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In Zimbabwe, conflict escalates between elephants and humans

Intensified competition for food and water in dry season has resulted in conflicts among the animals, and with humans.

Al Jazeera

Dollar o’clock: Should Zimbabwe axe its faltering currency again?

The southern African state once adopted US dollars as legal tender when hyperinflation rendered its currency worthless.

Al Jazeera

Big rouble in little Europe

Vladimir Putin has knocked over the European Central Bank’s house of cards with his war against Ukraine, and Europe will face difficult monetary conditions for years to come.

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Crystal meth abuse: Zimbabwe’s hidden social time bomb

A young man sprawls on a local drug dealer’s decrepit beige sofa, lights up the bottom of a carefully cut fluorescent light bulb and, using an improvised pipe, takes a deep puff of the small rock of cheap synthetic methamphetamine, known as crystal meth.

Radio France Internationale

How informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe shape notions of citizenship

Since the late 1990s, as companies in Zimbabwe have shut down and laid off workers due to the country’s economic crisis, people have resorted to the informal sector to earn a living. It is estimated that 90% of Zimbabweans now have informal sector livelihoods.

The Conversation

S2,EP 17: Zimbabwe's crystal meth problem, Cameroon's drum artisans & Benin rejoices return of looted art

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Zimbabwe, drug abuse, and using crystal meth in particular, has taken hold among the youth of Masvingo; drum-making artisans are trying to preserve their craft in Cameroon, and Benin is…

Radio France Internationale

Zimbabwe's tobacco rebounds amid worries over health, labor

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers

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Asylum seeker left in cruel limbo for 18 years by Home Office

Letter: A reader deplores the way one Zimbabwean asylum seeker has been treated

The Guardian - UK

Changes in sub-Saharan maize trade spell potential trouble for Kenya

Maize production in some of the sub-Saharan African countries that dominated maize supplies during the 2021/22 marketing year is expected to be lower this coming season. This will bring about some changes in the sub continent’s maize trade in the 2022/23 marketing year, in particular creating complications for Kenya. In…

The Conversation

Zimbabwean youths find cheap highs in used diapers, sanitary pads

Experts say the prevalent drug abuse highlights a lack of social nets as Zimbabwe’s economy continues to tank.

Al Jazeera

Glasgow toddler drowned in garden while visiting grandparents in tragic accident

TJ Mathe, who lived in Knightswood, was visiting his grandparents in Zimbabwe when the tragedy occurred. Tributes have now been paid to the three-year-old, with a fundraiser launched for his heartbroken parents.

Glasgow Live

Tragedy as Scots toddler found drowned in garden while visiting grandparents in Zimbabwe

TJ Mathe, from Knightswood, Glasgow, was found unresponsive after having drowned in rain water in an unused pool in his grandparents garden on March 30.

Daily Record

Unresolved disappearances, economic misery haunt Zimbabwe at 42

The independence celebrations were held outside Harare to promote inclusion but dredged up memories of repression.

Al Jazeera

Forth Valley Royal Hospital staff welcome six overseas nurses

They'll be joined by a further seven nurses from India and Zimbabwe, who are due to arrive in Forth Valley next month.

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Kenya and Zimbabwe go into 2023 Africa Cup draw, despite bans

Kenya and Zimbabwe will be included in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw on Tuesday in Johannesburg, despite being banned by world governing body Fifa because of political interference in football.

The Guardian - UK

Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo review – an Orwellian satire in Africa

Animal Farm provides the inspiration for an imaginative allegorical tale about tyranny in Zimbabwe

The Conversation

Policies must reflect why Zimbabwe's small tobacco farmers use trees for firewood

Zimbabwe is the largest tobacco producer in Africa and in 2018, the crop accounted for about 10% of the country’s gross domestic product. Zimbabwe’s hopes to become an upper middle-income economy by 2030, therefore, depend quite heavily on the tobacco sector.

The Independent UK

On this day in 2009: Andy Flower appointed England team director

The former Zimbabwe international would lead England to three Ashes series wins.

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Coming soon: a bench to help make new friends

“Friendship benches” where Londoners can talk to a health volunteer about anxiety, depression and other concerns could be installed beside Tube stations, shops and cafes.

Daily Mirror

Manchester Airport passenger arrives 13 hours early for flight after queuing chaos

Tim Samunyai "panicked" at chaotic scenes of long queues for security and crowded check-in halls so decided to show up for his flight to Zimbabwe more than half a day early

Daily Mirror

Kent prospect hopeful of England future after fleeing Zimbabwe over mum's Mugabe protest

Tawanda Muyeye left Zimbabwe as a teenager after his mother was forced to flee to the UK and seek asylum due to fears over her safety

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabweans abroad switch to food delivery apps to help family at home

As food prices soar, Zimbabwe’s diaspora are opting for delivery services rather than money transfers to help hard-hit relatives

The Conversation

A street art mural in Zimbabwe exposes a divided society

The Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe’s two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial state by the ruling Shona-dominated government “in its drive to destroy Ndebele particularism”. He explains, “This sets in motion the current…

Daily Mirror

Fisherman attacked by four crocodiles miraculously survives after friends rush to help

Alexander Chimedza managed to plunge his hand into the mouth of one of the crocodiles which attacked him as he was fishing in Zimbabwe while his quick-thinking friends threw stones at it

Al Jazeera

How cricket is at a crossroads in Zimbabwe

Poor infrastructure, absence of club cricket, lack of funding and corruption allegations have all affected the sport.

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