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Funds dwindling for HIV/AIDS fight in Zimbabwe
The U.S. has provided over $1 billion in the past 5 years to Zimbabwe's fight against HIV/AIDS, but experts say reduced funding may hamper the African country's target of ending the epidemic by 2030....Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 13:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers turn to maggots to survive drought
At first, the suggestion to try farming maggots spooked Mari Choumumba and other farmers in Nyangambe, a region in southeastern Zimbabwe where drought wiped out the staple crop of corn.After m...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:28hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
South Africa submits main legal claim to the top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations' top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide aga...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:21hrs | 410 | by Associated Press
UN court to rule Friday in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
The United Nations' top court will issue a decision Friday on South Africa's request for interim orders in a genocide case against Israel, including that Israel halt its offensive in Gaza.The ...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak kills more than 400 in Zambia
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Russia and China are lifting sanctions against North Korea?
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the geopolitical climate had changed completely since the United Nations imposed sanctions on North Korea, and he accused the West of breaking ...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 18:19hrs | 1 | by Reuters
World Bank says no new funding to Uganda over sexual deviance law
The World Bank said it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African country earlier this year enacted an anti-gay bill that rights groups and others have condemned.The World Ba...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he stands in solidarity with Putin over Ukraine war
Zimbabwe stands in solidarity with Russia as it wages war on Ukraine, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.In comments that will anger we...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
U.S. sanctions take center stage in Zimbabwe elections
When Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's long-time despot, lost power in a 2017 military coup, many Zimbabweans took to the streets, celebrating what they hoped would be the beginning of a new chapter.M...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
We have neglected Manicaland for too long Mr President Sir
On the 24th of June 2023, the President and First secretary of Zanu-PF, Cde ED Mnangagwa, will launch the Zanu PF campaign foundation upon which this year’s election bid will be built upon in Chipin...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 16:29hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
US envoy says Russian ship picked up arms in South Africa
The United States envoy to South Africa said on Thursday he was confident that a Russian ship had picked up weapons in South Africa, in a possible breach of Pretoria's declared neutrality in the Ukrai...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meaningless ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin
The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukrai...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:14hrs | | by AP
Zimbabwe on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history
Zimbabwe says it is on the brink of its biggest wheat harvest in history, thanks in large part to efforts to overcome food supply problems caused by the war in Ukraine. But bush fires and impending ra...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abstains from inflammatory UN vote condemning Russia
Zimbabwe on Wednesday joined 34 other countries that abstained from a United Nations vote to condemn Russia's "attempted illegal annexation" of four partially occupied regions in Ukraine.The U...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 20:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Putin's war sends global food prices skyrocketing
Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is contributing to rising food prices and threatening food supplies around the world. In Ukraine, Russia's forces have destroyed farms, bombed warehou...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:45hrs | 13 | by Leigh Hartman, ShareAmerica Correspondent
Zimbabwe voted against suspension of Russia from top human rights body
ZIMBABWE is part of a club of independent nations, including eight other African states and countries like China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Syria and Russia itself, that voted against a United Nations ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Useless UN Rights Chief tells Russia to stop war in Ukraine immediately
The U.N. high commissioner for human rights on Wednesday called Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine and stop the war that she said had caused immeasurable suffering and grief for mi...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The end of the Petrodollar and the rise of the Petroyuan
A "Petrodollar" is a U.S. Dollar obtained through the sale of crude oil, i.e. it's a term created particularly to describe the situation of the OPEC countries, where the sale of this commodity allows ...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 10 | by Hugo Martins | Analyst
MDC Alliance 'Empty Heads' - Analysts
The MDC Alliance's rant over preliminary findings presented by the UN Rapporteur has been described by experts as the highest level of political naivety meant to justify the party's sanctions crusade....Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:25hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
UN envoy suggests that United States lift sanctions against Zimbabwe
A United Nations special envoy on Thursday urged the United States to end sanctions that she says have worsened Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, while urging dialogue to end the impasse between the two...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of Covid-19 vaccination
When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-y...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:20hrs | | by AP
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
Sanctions: The unfair comparison between Zimbabwe and Rhodesia
MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions to drive the narrative that Rhodesia had more stringent sanctions that they managed better than Zimbabwe is ma...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
An Attack on Dr Guduza - MLF President by Nomazulu Thata
Dear Mam ThataI finished reading your article on Bulawayo24, which was paraded as an Open Letter to Dr Guduza, MLF President. Your response was a reaction to an article, that Dr Guduza had written...Published: 23 May 2021 at 18:46hrs | 4 | by CK Nyoni
Mnangagwa's govt votes against resolution to stop genocide
Zimbabwe inscribed its name on the "Wall of Shame" at the United Nations on Tuesday, voting against a U.N. General Assembly measure that seeks to protect vulnerable populations against "genocide, war ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malawi burns AstraZeneca doses donated by South Africa
Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines, defying calls not to do so from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.M...Published: 19 May 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Obama's step-grandmother dies
Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.Mama Sarah, as the s...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:53hrs | | by AP
UN 'concerned' about Mnangagwa using COVID-19 as pretext to crack down on dissent
The United Nations Human Rights Office says it is "concerned" by a new Human Rights Watch report that says Zimbabwe's government is using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on freedom of...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vaccine nationalism puts world on brink of 'catastrophic moral failure'
The world is on the brink of "catastrophic moral failure" in sharing Covid-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organisation said on Monday, urging countries and manufacturers to spread doses mor...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pope Francis begin Southern Africa visit this week, not coming to Zimbabwe though
Pope Francis arrived late for his weekly address in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, explaining that he had been stuck in an elevator in the Vatican for 25 minutes and had to be freed by firefighters....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Reuters
2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair
Global Aid Missions Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organization that supports people with Albinism will be hosting its 2nd Annual Albinism Health Fair on Saturday 22nd of June at the Harare Gardens. The...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by GAM
Western Union struggles to pay out customers in Zimbabwe
Western Union Co (WU.N), the world's biggest money-transfer company, is struggling to pay out customers in Zimbabwe. The foreign currency crisis in Zimbabwe has adversely affected operations at most o...Published: 22 May 2019 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
When will Zanu-PF admit that it has failed the people of Zimbabwe?
The narrative that economic sanctions have hurt Zimbabwe is a false notion, a fallacy .The only sanction is failure to access loans from The Bretton Woods Institutions by the government and purchase o...Published: 15 May 2019 at 05:18hrs | | by AT Kadada
Alleluia Ministries International gathers R1 Million for Mozambique cyclone survivors
Hundreds of rural communities were plunged into food crisis after Cyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique on March 14, humanitarian workers say. The Mozambique government estimates that more than...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 22:27hrs | | by Ray Mwareya
Do cracks in the ground in Chimanimani prove seismic activity before cyclone?
Pictures have emerged which appear to support claims by survivors of a deadly cyclone in eastern Zimbabwe that there was some seismic activity before heavy rains and winds swept in from Mozambique on ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:37hrs | | by zimlive
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's military says Cyclone Idai death toll to exceed 500
The final death toll from Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe will exceed 500, officials said on Tuesday as it was revealed that dozens of bodies from Zimbabwe had washed up in neighbouring Mozambique.Lo...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | | by ZimLive
Here's how Zimbabwe plans to raise $350 million
Zimbabwe expects to raise $350 million from selling shares in five state-owned telecommunications companies and a bank, as part of economic reforms being pursued by the government, Finance Minister Mt...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:30hrs | | by Reuters
Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings
Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's n...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rolls on HPV vaccination for girls
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has announced dates for human papillomavirus vaccination for girls aged between 10 and 14.The mass vaccination programme will run from 14 to 18 May....Published: 10 May 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Byo24News Reporter
400 000 undergo cervical cancer screening
United Nations Population Fund has screened more than 400 000 women since it embarked on the National Cervical Screening Programme, UN senior staffer has said.Launching the Human Papillomaviru...Published: 02 May 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Gukurahundi: Walking in the deathly shadows of Kigali and Banjul
Should the architects of the Gukurahundi atrocities committed in Matabeleland and Midlands face legal action in an independent court of law convened in Zimbabwe, Africa or abroad? On May 30, 2016, His...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
UN to assist Zimbabwean family stranded for months at airport in Bangkok
BANGKOK - The United Nations said it is working to assist a Zimbabwean family of eight who have been living in a Bangkok airport for months because they fear persecution in their home country....Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by UPI
'Mnangagwa must be confronted' - Nyongolo
Habakkuk Trust director Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo has urged the citizens to confront the new Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa with several demands before its too late."The people's demand...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jake
Mugabe suffers Mubarak Ceausescu shame
THE army has taken President Robert Mugabe and his wife into custody, triggering speculation of a military coup, though the military's supporters called it as a "bloodless correction." It wasn't clear...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Associated Press
WHO boss must be probed for 'immorally' awarding Mugabe
UN Watch, a non-governmental human rights group, welcomed the WHO's cancellation of its "absurd, immoral and insulting" appointment of Robert Mugabe as goodwill ambassador but called for a full, indep...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN should investigate 'suspect' appointment of Mugabe
GENEVA, Switzerland - The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch welcomed the WHO's cancellation of its "absurd, immoral and insulting" appointment of Rob...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by APO
Herald reporters on trips with Mugabe receive $1,000 per day allowance
Despite his advancing years and increasing frailty, 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe shows few signs of losing his love for foreign travel, a predilection that is costing his cash-strapp...Published: 26 May 2017 at 15:27hrs | 1 | by Reuters
Mugabe's daughter reinvents self
FOR 10 years, Zimbabwe's former vice president Joice Mujuru had the ear of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's head of state since 1980.Promoted from the cabinet to vice-president in 2004, Mujuru, 61, s...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 10:57hrs | | by Newsweek magazine
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