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Green Finance: The Key to Unlocking Africa’s Vast Potential and Combating Climate Change

Op Ed by Professor Mthuli Ncube, Zimbabwe Minister of Finance Climate change disproportionately impacts low-emitting countries, including those in Africa. Despite contributing minimally to global emissions, Africa faces severe climate events that outstrip its capacity to adapt. To bolster climate action, the international community has committed to providing finance, technology and capacity-building support to developing […]

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Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Freed After 595 Days Behind Bars

Prolonged, Abusive Detention Underscores Justice System Concerns On Tuesday, a Zimbabwe court sentenced opposition politician Job Sikhala to a suspended two-year prison term after being convicted earlier in January of inciting public violence. Sikhala had been arrested and detained on June 14, 2022. This week’s sentencing means he will be freed after being jailed for […]

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5 Things to Do in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a stunning African country, with lush national parks, stunning rivers and waterfalls, diverse wildlife and so much more. There are a million things you can do in Zimbabwe, but we’re only going to take a look at 5 of them. If you’re planning a trip to this African country and you don’t know where to […]

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Zimbabwe: African Development Bank Approves $25 Million Trade Finance Line Of Credit For Central Africa Building Society

The facility, which would finance approximately $175 million of trade over a three-and-a-half-year period, marks the African Development Bank’s fourth private sector intervention in Zimbabwe The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org/en) has approved a $25 million trade finance line of credit facility to the Central Africa Building Society of Zimbabwe, […]

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Zimbabwe Is Set To Host The Inaugural Africa Investment Leaders Forum & Awards In June 2024

Zimbabwe is set to host the inaugural Africa Investment Leaders Forum & Awards in June 2024, an event that promises to bring together investors, influential leaders, CEOs, industry experts, policymakers, government officials, and other key stakeholders from across the African continent and worldwide. The announcement was made during a press conference on 18 December 2023 […]

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Zimbabwe Court Frees Opposition Leader

Authorities Should Cease Malicious Prosecution of Opponents Zimbabwe’s High Court on Monday set aside the conviction and sentence of the human rights activist and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume, freeing him from the prison he entered in April. On April 28, 2023, a magistrate court in Harare had sentenced Ngarivhume to four years in prison, with […]

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Ethiopian Airlines’ New Routes Set To Soar As Zimbabwe Kicks Off Tourism Extravaganza

In a highly anticipated and strategic move, Ethiopian Airlines is poised to inaugurate its flight routes from London Gatwick to various Southern African destinations on the 21st of November, 2023. This expansion comes at a pivotal juncture, aligning seamlessly with the proactive efforts of the Zimbabwean government to bolster its tourism sector. The timing of […]

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Zimbabwe Opposition Parliament Member Allegedly Abducted Tortured

Zimbabwe Opposition Parliament Member Allegedly Abducted, Tortured

Authorities Should Urgently, Impartially, and Transparently Investigate Attacks On Wednesday, Takudzwa Ngadziore, an opposition member of parliament in Zimbabwe, alleged he was being abducted and tortured. The 24-year-old member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) recorded himself on Facebook live describing that he was being chased. A man wielding a military assault rifle is […]

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Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times For Women In Zimbabwe

By Marko Phiri Zimbabwe’s ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country’s natural resources, with the fisheries taking some of the most felt battering. Amidst challenges brought by economic hardships, fisheries—for long imagined to be an infinite resource by hawkers and fishermen—are providing women with livelihoods against odds brought by climate […]

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Elections in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Repression, Violence Loom over August Election

Abusive Laws, Partisan Government Agencies Undermine Free, Fair Vote Zimbabwe authorities have failed to take necessary steps to ensure that the general election slated for August 23, 2023, meets international standards for free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 44-page report, “‘Crush Them Like Lice’: Repression of Civil and Political […]

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