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'Our country ignored Africa,' Jimmy Carter said. He didn't

Jan. 05, 2025 09:56 AM EST

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa. He once called helping with Zimbabwe’s transition from white rule to independence “our greatest single success.” And when he died at 100, his foundation’s work in rural Africa had...

Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House

Dec. 31, 2024 00:09 AM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Amid everything else on his desk — the Iran hostage crisis, domestic economic turmoil, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a grueling 1980 reelection fight — President Jimmy Carter elevated the independence of a country in southern Africa as a top agenda item. ...

Zimbabwe launches new land policy to empower Black farmers with direct farm ownership

Dec. 20, 2024 13:04 PM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday launched a new policy that will allow beneficiaries of land taken from white people under contentious land reforms to sell it and to be able to borrow from banks using it as collateral. This marks a major...