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HARARE, Zimbabwe - Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's fiery death ended Monday, leaving the last hours of Gen.

Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's death is ending, leaving the last hours of Gen.

Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's death is ending, leaving the last hours of Gen.

In the past, Harare had several wetlands and very critical to the drainage system, yet, when you travel around the city and its suburbs today, the poodles have disappeared and now manifest themselves through street flooding.

Chinhoyi - GOVERNMENT says the typhoid outbreak is under control, but is worried that some of the cases could have evolved to carrier state, making prospects of further outbreaks imminent.

A retired medical technician from Dorset, who treated President Mugabe's first wife, is celebrating 30 years of helping fix Zimbabwe's water problems.

An exceptional harvest after good rains and food deliveries by aid agencies have ended famine in Somalia although conditions remain fragile and could worsen, the UN says.

THE 18th African Union summit held on 29-30 January in Addis Ababa had all the elements of failure even before it had started.

By granting the Zimbabwe Newspaper Group and known ZANU supporters broadcasting licenses the already compromised Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe has shown its patronage and the voice it wantsA amplified.

NEWS of a typhoid outbreak in Harare that has so far infected more than 1,000 people sent me scurrying to check my international vaccinations card.

Fred Goodwin, the former head of the Royal Bank of Scotland, was stripped of his knighthood for his role in the bank's 2008 crisis.

Attorney General Tomana has threatened to invoke the Official Secrets Act to prosecute newspapers that have reported the expiry of the term of office of Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri Debate in Zimbabwe over reform of the national security sector heated up again Friday as Attorney General Johannes Tomana dismissed those who have ... (more)

Water Resources Minister Sam Sipepa Nkomo told a senate committee that traditional chiefs will perform rituals to exorcise mermaids believed to inhabit reservoirs where workers are now afraid to tread Last month a man was hounded from a Bulawayo neighborhood over claims he possessed goblins that were raping his wife and his neighbors' wives, and ... (more)

Harare - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have stalled the crafting of a referendum law due to haggling on whether or not the diaspora vote should be included in the constitutional plebiscite.

The WFP deputy country director Simon Camelbeeck said the food program already with at least 150,000 beneficiaries nationwide may be hampered by a funding gap of 12 million dollars The World Food Program says it will feed about 1 million Zimbabweans faced with hunger due to dry weather conditions in the south-western parts of the country where ... (more)

A forensic expert from South Africa, testifying at the ongoing inquest into the death of former Army General Solomon Mujuru on Thursday, said evidence collected from the scene may have been mishandled, compromising results of the forensic tests that followed.

YEARS ago, before the age of email, I phoned a car company press officer to ask for information about their latest model.

Henrietta Rushwaya, former chief executive of Zimbabwe Football Association , was reportedly arrested on charges of corruption, bribery and match-fixing. The country's state television said she was in custody at Avondale police station in an upscale Harare suburb.

Henrietta Rushwaya, former chief executive of Zimbabwe Football Association , was reportedly arrested on charges of corruption, bribery and match-fixing. The country's state television said she was in custody at Avondale police station in an upscale Harare suburb.

HARARE, 3 February 2012 - With global funding for HIV/AIDS on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years.