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The number of tourists visiting Zimbabwe this year has more than tripled, a trade official said Monday as entrepreneurs tried to lure investors to the troubled southern African country.
Defense lawyers for a top prime minister's aide can raise torture allegations at his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday in a case that has shaken Zimbabwe's troubled coalition government.
Investigators for the world's diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.
Zimbabwe's state media say a man allegedly killed three of his children with an ax and wounded two others in what police describe as Zimbabwe's most brutal crime in recent years.
Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.
The United Nations' torture investigator said Wednesday he was stopped by immigration authorities as he tried to enter Zimbabwe in defiance of officials who rescinded his invitation.
Zimbabwe's foreign minister on Friday sharply criticized as "a provocation of the highest order" an attempt by the U.N. torture investigator to visit Zimbabwe and investigate alleged attacks by thugs linked to the ruling party on its opponents.
Aid workers said Wednesday the disarray of the government of Zimbabwe is putting its most vulnerable citizens at risk as hunger and disease threatens to sweep the country.
Zimbabwe's prime minister will be on the road this week asking other leaders in the region to "rescue" the unity government from which he temporarily withdrew, his spokesman said Monday.
The politician whose trial shook Zimbabwe's unity government is free on bail.
Nestle says its Zimbabwe banking is back to normal just days after newspapers reported that the government froze their accounts and ordered an audit after the company stopped buying milk from a farm owned by President Robert Mugabe's wife.
A Zimbabwean official says several top officials and cronies of President Robert Mugabe being sued for torture have been renounced by the state and will not receive legal assistance.
Nestle says it will stop buying milk from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife's farm after facing worldwide boycott threats.
A prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist and eight others are suing the government for $500 million after terror charges against them were dropped because they had been beaten and tortured, their lawyer said Thursday.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe slammed the United States and Europe on Friday for what he called "filthy clandestine antics" for keeping economic sanctions clamped on his authoritarian nation, even though he now presides over a coalition government.
Riot police have prevented shareholders of one of Zimbabwe's largest companies from gathering after a judge issued an order postponing the meeting for two weeks.
Stinking waste flows into the yard from the classroom toilets of B Block. Teachers hold lessons in the shade of trees outside: Much of the schoolroom furniture is piled into heaps of broken wood.
The European Union said Sunday it will not remove sanctions targeting longtime President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists or resume development aid until more is done to implement a year-old power-sharing agreement and restore human rights.
President Robert Mugabe told businessmen Wednesday that their potential investments in Zimbabwe would be safe, while the finance minister announced the country is $5.7 billion in debt.
A Zimbabwe official says 1,500 prisoners are being released across the country under a presidential amnesty program designed to ease overcrowding.
A high-level European Union delegation will visit Zimbabwe later this week — the first such visit since 2002 — to hold talks with top officials, including President Robert Mugabe, the EU said Thursday.
Southern African leaders are calling for an end to sanctions against Zimbabwe.
In a bid to end feuding between Zimbabwe's coalition partners, South African President Jacob Zuma met with President Robert Mugabe and other leaders Friday and appeared cautiously optimistic that their differences could be resolved.
South African President Jacob Zuma will be "more vocal" than his predecessor about bringing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party to task for harassing rival politicians, a South African official said Wednesday.
Zimbabwean doctors have called off a three-week strike over low wages.
Mugabe defends land reforms, attacks West | World news | Chron.com - Houston ChronicleMugabe defends land reforms, attacks West ROME — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe used the U.N. summit on world hunger Tuesday to lash out at the West and defend land reforms blamed for plunging his people into starvation.
Zimbabwe child sexual abuse alertStatistics at a clinic giving free treatment for sexually-abused children in Zimbabwe have revealed an alarming level of sexual abuse.
Pigs don't fly: Air Zimbabwe plane crashes into bushpig on runway It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Authority and the national airline have gone the way of much of Zimbabwe's other frayed institutions.
CA must not be charmed into Chingoka's snake pitPeter Roebuck November 9, 2009: Cricket Australia has found itself in the unenviable position of drawing high praise from Peter Chingoka, the longstanding and wealthy chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). It's a bit like being kissed by a snake.
Wicket not ideal for ODIsApart from the coloured clothing it looked almost like a Test match was going on when Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan operated his slow bowlers with two slip fielders and the men at the silly positions during the fourth one-dayer against Zimbabwe at the Chittagong Divisional S …
Frustration at dire show"Everything is finished even before we settled in our seat.
BBC NEWS | Africa | Anger at Zimbabwe UN envoy snubThe chief UN torture investigator is extremely livid at being turned away in Harare by officials from the Zanu-PF party after he was invited by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, to investigate allegations of torture.
Want prosperity? Index ranks Finland as place to be"For those who value their freedom of expression as much as health, wealth, and prosperity, then Finland is the place to be, with an index ranking the Nordic nation the best in the world.
Raid weakens Zimbabwe's governing coalitionPolice loyal to President Robert Mugabe raided a house used by the prime minister's supporters Saturday and accused them of hoarding weapons in a move that is likely to push Zimbabwe's fragile coalition government closer to collapse.
Zimbabwe's Mark Vermeulen on the road back from arsonist to international cricketerWhen Mark Vermeulen tries to recall that man standing outside the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, the one with a cigarette lighter in his hand and crazy, incendiary thoughts in his head, he cannot picture himself. By Ian Chadband Published: 7:30AM BST 12 Oct 2009
Some long overdue good news from ZimbabweThese last seven days have been something of a luxury, allowing a little peace, space and time into the cricket calendar while the Champions League bubbles away in India. There was one international match yesterday, but it was not the kind that makes headlines.
In a Surprise, Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ... Just 9 months into his TermPresident Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear prolifer …
100,000 protest for press freedom in RomeThe masses gathered today in Rome to protest for the freedom of the press! "Accusations of an anti-Berlusconi bias have spiked since Rai 2 twice invited to its studios a call girl who claims to have accepted money to spend the night with the prime minister.
Nestle to stop buying milk from Mugabe's farmNestle says it will stop buying milk from a farm owned by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's family, who seized it from white farmers under his controversial land reforms.
Mugabe secretly snatches farmsROBERT Mugabe has built a secret farming empire of land seized from at least five white-owned businesses, an investigation by Britain's Daily Telegraph has found.
Bizarre creature born in Africa - Was this a half-man half-goat hybridA bizarre creature has been born in Zimbabwe which looks like a human-goat hybrid! Experts are puzzled by the reports and photos published in African newspapers.
Desperation stalks Zimbabwe's white farmers - CNN.comI came across this story while doing some research on the African farming industry in general and "free trade" agreements between the US and African countries. But after reading this, this little corner of Africa has got some major problems far and beyond trade agreements!
Letter from Africa: Johannesburg's Methodist homeless missionthere are between 3,000 and 3,500 people living in the building, about 85% from Zimbabwe. During the day he encourages them to go out, ideally in search of work, but at night they cram in wherever they can, sleeping on the floors, stairs and pews.
BBC NEWS | Zimbabwe receives boost from IMFThe International Monetary Fund is giving Zimbabwe $400m to boost its foreign currency reserves. However, a further $100m will be kept in a special account and Zimbabwe's government will not have access to it until it has cleared $1bn in debts.
Mugabe treated in Dubai hospitalZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has received treatment in a Dubai hospital after falling unwell, a South African newspaper reported on Wednesday (local time).
Fed Faces Its Zimbabwe MomentFed Faces Its Zimbabwe Moment Joshua Zumbrun, 08.11.09, 05:45 PM EDT Is the central bank confident enough about the recovery to take the economy off life support?
Africa: China's Involvement And Why Nigeria MattersLast week, China's top diplomat, and special envoy to Africa, Mr Liu Guijin was in Nigeria in connection with Beijing's engagement on African issues.
Zimbabwe is the second most-failed state in the world, after SomaliaWould you plan a holiday to Somalia…? I wouldn't.
Report: Mugabe calls top U.S. official 'an idiot'President Robert Mugabe described the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs as "an idiot," Zimbabwe's state media reported on Monday.
Mugabe calls US envoy 'an idiot'Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has branded a top US envoy "an idiot" with a condescending attitude. He said that Johnnie Carson, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, wanted to dictate what Zimbabwe could and could not do.
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