Recent News Headlines : Zimbabwe
WHY A SOUTH AFRICAN FAST-FOOD CHAIN IS MAKING A POLITICAL STATEMENT IN WASHINGTON
But as Washington prepared for Trump's inauguration this month, Nando's saw a unique chance to target a far bigger audience, according to Bagherpour... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE STANDS STILL AS PRESIDENT VACATIONS OFF THE GRID
From Mr. Mugabe's annual holidays or his frequent trips outside Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
IN ZIMBABWE A FIRST LADY EXERTS HER POWER
According to American diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Ms. Mugabe was engaged in the illegal mining of diamonds in eastern Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
CHEETAH 'MORE VULNERABLE TO EXTINCTION THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT'
In Zimbabwe, cheetah numbers have plummeted by 85 percent in little more than a decade... READ MORE›
CHEETAH NUMBERS DECLINE WITH JUST 7,100 LEFT IN THE WILD, STUDY SAYS
Cheetah experts note that Angola is developing a plan to protect cheetahs and African wild dogs... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE, 92, SET TO STAND FOR PRESIDENT IN 2018
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 in February, was endorsed on Saturday as the ruling party's candidate in a national election scheduled for 2018... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE, 92, TO STAND IN NEXT ELECTION
Zimbabwe's 92-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, was endorsed on Saturday as the ruling party's candidate in a national election scheduled for 2018... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE LAUNCHES NEW CURRENCY TO EASE CASH CRUNCH
The country started using US dollar as its primary currency seven years ago following the collapse the Zimbabwean dollar with hyperinflation of 500 billion percent... READ MORE›
VINTAGE BIPLANES ATTEMPT GREECE-SOUTH AFRICA IMPERIAL ROUTE
The plane flown by Robert Redford in the Oscar-winning film Out of Africa, which he starred in with Meryl Streep, will join the journey in Kenya... READ MORE›
A CASHLESS ECONOMY IN ZIMBABWE WITH LITTLE CASH THERES LITTLE CHOICE
Yes, it looks like shoppers in a supermarket, said Mercy Chihota, 33, a member of the church, the United Family International Ministries, in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Zimbabwe
CECIL THE LION'S KILLER REVEALED AS AMERICAN DENTIST
In early July, I was in Zimbabwe on a bow hunting trip for big game... READ MORE›
AMERICAN DENTIST REVEALED AS KILLER OF CECIL THE LION IN ZIMBABWE
Authorities in Zimbabwe say Walter Palmer from Minneapolis paid a 55 000 35 000 bribe to wildlife guides to allow him to shoot the lion named Cecil with a crossbow... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LIONA??S BROTHER JERICHO IS NOT DEAD DESPITE RUMORS, SAY RESEARCHERS
The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force ZCTF said on Facebook earlier on Saturday that Cecil's brother, Jericho, was shot on Saturday at 4pm... READ MORE›
CHINESE FARMERS TAKE OVER FORMER WHITE-OWNED FARMS IN ZIMBABWE TO CASH IN ON TOBACCO
Chinese farmers have taken over formerly white-owned farms for the first time, investing millions of pounds into tobacco production... READ MORE›
MINNESOTA DENTIST ALLEGEDLY KILLED CECIL THE LION
On Tuesday The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said in a statement that Walter James Palmer of Eden Prairie Minn... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION HUNTER WALTER PALMER FACES CALLS FOR PROSECUTION
US uproar over death of protected animal forces Walter Palmera??s practice to close, as two others attend Zimbabwean court to face poaching charges... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE SEEKS EXTRADITION OF MAN WHO KILLED LION
Meanwhile, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the circumstances surrounding Cecil's killing... READ MORE›
STATUS OF JERICHO THE LION DISPUTED
David Macdonald, from the same group, referred to Jericho and Cecil as brothers in a statement Thursday... READ MORE›
TONY BLAIR ASKED ME TO 'HELP INVADE ZIMBABWE', SAYS THABO MBEKI
Why does it become British responsibility to decide who leads the people of Zimbabwe? asked Mr Mbeki... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES: JERICHO THE ZIMBABWE LION IS ALIVE
The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority also released a photograph of Jericho that it said was taken Sunday morning, the Associated Press reported... READ MORE›
KILLING OF CECIL THE LION PROMPTS CALLS FOR EU BAN ON IMPORTING LION TROPHIES
Zimbabwe - along with Namibia, Tanzania and South Africa - is listed as 'positive', ie with a sustainable enough population of lions to accommodate hunting... READ MORE›
MAN MAY HAVE PAID $55K TO KILL AFRICA'S MOST FAMOUS LION
A Game of Thrones editor, recently killed by a lioness in South Africa, was raising money to combat poaching... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION KILLER CAPTURED ON CAMERA FOR FIRST TIME SINCE ZIMBABWE HUNT
Cecil the lion's killer 'captured' Walter Palmer pictured for the first time since Zimbabwe hunt... READ MORE›
I AM AFRICA'S FIRST WHITE DEMOCRATIC LEADER, SAYS ZAMBIAN VICE-PRESIDENT
Exclusive guy scott a white cambridge-educated economist has been appointed acting president of zambia... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION'S KILLER WALTER PALMER 'WANTED TO STALK AN ELEPHANT NEXT
It is currently occupied by Honest Ndlovu - who appeared in court alongside Mr Bronkhorst on Wednesday, but has not been charged with illegal hunting... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE CALLS FOR EXTRADITION OF DENTIST WHO KILLED CECIL THE LION
Muchinguri's remarks come as the White House faces mounting pressure to address a petition for Palmer's extradition to Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
FOOTAGE SHOWS CECIL THE LION'S CUBS ALIVE AND WELL
Zimbabwe hunter Theo Bronkhorst is due to stand trial on September 28 for organising the illegal hunt... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE DEFENDS PLAN TO SELL 27 ELEPHANTS TO CHINA
A herd of African elephants drinking at a muddy waterhole in Hwange national Park in Zimbabwe... READ MORE›
BRITISH DOCTOR WITH LINKS TO ROBERT MUGABE 'SEIZES WHITE FARM'
Dr Nyatsuro and his wife visited me last month and told me that the government has offered him my farm Mr Rankin 57 told the Telegraph... READ MORE›
GERMAN HUNTER PAYS $60K, KILLS BIGGEST ELEPHANT SEEN IN DECADES IN ZIMBABWE
A disturbing number of elephants have been killed in Zimbabwe in recent weeks, including the biggest one seen in decades... READ MORE›
TROPHY HUNTING JUST PART OF THE STORY BEHIND DECLINING LION NUMBERS IN AFRICA
Lion numbers are in steep decline across Africa, but trophy hunting is only partly responsible for the long-term losses, say conservationists... READ MORE›
ROBERT MUGABE, ZIMBABWEAN DICTATOR, WINS 'CHINA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE'
Zimbabwean Dictator Robert Mugabe Wins 'China's Nobel Peace Prize'... READ MORE›
IMF DECLINES NEW LOANS TO ZIMBABWE
Embarrassing Zimbabwe's Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, has admitted dealing with the issue will difficult... READ MORE›
REPORTS: ZIMBABWE LIFTS NATIONWIDE TROPHY HUNTING BAN
Meanwhile, Lion Lager, a popular brand of beer in Zimbabwe, is using Cecil in its new advertising campaign... READ MORE›
CALL FOR ZIMBABWE'S GRACE MUGABE TO RETURN PHD
Award-winning Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove has called on Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe, to hand back her PhD... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION'S DEATH IS EVERYONE'S LOSS
A professional hunter and the owner of the farm where Cecil was killed have appeared in a Zimbabwean court on poaching charges... READ MORE›
AFRICA SEED INDEX RAISES BIGGER YIELD HOPES FOR FARMERS
Changing landscape Edward Mabaya, principal investigator for TASAI, said that food security was a key factor for African agriculture, which is dominated by smallholder farmers... READ MORE›
PICTURES CECIL THE LION'S KILLER TRIED TO HIDE OF DEAD BLACK BEAR KILLED IN ILLEGAL HUNT
But Mr Palmer and his colleagues were not allowed to hunt in that area... READ MORE›
CECIL THE LION: WALTER PALMER 'USED PICTURE OF ITS CORPSE' TO IMPRESS WAITRESS
Cecil has been described as the star attraction at Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe and was beloved for his distinctive black mane... READ MORE›
ZIMBABWE TO PRINT OWN VERSION OF US DOLLAR
Zimbabwe introduced the US dollar after ditching its own currency in 2009 following sustained hyperinflation... READ MORE›