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Iran to halt cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog

Western European nations' move to reimpose sanctions has derailed a recent monitoring agreement, Tehran has saidIran's top security body has announced the suspension of nuclear cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…

Published: 22 Sep 2025 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

UN General Assembly Vote exposes deep cracks in SADC unity

The UN General Assembly's (UNGA) resounding vote on 12 September 2025 to endorse the historic "New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution" should have been …

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 17:38hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

UN overwhelmingly approves Palestinian statehood resolution

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution advanced by France and Saudi Arabia on Friday, which supports the advancement of an "irreversible" path to Palestinian statehood.The resolution was approved by a majority of 142 countries, with…

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 16:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to launch Zimbabwe's bid for UN Security Council seat

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will this Tuesday afternoon officially launch Zimbabwe's campaign for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2027–2028 at the Harare International Conference …

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

UN calls on Zimbabwe to curb illicit financial flows

The United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinator in Zimbabwe, Edward Kallon, has urged the government to take urgent measures to curb illicit financial flows (IFFs), warning that billions of dollars are being lost to money launderi…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe continues to bid for non-permanent seat on UN Council

As Zimbabwe's term as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) comes to a close, the country is being recognised for its active engagement in advancing peace and security across the region - with a particular focus on the…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi to protest at UN Office in Pretoria

The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to stage a demonstration outside the United Nations (UN) offices in Pretoria this Friday, July 4, as the party intensifies its calls for justice over the Gukurahundi atrocities and presses ahead wi…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

UN in Zimbabwe to investigate women, girl rights situation

The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls will be visiting Zimbabwe from June 28 to July 8, 2025, as part of its global mission to assess the state of rights, protections, and challenges facing women and gi…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

India backs Zimbabwe's UN Security Council seat bid

India has officially endorsed Zimbabwe's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2027 to 2028 term, bolstering Harare's campaign for enhanced global representation.The endorsement was made public …

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter

UN humanitarian agency set to lay off staff in Zimbabwe

The United Nations' emergency and disaster response agency will reduce its global workforce by 20% and scale back operations in nine countries, as it confronts a severe funding crisis and escalating global needs, it announced on Friday.In …

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi petitions UN over Zanu-PF oppression

The Matabeleland secessionist group, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has petitioned the United Nations (UN) and other international bodies, accusing the Zanu-PF-led government of committing crimes against humanity since Zimbabwe's independ…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

UN General Assembly to debate sanctions on Zimbabwe

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to formally debate the impact of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States, following the submission of two critical reports by the UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coer…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:58hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter

Netanyahu orders UN to evacuate Lebanon peacekeepers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw UNIFIL peacekeepers from southern Lebanon, adding that by remaining there they are "providing a human shield to Hezbollah terrorists…

Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 15:33hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter

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 decision is a preliminary stage of a case filed…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cholera outbreak jolts UN

ZIMBABWE's cholera death toll and confirmed cases have jumped beyond the anticipated threshold, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned.In a statement dated December 5, OCHA expressed concern over the …

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa back home from United Nations summit

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned to Zimbabwe from New York, USA, where he attended the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (#UNGA78). During the UN General Assembly conference, he engaged with various political and…

Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

UN urges Zimbabwe govt to open up space for regime change NGOs

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker TÃ¼rk has implored the Zanu-PF government to respect, protect and expand civic space to ensure that citizens are free to express themselves.TÃ¼rk made the call in a statement hig…

Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to take UN's advice

OUTSPOKEN Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to disregard parliament's consent and take the United Nations (UN)'s advice not to sign the Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO) bill into law.The bill now aw…

Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

UN warns Mnangagwa

United Nations (UN) experts have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against signing the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Bill into law saying it will infringe the fundamentals of human rights.By enacting this legislation, authorities …

Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'We're a friend to all, an enemy to none'

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, HIS EXCELLENCY, DR E. D. MNANGAGWA, AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, USA ON THE 22ND OF SEPTEMBER 2022It…

Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:50hrs | 14 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

South Africa 'on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence', UN experts warn

NEW YORK: A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenophobia, racism and hate speech aimed at mi…

Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

UN to investigate negative impact of sanctions - political oppression hurts worse than sanctions

UN special rapporteur Alena Douhan, from Belarus, is expected to be in Zimbabwe from on October 18 to 28 at the invitation of government."She is currently seeking the views of all relevant stakeholders to inform the thematic and geographic…

Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai

UN probes Zimbabwe sanctions

THE United Nations (UN) will deploy a special rapporteur to Zimbabwe to probe the impact of sanctions on the country and determine if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was not using them as a scapegoat to the prevailing economic cr…

Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Econet boss lands top UN post

United Nations Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Guterres has appointed Econet Wireless chief operating officer Fayaz King as Assistant Secretary General and will serve at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).King succeeds Shanelle Hall as…

Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa invites UN special envoy

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will dispatch a high-level rapporteur to Zimbabwe before the end of this month on a fact-finding mission following the January violent protests, which were instigated by t…

Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's UN performance shames detractors

The hatched plan by the MDC-Alliance supporters in the United States to humiliate President Mnangagwa, through demonstrations during the just-ended 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly in the United States, miserabl…

Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba

Shameless Mnangagwa in UN trip of lies

THE MDC is irked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's misrepresentation of the Zimbabwean situation in front of the whole world in a shameless attempt to sugar coat his limited capacity.The best way to move forward is to correctly define and …

Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:00hrs | | by Bekhithemba Mpofu

UN should arrange emergency elections in Zimbabwe

[Extract from briefing to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutterres delivered by Ken Sibanda Esq]Dear Sir:No grievance can justify the unconstitutional removal of a government, even if it's Mr. Mugabe on the receiving end on the b…

Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Ken Sibanda

Mugabe's latest jaunt a disGrace

President Robert Mugabe is in New York on yet another useless jaunt where there are no prospects of him returning home with something that can lift the spirits of a country in economic turmoil.Mugabe, as usual, took a plane load of hangers…

Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 14:01hrs | | by comment

Call for UN action on Zimbabwe

With Zimbabwe now in the dangerous pre-election stage, the Vigil is submitting a petition to the UN Secretary General calling for action to avert violence and ensure a level playing field.The petition reads: 'With mounting unrest in Zimbab…

Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 20:29hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil

UN reforms: President Mugabe on a right track

"The UN is a body that encompasses the countries of the world. For him (President Mugabe) to say that he wants to form a splinter organisation, it shows that he is not normal," said Obert Gutu the MDC-T spokesperson in an interview with th…

Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 13:19hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani

Whose interests are you serving Mr President?

Dear Editor'I was shocked when I read a story online where President Mugabe was calling for other African leaders to join him in castigating the UN for failing to make reforms to the Security Council and want the African region to pull out…

Published: 27 Sep 2016 at 12:41hrs | | by Muchongwe, Kufa

Yes to dialogue, no to sanctions

Statements by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, R.G. Mugabe, to the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly debate and on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting of the 71st UN General Assembly on Anti-microbial Resi…

Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 07:42hrs | 900 | by Robert G Mugabe

UN security counsel resolution on Zimbabwe necessary

" The gunfire around us, makes its difficult to hear. But the human voice is different, - among the sounds. It can be heard over voices that bury everything else! Even when it's not shouting. Even, when it's jus' a whisper. Even, the lowes…

Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 17:09hrs | 2 | by Ken Sibanda

Urgent Letter to Secretary General of the UN Mr. Ban Ki Moon

His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki MoonUrgent UN meeting to address the emerging political crisis and the socio-economic crisis that has been for a decade in Zimbabwe- President Robert Mugabe needs to be retired now.https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U…

Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 05:29hrs | 3 | by Hanningtobn Mubaiwa

Progress towards gender parity still slow, uneven

It's been 20 years since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a historic roadmap that set the agenda for realizing women's rights, was signed by 189 governments. While there have been many achievements since then, several pledg…

Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Zipporah Musau

Africa wants equal partners

Interview with Maged Abdelaziz, UN secretary-general's special adviser on AfricaIn 2012 the United Nations General Assembly created a mechanism to monitor commitments made by African countries and their partners to improve Africa's economi…

Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Kingsley Ighobor

Reasons why Zimbabwe sent the UN team back to New York

Nothing better explains the wisdom behind the Government's rejection of the UN's intrusive conditionality for the funding of the forthcoming harmonised elections than the instructive UN folklore that "if there is a problem between a weak n…

Published: 21 Apr 2013 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Professor Jonathan Moyo MP

UN rights chief should press Mugabe on rights abuses

Zimbabweans hope that the planned visit to Zimbabwe by the UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay will help put the country's human rights record under the spotlight. During her five-day visit starting on 20 May, Ms Pillay is expected to…

Published: 09 May 2012 at 10:00hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Palestinians should be allowed UN membership

The time has come for the United Nations to allow the people of Palestine, full membership of the world body so that they can join UN agencies and sign international treaties enabling them to challenge occupation by Israel such as via the …

Published: 26 Sep 2011 at 05:10hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

Crucifying the innocent, feting Barabas

Well the UN General Assembly is underway and nowhere was Robert Copper's dream of a world of double standards evident than at this great gathering of animals great and small.To those who may not have heard of Robert Cooper. He was former B…

Published: 21 Sep 2011 at 07:21hrs | | by Caesar Zvayi

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Richard Mdluli seeks to address claims at Ad Hoc Committee

It is no longer a Zanu-PF factional fight

Timba demands clarity on Zanu-PF's Resolution 1

Sex workers want to be called pleasure managers

Mines flagged in under-declaration of expatriates salaries

Unregistered professionals banned from drawing building plans

Ibbo Mandaza permitted a panelist to peddle fabricated rhetoric

Locating Chiwenga's conference speech in Zanu-PF's moment of reflection

Zanu-PF pushes for scrapping of the 2% IMTT

Zanu-PF orders legal steps to extend Mnangagwa’s term

Anticipated weak La Niña likely drives average to above-average rainfall in Zimbabwe

Chivayo releases another US$250,000 to Bosso

ED has failed civil servants: Mutami

UK family's move to Zimbabwe brings peace, happiness, & balance

Great Zimbabwe University radio presenter collapses and dies

Chiwenga warns Zanu-PF 'fatcats' again

Farmer's double murder trial stalls over gun tests

'Unstoppable Zanu-PF engine of the nation'

Heartless monster caged 50 years

Mombe yaMai project set to transform women's lives

Top CIO officer, Indian national up for stolen BMW

Chiwenga rides hostilities in Mutare

Mnangagwa's 2 moves that surprised delegates

Mliswa proposes Zanu-PF transition Presidium

SARS is in the business of celebrating hollow victories

Mnangagwa, Chiwenga project unity at Zanu-PF conference

Geza's protest call flops

Nkayi village buries murdered mother and her 2 children

'Local authorities driving up property prices'

Police Amendment Bill gazetted

Chiwenga warns Zanu-PF 'fatcats' again

Jonathan Moyo fires back hard, using Jah Prayzah song

Mliswa proposes Zanu-PF transition Presidium

Mnangagwa urges Zanu-PF to prepare for the next elections

Mnangagwa's 2 moves that surprised delegates

UK family's move to Zimbabwe brings peace, happiness, & balance

Zanu-PF orders legal steps to extend Mnangagwa’s term

Great Zimbabwe University radio presenter collapses and dies

Nkayi village buries murdered mother and her 2 children

Mnangagwa's strategy against Chiwenga borrowed from Ramaphosa

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