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The Latest Breaking News from Zimbabwe

India set to tour Zimbabwe for three ODIs

NEW DELHI: India are set to tour Zimbabwe for a three-match ODI series next month.

The Times of India

Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to miss white-ball tour of Zimbabwe

DHAKA (Bangladesh): After the conclusion of the Test series against West Indies, Shakib Al Hasan will skip Bangladesh's white-ball tour of Zimbabwe.

The Times of India

‘It’s a hard sport to leave’: Derek Chisora suppresses ‘sad’ thoughts of retirement as Kubrat Pulev awaits

Exclusive interview: The heavyweight on being a ‘first-aider’ in Zimbabwe, training with ‘racists’ in London, and his rematch with Pulev

The Independent UK

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Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe's forgotten intellectual and leader

Ndabaningi Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the militant liberation organisation that fought against white minority rule that he led for a decade before being…

The Conversation

Book on Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe's legacy has many flaws

Development studies professor David Moore’s new book, Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe, attempts to understand the legacy of Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017, when he lost power in a military coup.

The Conversation

The deadly quest by Zimbabwe’s poorest for a few grams of golden hope

The clinking sound of metal tools hacking against rocks along the dry riverbed shatters the serenity of the pristine Bhuka mountains of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. A small group of women and children dressed in shabby brown clothes busily dig in the rich soil, using the most rudimentary utensils to look for…

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: Under Biden, US promotes abortion abroad

Even as pro-life Americans celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration has been busy promoting abortion abroad.

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‘Our only livelihood’: Zimbabwean fishing communities fear for future as stocks dwindle

The country’s first women’s fishing co-operative has made a good living on Lake Kariba for a decade, but global heating, overfishing and lower rainfall now mean that catches are becoming increasingly sparse

The Guardian - UK

UN Security Council renews mandate of MINUSMA peacekeeping force

The UN Security Council has voted to renew the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Mali despite the loss of air support from France. Also, healthcare workers in Zimbabwe are heading out on strike, demanding a tenfold increase of their wages and threatening to strike again if their demands are…

France 24

Investors excited by Zimbabwe plan to mint gold to curb inflation

President Mnangagwa is reportedly desperate to shed some of the legacy economic problems his administration inherited.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe healthcare workers temporarily call off wage strike

Zimbabwean healthcare workers halted a five-day-old pay strike and returned to work on Saturday, but union leaders warned they would resume the walkout if the government failed to make an improved wage offer within two weeks.

Reuters

1983 World Cup win anniversary: 'Let's fight it out' - Balwinder Sandhu and Madan Lal recall Kapil Dev's golden words

NEW DELHI: 'Let's fight it out, guys', India captain Kapil Dev said loudly while entering the dressing room after India posted 183 runs on the board in the epic 1983 World Cup final against the mighty West Indies. And, the rest as they say is history.

The Times of India

S2,EP21: Nigeria's okada ban, Sudan's mental health, & child gold mining in Zimbabwe

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Lagos, the okada ban is giving commuters and taxi drivers a major headache; Sudan's youth are on the streets for the revolution but it's taking a toll on their mental…

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria's latest lithium find: some key questions answered

High-grade lithium has been discovered in Nigeria. In 2019 the total production volume of lithium, not high grade, in Nigeria reached 50 metric tons This is small compared to Zimbabwe which produced 1,200 metric tons the same year. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked geologist Ibrahim Garba for his insights.

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The Independent UK

Nurses at Zimbabwe's public hospitals strike for better pay

Striking nurses and other health workers have brought Zimbabwe’s government hospitals to a near standstill, straining a once vibrant public health system now plagued by a lack of medicines and basic supplies such as gloves

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe healthcare workers strike over wages, inflation crisis

Public health workers and other civil servants are demanding salaries in US dollars as inflation hits 132 percent.

Reuters

Zimbabwe health workers strike after rejecting 100% pay rise

Zimbabwean health workers went on strike on Monday after rejecting a 100% wage hike offer last week, pressing their demand for payment in U.S. dollars as the local currency slumps.

The Independent UK

British Army veteran ‘living in fear’ as he fights deportation threat after 20 years living in UK

Father-of-two Joram Nechironga hopes to launch judicial review against Home Office decision

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British Army veteran ‘living in fear’ as he fights deportation threat

Joram Nechironga, who served in Iraq, is hoping to launch a judicial review against the Home Office decision.

Reuters

Zimbabwe nurses to start strike on Monday over pay

Zimbabwean nurses unions said on Thursday their members would strike next week to protest at poor salaries and working conditions, the second walk-out by nurses since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Al Jazeera

In Zimbabwe, reporter’s conviction sparks fears of renewed abuse

In 2022, Zimbabwe was ranked 137th on the World Press Freedom Index, seven places lower than the year before.

The Independent UK

As Rwanda hosts Commonwealth summit, bloc's role questioned

Expectations are high in Rwanda as the East African nation prepares to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit

Liverpool Echo

'Football crazy' L8 man creates Liverpool's own 'World Cup' tournament

Fans, teams and managers from different backgrounds come together to celebrate football

The Guardian - UK

Journalist conviction in Zimbabwe a ‘travesty of justice’, say campaigners

Media freedom groups say New York Times reporter’s verdict reflects press clampdown as election looms

Reuters

Zimbabwe court convicts, fines New York Times freelancer

A Zimbabwean freelance reporter working for the New York Times was on Tuesday convicted and fined after he was accused of obtaining fake accreditation documents for two of the U.S. newspaper's journalists on a visit, his lawyer said.

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