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Rwanda dumps Central African bloc in dispute with DRC

Rwanda has said it would withdraw from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), underscoring diplomatic tensions in the region over an offensive this year by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo…

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 17:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mature Zambian leader suspends SADC conclusion on DRC elections

SADC'S DRC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION 2023 PRELIMINARY REPORT SUSPENDS ITS CONCLUSION ON RECENT DRC ELECTIONSIn a rare but refreshing display of the kind of institutional maturity which is consistent with the regional body's constructiv…

Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 09:18hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium

Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulation points that no lithium bearing ores,…

Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma

Colonialism is not dead, Your Royal Highness

ON June 8 2022, at the start of his "landmark" six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Belgium's King Philippe expressed regret for the countless "violent acts and humiliations" that his country inflicted on Congolese …

Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Afcon tourney too strong for Cosafa teams

The Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) which is being held in Egypt has proven to be a mammoth for the teams that hail from the southern region of the continent.Out of the five countries that left to represent the region in the Afcon tournament…

Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1610 | by Daniel Itai

Africa Hub of Minerals

The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million kmÂ² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For many African countries, mineral explorati…

Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 14:01hrs | 814 | by Enos Denhere

African Diaspora statement on the Zimbabwean situation and DRC

The ADF joins the long que and list of human rights organisations, and other organisations and institutions in condemning in the strongest and unapologetic sense the senseless murders and brutalisation of the people of Zimbabwe by their ow…

Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda

Things to remember

The craziness in some of us is that we are failing to find a fault in zanu pf and we praise and hero-worship their leadership. We even fail to see the human rights violations they have committed over the years and instead we ask that they …

Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:04hrs | | by Clement Moyo

Chamisa should avoid Angola, DRC path

REPORTS this week that Angolan police arrested former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos' son, JosÃ© Filomeno, over the alleged illegal transfer of US$500 million from state coffers to a Swiss bank account brought to the fore what President…

Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:12hrs | | by Editorial - the independent

More woes for Zimbos in SA

Last Friday's constitutional court verdict in favor of president elect president Emmerson Mnangagwa has left a number of Zimbabweans living in South Africa in limbo.Many of the Zimbabweans in South Africa were looking forward to the end of…

Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 20:04hrs | | by Daniel Itai

Don't be a disgrace to Africa

I appeal to African Observer teams to take our elections seriously. The world is watching. Sham elections must be condemned in the strongest terms. It's high time democratic values are upheld for the sake of integrity of this continent. Ca…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

Mwananga's type of freedom

I am not surprised when someone from DRC, a country that is yet to hold free and democratic elections comments that Zimbabweans have too much freedom which is being abused. Mr observer, when opposition are denied access to state media to r…

Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 18:23hrs | | by Isaac Nkomah

Paul Kagame Transformed Rwanda into middle economy

His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, once said: "In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investments and not aid are major pillars of development."Ordinary Africans have for long been seen as people in need of donation…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Enos Denhere

Mnangagwa's murderous past should not go unpunished and held accountable

The world is sick and tired of politicians who have been getting away with brazen murder - and allowed to go ahead leading nations, as if they have not done anything wrong.Leaders from countries such as Myanmar, Syria, the Democratic Repub…

Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 08:57hrs | | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda

Why Africa deserves the sh*thole tag - part 2

African leaders after being told what the US President thinks of our continent were planning to gang up and ask the US administration to condemn the statement. This is the only time they find common voice albeit for protecting their blotte…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Albert Madya

A basic solution to Zimbabwe problems

Zimbabwean problems were politically created starting from 1980 when the then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe deliberately turned a blind eye to corruption. In the late eighties he lost one of his senior lieutenants, Maurice Nyagumbo, who com…

Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba

UN-AU decry absence of women in peacebuilding activities

A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality Reporting back from a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations deputy secretary-general Amina Mohammed expresse…

Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 18:43hrs | | by Leon Usigbe

Joseph Kabila has violated SADC's founding objectives without consequence

Political instability rocked the Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2016, when Joseph Kabila chose not to stand down as president of the central African nation when his term in office ended. He remained as president of the DRC.â€¨â€¨…

Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

Turning a curse into a blessing: Lessons for Zimbabwe and African countries

The idea that natural resource wealth can support sustainable economic development is widely accepted. Natural resources are, in a way, a stock of natural capital and natural resource availability is seen as pool of wealth. The Southern Af…

Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 11:54hrs | | by Courage Mlambo

Zimbabwe clueless on how to leverage foreign relations

MDC-T deputy secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada has said Zimbabwean authorities have no idea on how to leverage the nation's relations to improve the economy an

Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Zimbabwean exiles: Life in the dark valley between starvation and desperate poverty

A fresh wave of reluctant economic exiles from across the Limpopo River now calls South Africa home. And burrowed deep within a five-kilometre radius of one nondescript shopping mall situated in the heart of Gauteng Province stands an unpl…

Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 09:50hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka

How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila

"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congolese rebels. In fact, Mugabe double-cross…

Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 15:10hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto

Bravery in the DRC, A Zimbabwean fighter pilot recounts

FIGHTING a war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, thousands of miles away from their homeland and sharing trenches with unpredictable allies who crossed the floor in the heat of the storm, Zimbabwean soldiers went through an experience t…

Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 13:01hrs | | by Tawanda Kanhema

Hostility between the DRC and Rwanda

The conflict between Rwanda and the DR Congo has become too complex, too complicated and ever- escalating to be resolved by member states and international community. Shifting blames on basis of ethnic affiliation has become the driving fo…

Published: 05 Aug 2013 at 19:33hrs | | by Louis Gakumba

What if Rwanda declared war on the DRC?

After the publication of the report from the U.N Group of Experts on the Congo crisis, in which Rwanda was accused of supporting the M23, a rebel group fighting in the eastern Congo Democratic, Rwanda has been under tremendous pressure to …

Published: 02 Jan 2013 at 19:51hrs | 3538 | by Louis Gakumba

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Zimbabwe among countries losing the most purchasing power

Mutsvangwa tells aspirants to wait for 2027 congress

Fidelity expects record gold deliveries

Mashayamombe resurfaces in Zanu-PF leadership structures

Zimbabwe outlines payment framework for white ex-farmers

20 ZiG change dispute ends in tragedy

Bus operators challenge Zimra's 'inland borders'

Couple in court for alleged US$60,000 fake NRZ tender scam

War veterans blast Tagwirei

Chiwenga to represent Mnangagwa at G20 Summit

Fight for MDC offices spills to High Court

Zimbabwe deploys new vehicle inspection fleet in safety push

Mutsvangwa slams 'overzealous' Tagwirei

Zimbabwean migrant workers' families separated by Ireland reunification policy

Mbare seed scam

Chiwenga, Tagwirei must undergo taining at Chitepo Ideological College

Advocate Thabani Mpofu dismisses conflict of interest allegations

Women who remove ribs have a high risk of lung malfunction

Zimbabwe police roll out breathalysers, speed cameras

Senator blasts Gwanda Zimra checkpoint

ZIFA blocks PSL bid to suspend relegation

Zimbabwe upgrading national statistics system

Prisons officer death opens can of worms

Zimbabwe cement prices jump 42%

Prisons officer dies after mob assault

Mnangagwa declares Paul Mwazha a national hero

Man takes pangolin to Mnangagwa

Chiwenga's wife to judge Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand

Zimbabwe is regional leader in tobacco processing

'Chiwenga using the church to amass wealth for himself'?

Jonathan Moyo praises Retired General Sibanda for scandal-free 50-year military career

It's time to tackle the landlord menace

Chiwenga, Tagwirei must undergo taining at Chitepo Ideological College

Will Kudakwashe Tagwirei sail this turbulent boat?

Police dismiss claims of prison escape, clarify suspect fled Plumtree Prison

Senator blasts Gwanda Zimra checkpoint

Zimbabwe launches new airline

Women who remove ribs have a high risk of lung malfunction

Bus operators challenge Zimra's 'inland borders'

Zimbabwean migrant workers' families separated by Ireland reunification policy

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