23

Irish Mirror

African smallholder farmers count the cost of fertilizer price spike

Helplessly watching her maize turn yellow as she waited for free fertilizer from the government, Zimbabwean farmer Marian Kanenungo had nothing but makeshift compost from an anthill to help save her crop - and she had low hopes of that.

Reuters

Heartbreak as teen boy 'murdered' at Armley horror house party in Leeds named

Trust Junior Jordan Gangata from Zimbabwe had been enjoying himself until disaster struck

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Farm to Feast: Meet two contestants eyeing up top spot in new series of BBC food show

The cookery competition is back on our screens next week

Belfast Live

In Zimbabwe's rainy season, women forage for wild mushrooms

Zimbabwe’s rainy season brings a bonanza of wild mushrooms, which many rural families feast upon and sell to boost their incomes

The Independent UK

Cecil the lion 'did not die in vain' as trophy hunting imports BANNED in the UK

The killing in Zimbabwe led to the Mirror’s campaign for a ban on trophy hunting, and as the bill went through, environment minister Trudy Harrison was close to tears

Daily Mirror

Jimmy Carter's African legacy: peacemaker, negotiator and defender of rights

When historians and pundits praise Jimmy Carter’s achievements as the US president and extol his exemplary post-presidential years, they mention the recognition of China, the Panama Canal Treaties and the Camp David Accords. Almost no one mentions what Carter achieved in Africa during his presidency. This is a serious oversight.

The Conversation

Kenyan women go digital for equal opportunities

In tonight's edition: In a new report, UN experts say violence against civilians in South Sudan persists with impunity. We speak to one of those commissioners who compiled the report. Also, International Women's Day is a chance to take stock and celebrate women's achievements while acknowledging persistent obstacles to gender…

France 24

Zimbabwe's tobacco crop grows, despite high fertilizer costs

Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, opened its tobacco-selling season Wednesday, with a speech by the vice president and eager international buyers

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe tobacco farmer offers lifeline to survivors of gender violence

As the sweltering morning sun beat down on them, about half a dozen young Zimbabwean women stacked green tobacco leaves into sheaves while another group, some with babies on their backs, loaded the harvested crop onto a tractor.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon to Soon Beat Zimbabwe in Highest Inflation Rate

A recent move by Lebanon’s Central Bank (BDL) to offer to sell the cash dollar through its platform at the rate of LBP 70,000 has temporarily curbed the rapid collapse of the national currency. The price margins of cash trading in the parallel markets fell to around LBP 80,000 per…

The Guardian - UK

Peter Mundy obituary

Other lives: Zoologist who became an expert on the vultures of Africa, and did much to help with their conservation

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy brings torrential rain to parts of Africa

Downpours lash Mozambique and Zimbabwe – meanwhile, unseasonably high and low temperatures hit east and west US

Al Jazeera

Is Africa still ‘neutral’ a year into the Ukraine war?

Since Russia’s invasion, many African governments have officially not taken sides. But for some, that may be changing.

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Daily Mirror

Travel-mad baby has gone to 24 countries in 20 months - and visited 11 in the womb

Crusoe Newby was named after the Daniel Defoe castaway book character and has been travelling with his mum and dad since before he was born. Now the family share their adventures with fans on YouTube

Al Jazeera

‘Like slaves’: Zimbabwe farmworkers lash out at work conditions

Farm labourers in Zimbabwe are decrying colonial-era working & living conditions that they say still defines their jobs.

The Guardian - UK

Robert Mugabe’s son charged in Zimbabwe for damaging cars at party

Son of late authoritarian ruler arrested over damage worth £10,000

The Conversation

Zimbabwe’s budget plans open door for growth. But only if high interest rates don't derail them

When Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented the national budget for 2023 to Parliament in November 2022, he placed high emphasis on a raft of initiatives designed to spur strong economic growth and unleash economic transformation. These included financing of infrastructure projects, education, health, value chains and other public investments.

The Times of India

2nd Test: Chase half-century helps West Indies take a commanding lead against Zimbabwe

NEW DELHI: West Indies built a commanding 175-run first innings lead against Zimbabwe despite rain interruptions on the second day of the second Test on Monday. The visitors still have two first innings wickets left to push their lead further on day three.

Irish Mirror

Christy Kinahan 'being protected by corrupt politicians' in African hideout

Reports in Zimbabwe say he is spending more and more time in the troubled state as he tries to stay ahead of a major international manhunt for him and his gangster sons Daniel, 43, and 41-year-old Christopher Jnr.

Dublin Live

Christy Kinahan being 'shielded by corrupt politician' in Zimbabwe

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