Latest Zimbabwe government News

Southern African leaders resolve to keep troops in conflict-torn eastern Congo for another year

Nov. 20, 2024 16:14 PM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Southern African leaders resolved Wednesday to extend for another year the presence of regional troops deployed to fight rebels in conflict-torn eastern Congo, and also pledged to work toward peace in Mozambique, where disputed elections stoked unrest. The...

Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago

Oct. 16, 2024 12:55 PM EDT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism. About 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and swathes of land when the...

An ancient African tree is providing a new 'superfood' but local harvesters are barely surviving

Sep. 18, 2024 10:04 AM EDT

Since childhood, Loveness Bhitoni has collected fruit from the gigantic baobab trees surrounding her homestead in Zimbabwe to add variety to the family’s staple corn and millet diet. The 50-year-old Bhitoni never saw them as a source of cash, until now. Climate change-induced...