Zimbabwe woe as banks stay shut
8826
Zimbabwe's banks stay closed on Christmas Day despite pledges to open for people desperate for cash.
683191
A Kariba Dam floodgate is opened by Zimbabwe and Zambia prompting fears of further flooding downstream.
109882
Zimbabwe held up England&#39;s charge as they battled to avert a series whitewash in the fourth one-day international in Bulawayo today.
746745
A two-day work boycott called by Zimbabwe&#39;s main union over the country&#39;s deepening economic crisis got off to a slow start Wednesday with shops and services in the capital operating as normal.
224682
Runaway inflation and the Zimbabwe currency's largest decline in memory will increase pressure on President Robert Mugabe to allow free and fair elections, the main opposition leader said Thursday.
415168
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe replaces his finance minister as the country's economy continues to fail.
656581
Zimbabweans desperate to get their hands on scarce local currency spent Tuesday lining up by cash dispensing machines after plans for banks to open on Christmas Day were scrapped.
163521
DHAKA: Bangladesh was brought to a standstill yesterday by the fourth general strike in a week called by the opposition. Security was tightened for the shutdown called by the Awami League, which coincided
690201
Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday as pro-democracy activists defied a police ban on demonstrations and took to the streets to protest growing repression and economic hardship in Zimbabwe. The demonstration coincided with a bleak new warning by the head of the Zimbabwe state central bank that the nation is broke and using foreign currency needed for fuel and spare parts on food.
398709
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe bans all pay and price rises in a new bid to curb the country's runaway inflation.
412209
A brand-new umbrella grouping of collapsed Zimbabwean banks got off to a rocky start after one of its partners went to court to try to break free from the new banking group.
589329
Banks and businesses remained shut in Zambia's capital on Monday after a night of looting by protesters alleging vote rigging in favor of incumbent Levy Mwanawasa, who widened his lead in the presidential race.
588696
A parliamentary committee in Zimbabwe has summoned the country's central bank chief to explain current nationwide cash shortages, a state daily reported on Tuesday.
670498
Zimbabweans formed queues at banks on Saturday to beat a December 31 deadline to hand in a currency series phased out by the central bank.
21897
Times are hard and getting harder in Zimbabwe, where people too proud to cry about hunger, joblessness and misrule could soon find it too dangerous to joke about them.
23636
Living conditions in Zimbabwe will worsen unless the government takes urgent action to stabilise the economy, the IMF says.
540400
Nationwide power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.