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The European Union this week extended sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and 162 others recently but removed 35 of his lieutenants from the list.  Although  "the sanctions forbid direct or…

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme which is supposed to regulate the legal trade of rough diamonds may have inadvertently given Zimbabwe- or as most members claim president Robert Mugabe and his cronies- a free reign to sell Marange diamonds outside its system.

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A website run by United Nations Development Programme staff, who say they are committed to openness within the organisation, says recent reports that vehicles registered in the name of the…

Zimbabwe’s recent fuel shortage was due to fraud at the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe, Energy Minister Elton Mangoma said today.  He said NOCZIM had stolen $35m of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) funds between February 2009 and February 2010.  It had also not bought any strategic reserves since February 2009.

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Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma today issued a detailed statement on electricity and fuel supplies in the country. Here it is in full.

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Heidi Holland's book: Dinner with Mugabe is fascinating. The book is supposed to be an analysis of how Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a freedom fighter, turned into a tyrant. But…

Britain did not believe the Southern African Development Community could solve the crisis in Zimbabwe following the controversial 2008 elections and only agreed with the importance of the regional body one month after the signing of the Global Political Agreement, according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.

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African economies - like old soldiers - do not die, do not collapse, but just fade away, according to Tony Hawkins, of the University of Zimbabwe. He was referring to…

Bizarre as it sounds a former Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army fighter argued that it was Britain and not South Africa that was behind the Gukurahundi massacres in which thousands of…

When you look back you can easily laugh it off now. First we were poor millionaires, then we became poor trillionaires and finally we could not even count the number…