Zimbabwe News News Zimbabwe » Government: How Zimbabwe's government turned international condemnation into political ammunition
International pressure intended to encourage democratic reform can sometimes strengthen the very governments it seeks to hold to account, according to new research from The University of Manchester.
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s government faces challenges in unlocking international support
In an effort to re-engage internationally, Mnangagwa told a recent United Nations General Assembly in New York that Zimbabwe’s elections were peaceful, free, fair, transparent and credible. The sham ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe government agrees to abolish death penalty 19 years after last execution
Zimbabwe’s cabinet agreed on proposed legislation Tuesday which will abolish capital punishment, 19 years after the last state execution took place. The decision came following months of debate in ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe Politics Explained, Who Holds Power in 2026
Zimbabwe politics in October 2026: who rules, how the new constitution changes the vote, and why the president and his deputy are at odds.
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe bishops urge government to stop violent crackdown, listen to protesters
Catholic bishops in Zimbabwe and Nigeria are urging governments to listen to demands of activists and protesters instead of cracking down on protesters through the use of force. In Zimbabwe, Catholic ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe: America Announces End to All Health Funding in Zimbabwe - Says It Respects Government Decision to Decline MOU
AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed. Zimbabwe, last year, ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe Government Goes After Media
In Zimbabwe, the government has launched a crackdown on local media. In a recent case, police raided a radio station called Voice of the People, confiscated equipment and prosecuted members of its ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe government asks for research into growing cannabis sector
Faced with the growth of anti-smoking campaigns and a drop in cigarette use worldwide, Zimbabwe, Africa's largest tobacco producer, has asked its tobacco research body to look into the viability of ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe government declares end to latest cholera outbreak
Zimbabwean authorities recently declared the end of a cholera outbreak which lasted nearly 18 months, but public health experts say the conditions which caused the waterborne disease still exist and ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwean ambassador says government is not at fault
Zimbabwe's government is not responsible for its political and economic problems, said Machivenyika Mapuranga, the country's ambassador to the United States, in a half-full lecture held yesterday in ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Teachers Slam Zanu-PF Over Resolution to Influence Government Job Recruitment
TEACHERS have condemned a ZANU PF conference resolution proposing that the ruling party recommend candidates for government jobs, warning that it threatens the constitutional separation between the ...
News Zimbabwe » Government: Zimbabwe’s ZiG: devaluations won’t fix a currency that’s in trouble because of government overspending
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe devalued the ZiG by 43% on 27 September 2024. This weakened the official exchange rate from 13.9 ZiG per US dollar to 24.4 ZiG per US dollar. The ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold) is ...