Bleakness reigns in Zimbabwe
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Thousands of Zimbabweans waited for hours to get scarce currency from the banks so they could buy food and board buses on Monday for Christmas trips to their home villages.
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The scratchy black and white video that formed the crux of the Zimbabwe government&#39;s case against the leader of its main opposition was of such poor quality that it was difficult to be sure of the identities of the four men sitting around a table in a
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Things have gotten so bad in Zimbabwe that people have taken to telling a wry joke: "What did we have before candles?" The answer: "Electricity." Zimbabwe once boasted one of Sub-Saharan Africa's most vibrant economies, but four years of turmoil have erased that progress.
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THESE ARE DARK DAYS IN THE Black Country with not a shaft of light on the horizon to offer hope to West Bromwich Albion. They played like a team rooted at the bottom of the Barclays Premiership
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Female activists in Zimbabwe are facing increasingly brutal treatment from the police, a report claims.
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An investigation into allegations of racism in Zimbabwe cricket that broke up the country&#39;s test team opened in the capital yesterday amid a hostile atmosphere and, by the end of the day, little progress had been made.
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Zimbabwe is described as a sad nation full of fear by an ex-minister as he launches his manifesto for president.
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Cyclone Favio, which left a trail of destruction after sweeping through parts of Mozambique, has been downgraded on Friday to a tropical depression as it moved towards neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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A government crackdown on dissent is deepening Zimbabwe's climate of fear ahead of parliamentary elections due in March.
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Zimbabwe's opposition and ruling parties hold talks aimed at solving the country's economic and political crisis.
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Zimbabwe faces the threat of renewed flooding which has destroyed homes and put new pressure on the country's ailing economy, disaster management authorities said on Wednesday.
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Large parts of Zimbabwe, including the capital, are reportedly without electricity after a major power failure.
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A string of gloomy data has clouded some of the optimism surrounding the South African economy, raising fears of another interest rate hike and casting doubt on government growth forecasts.
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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.
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A drop in the monthly inflation rate may have been greeted with sighs of relief by the Zimbabwean government, but analysts and consumers have seen little evidence that the economy has turned a corner.
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International pressure will be key to ending the crisis in Zimbabwe as domestic opponents of President Robert Mugabe have lost heart, the head of the country&#39;s Catholic church said Tuesday.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe  announced on Friday that general elections would be held on  March 29 in the economically devastated southern African  nation.