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Foreign exchange: several African countries have a shortage of US dollars - why this happens and how to fix it

A number of African countries, including Kenya, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia, are currently experiencing shortages of US dollars. The dollar is the dominant currency in international transactions. These countries rely on the US currency to pay for foreign debts, essential goods and industrial inputs. Development economist Christopher Adam…

The Conversation

Zimbabwe to investigate gold smuggling after Al Jazeera expose

In a four-part investigative series, Al Jazeera exposes gold smuggling from Zimbabwe involving high-ranking officials.

Al Jazeera

Opposition feels police heat ahead of voting in Zimbabwe

With a presidential election expected in July, government critics report clampdown on freedom of association, movement.

Al Jazeera

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Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fitted into southern Africa’s first city, 800 years ago

Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realising its historical significance. It was on and around this hill that what appears to be southern…

The Conversation

How China is winning the race for Africa’s lithium

The country already dominates processing of the metal for use in electric vehicle batteries and is now investing heavily in mines, leaving western operators scrambling to keep up

Financial Times

Who are the Gold Mafia? A cigarette don and a man named ‘Dollars’

Al Jazeera infiltrates some of Southern Africa’s biggest smuggling gangs laundering gold and millions of dollars.

Al Jazeera

How Zimbabwe uses gold smuggling to evade sanctions choke

Al Jazeera infiltrates gold smuggling gangs that help Zimbabwe’s government secure dollars amid sanctions.

Al Jazeera

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Zimbabweans outraged by Al Jazeera exposé on gold smuggling elite

An Al Jazeera investigation exposed several individuals linked to the government who are involved in gold smuggling.

Al Jazeera

Many rely on radio broadcasts in Zimbabwe and across Africa

In many Western countries, conventional radio has been overtaken by streaming, podcasts and on-demand content accessed via smartphones and computers

The Independent UK

'What can we do?': Millions in African countries need power

The electricity shortages that plague many of Africa’s 54 countries are a serious drain on the continent’s economic growth

The Independent UK

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

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.

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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

Reuters

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.

Leeds Live

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

Belfast Live

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

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The Independent UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Conversation

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.

France 24

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…

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

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…

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