Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry is making waves in the sports world with her bid to become the first female president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its 130-year history. As a renowned Olympic swimming champion and Zimbabwe's…

A Zambian lawmaker facing robbery charges has been arrested in Zimbabwe after escaping custody earlier this year, Zambian authorities confirmed. Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda, an independent MP since 2021, fled from Chipata Central Hospital…

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said, without specifying which variant had been recorded. The first case was detected in an 11-year-old boy who developed symptoms last month after travelling to…

Zimbabwean government is to start distributing $20 million as initial compensation to local black and foreign white farmers whose land was taken from them during the land invasions more than 2 decades ago. According to the country’s…

A bomb scare shut down Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls Airport on Friday, forcing the country's president to cancel a planned address at a conference on renewable energy, an official said. Zimbabwean President Edson Mnangagwa was due to…

Zimbabwean powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described as a perpetuation of the African country's homophobic practices. The state…

Prominent Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala has been convicted of inciting public violence in Harare. Sikhala faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment. Police accused the former MP of encouraging supporters to violently react to the…

The Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) reports that 75% of jobs in the sector have been lost since the beginning of the millennium. This decline is attributed to a combination of accelerated digitization and…

The Warriors of Zimbabwe have held the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a 1-1 draw in their second group match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the Huye stadium, Butare, Rwanda. The pressure was on the Super Eagles as they needed a…

Zimbabwe has declared 17th November a state of emergency in the capital, Harare, over a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital of some 1.5 million people has been badly hit by an outbreak of the disease that has affected all provinces of…